We are happy to share the news that Prof. Murugaiyyan, along with co-inventors Prof. Srinivasan Chandrasekaran and the PhD student, Mr Thennavan from the Ocean Engineering Department
are granted a patent for A functionally graded material (FGM) stiffened coped beam used in offshore and heavy industrial structures.

Congratulations to Prof. Murugaiyyan, and I wish him more success.