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'''Related Interview:''' [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-03]], and  [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-09]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-16]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-22]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-30]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-20]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-05-04]]
 
'''Related Interview:''' [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-03]], and  [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-09]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-16]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-22]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-30]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-20]], and [[Mehta, Kishor 2022-05-04]]
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Revision as of 22:13, 22 November 2024

The interview discusses Dr. Mehta’s professional career as a researcher, teacher, and engineer at Texas Tech University.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Kishor Mehta

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: April 6, 2022

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez

Length: 01:37:53 (1 hour 37 minutes)


Abstract

Introduction; damage documentation research in the 1970s; Being the chairman of the American National Standard Institute; Pushback while trying to change the national standards; Setting up a building for field testing; Appealing to PhD students and notable former PhD students; Holding a wind engineering conference at Texas Tech in the 1980s; Settling and raising a family in Lubbock; His children and family dynamic; The Indian community in Lubbock; problems with the Master’s program; Closing discussion

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace < >

Related Interview: Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-03, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-09, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-16, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-22, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-30, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-20, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-05-04


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