Chul Park, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UofT, recently received a Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and 2012 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineering / Society of Manufacturing Engineering. He is a world leader in plastic foaming and serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Cellular Plastics. Dr. Park is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.