Hieu Cong Truong, (born September 23, 1941) is a
Vietnamese Canadian
Vietnamese Canadians ( vi, Người Canada gốc Việt; french: Canadiens vietnamiens) are Canadian citizens of Vietnamese ancestry. As of 2016, there are 240,615 Vietnamese Canadians, most of whom reside in the provinces of Ontario, British Co ...
engineer, responsible for designing minting machines used by the
Royal Canadian Mint
}) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada.
The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures ...
. His engineering team was responsible for creating the
two dollar coin's bi-metallic coin locking mechanism.
Early life and education
Born in
Saigon
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Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, Truong graduated from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
in 1963 studying chemical engineering. After earning his master's degree in chemical engineering in 1964, he returned to Vietnam where he was a lecturer at
Phu Tho National Technical Center eventually becoming director of its chemical engineering school. After completing his Ph.D. in engineering in 1971 from New York University, he emigrated to Canada.
Career
Truong joined the Royal Canadian Mint in 1978 until retiring in 2014. He is the namesake of the Mint's Hieu C. Truong Centre of Excellence for Research and Development. His appointment to the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
was announced in June 2017.
References
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1941 births
Canadian engineers
New York University alumni
Officers of the Order of Canada
People from Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese emigrants to Canada
Living people
Vietnamese engineers