Godfrey Mungal : An Oral History
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Godfrey Mungal is a professor of mechanical engineering emeritus at Stanford University and a professor at Santa Clara University, where he served as the dean of the School of Engineering from 2007 to 2017. In this oral history, he discusses his childhood experiences in Trinidad, where he grew up in a large family with limited financial resources, his early education in Catholic schools, his undergraduate years at the University of Toronto, and his graduate research at Caltech. He describes the circumstances that led him to join the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford in 1985 and explains how his research interests led him to serve as the bridge between the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory (HTGL) and Heat Transfer and Turbulence Mechanics Laboratory (HTTM) in the department’s Thermosciences Division. He speaks about his efforts to improve advising and recruitment of minority engineering students, emphasizing the importance of funding master’s degrees, and he describes the various administrative roles he held at Stanford, working closely with Charles Kruger. He explains his rationale for moving to the dean’s position at Santa Clara and reflects on the way in which engineering contributes to the university’s mission to improve the world. He also shares an anecdote about his successful effort to name a section of the 101 freeway after Frederick Terman.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Extent | 1 text file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | March 24, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Mungal, Mark Godfrey | |
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| Creator | Mungal, Mark Godfrey | |
| Interviewer | Lozano, Noé Pablo | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Mungal, Mark Godfrey |
|---|---|
| Subject | Stanford University. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Subject | Stanford University. Thermosciences Division |
| Subject | Stanford University. High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical Profile | Professor Godfrey Mungal was born and raised in Trinidad. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto (B.A.Sc. 1975) and his graduate education in Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1983). He served as a lecturer in mathematics at the University of the West Indies and as a post-doctoral research fellow at Caltech before joining the Stanford engineering faculty. At Stanford, he served as director of the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, the associate chair for student services in Mechanical Engineering, and the associate dean for graduate policy (2002-2005). He was also a Stanford Resident Fellow. In 2007, he became Professor Emeritus at Stanford and joined the faculty at Santa Clara University as the Sobrato Professor and Dean of EngineeringA celebrated teacher, he has been awarded Cal Tech’s E.E. Sechler Memorial Award for teaching and research efforts in Aeronautics; the Excellence in Teaching Awards from both the Stanford Society of Black Scientists and Engineers and the Stanford Society of Women Engineers; Stanford’s Tau Beta Pi award for excellence in undergraduate teaching; and the School of Engineering Distinguished Advisor Award. The Stanford Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists also honored him with its Faculty Education Award. |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hc760yz7102 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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