Rainwater, Kenneth 2023-04-25
This interview features Dr. Kenneth Rainwater as he recalls the later stages of his career leading up to his retirement. In this interview, Dr. Rainwater touches topics such as relationships with other faculty members and researchers, the Texas Tech engineering departments changes in leadership, projects in groundwater research he worked on, and graduate student relations.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Kenneth Rainwater
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 25, 2024
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez
Length: 01:37:06 (1 hour 37 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction; overview of getting hired at Tech; Building relationships with others in the field; office politics; Changes in the TTU engineering department’s leadership; Becoming a full professor and center director for the Water Resources Center; Shake ups in the engineering department; resigning as director of the Water Resources Center; Issues within the college of engineering; Retiring from his professorship; Graduate programs and the job market for grads; 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: Rainwater, Kenneth 2022-11-03; Rainwater, Kenneth 2022-12-06; Rainwater, Kenneth 2023-04-12;
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