View source for Mehta, Kishor 2014-01-20

This interview features Kishor Mehta, who discusses how Texas Tech University's reaction to the Lubbock Tornado of 1970 developed into the National Wind Institute.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Kishor Mehta

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' n/a

'''Date:''' January 20, 2014

'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Andy Wilkinson

'''Length:''' 00:45:21 (45 minutes)


==Abstract==

Beginning of the program at Texas Tech; 1970 tornado; Interdisciplinary collaboration, beginning of the Institute for Disaster Research, how the first West Texas field sites for wind study were set up; First building, early years of program, multidisciplinary work; National Science Foundation grant, setting up integrated graduate research and education program, getting the program approved; multidisciplinary work to science research and problems of modern living, why such a program has to be rooted in faculty interest; Cooperative mindset, collective good, next generation

==Access Information==

'''Original Recording Format:''' born digital audio

'''Recording Format Notes:''' audio cd available in reading room

'''Transcript:''' found here: https://hdl.handle.net/10605/360186



----
{{UsageStatement}}

[[Category: Needs Review ]]
[[Category: SWC Interviews]] [[Category: 2010s]] [[category: Wind Interviews]] [[Category: Lubbock Tornado]] [[category: Severe Weather]] [[category: Texas Tech]] [[category: Wind Technology]]