Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-06
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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