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Godfrey Mungal SQ

Godfrey Mungal

Biography

Professor Godfrey Mungal was born and raised in Trinidad, West Indies and received his undergraduate education in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto (B.A.Sc. 1975, Hons.) and his graduate education in Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1983). He also served on the faculty of the University of the West Indies from 1975-76 as a lecturer in Mathematics, and as a post-doctoral research fellow from 1983-85 at the California Institute of Technology, before joining Stanford University. He has served as director of the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory from 1993-97, the Associate Chair for Student Services in Mechanical Engineering from 1997-2001, the Associate Dean for Graduate Policy from 2002-2005 and a Stanford Resident Fellow from 2001-2007. He became Professor Emeritus at Stanford University in 2007. From 2007-2017 he served as the Sobrato Professor and Dean of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Courses
  • MECH 45/L - Applied Programming in MATLAB
  • MECH 121 - Thermodynamics I
  • MECH122/L - Fluid Mechanics
  • MECH123/L - Heat Transfer
  • MECH160/L - Modern Instrumentation for Engineers
  • MECH 225 - Gas Dynamics
  • MECH 266 - Viscous Flow & Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  • MECH 290 - Graduate Research/Project
  • MECH 297 - Seminar
  • MECH 298 - Independent Study
  • MECH 299 - Master’s Thesis
Publications
  1. Over 200 journal and conference publications. Over 12,000 citations on Google Scholar
  2. M. G. Mungal & P. E. Dimotakis (1984) “Mixing and Combustion with Low Heat Release in a Turbulent Shear Layer,” J. Fluid Mech., 148, 349-382.
  3. T. Poinsot, T. Echekki & M. G. Mungal (1992) “A Study of the Laminar Flame Tip and Implications for Premixed Turbulent Combustion,” Comb. Sci. & Tech., 81, 45-73.
  4. N. T. Clemens & M. G. Mungal (1995) “Large Structure and Entrainment in the Supersonic Mixing Layer,” J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 284, 171-216.
  5. L.  Muñiz & M. G. Mungal (1997) “Instantaneous Flame-Stabilization Velocities in Lifted Jet Diffusion Flames,” Comb. Flame, 111, 16-31.
  6. S. H. Smith & M. G. Mungal (1998) “Mixing, Structure and Scaling of the Jet in Crossflow,” J. Fluid Mech., 357, 83-122.
  7. Donghee Han & M. G. Mungal (2001) “Direct Measurement of Entrainment in Reacting/Non-Reacting Turbulent Jets,” Comb. Flame, 124: 370-386.
  8. L. K. Su, O. S. Sun and M. G. Mungal (2006) “Experimental Investigation of Stabilization Mechanisms in Turbulent, Lifted Jet Diffusion Flames,” Comb. Flame 144, 494–512.
  9. Wookyung Kim, Hyungrok Do, M. G. Mungal & M. A. Cappelli (2006) “Plasma-Discharge Stabilization of Jet Diffusion Flames,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 34 (6), December 2006, 2545-2551
  10. C. M. White & M. G. Mungal (2008) “Mechanics and Prediction of Turbulent Drag Reduction with Polymer Additives,” Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 40, 235–256.
  11. Hyungrok Do, Mark A. Cappelli & M. G. Mungal (2010) “Plasma assisted cavity flame ignition in supersonic flows,” Comb. Flame, 157, 1783-1794
  12. V. S. R. Somandepalli, Y. X. Hou, & M. G. Mungal (2010) “Concentration Flux Measurements in a Polymer Drag-Reduced Turbulent Boundary Layer,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 644, 281-319.
  13. M. Gamba & M. G. Mungal (2015) “Ignition, Flame Structure and Near-Wall burning in Transverse Hydrogen Jets in Supersonic Crossflow,” J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 780, 226-273
  14. Michael Fanton, Hossein Vahid Alizadeh, August G. Domel, Matthew Devlin, Mehmet Kurt, M. Godfrey Mungal, David B. Camarillo, Elliot Hawkes (2020), “Variable area, constant force shock absorption motivated by traumatic brain injury prevention”, Smart Materials and Structures, 29 (8), 085023.
  15. M. G. Mungal & Tioga Benner (2022) “The forward-facing fin - An unusual hydrodynamic design,” 12th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flows (TSFP12), Osaka Japan, 19-22 July, 2022.
  16. M. G. Mungal & A. K. Mahler (2024) “Study of Crescent Wings in Backward and Forward Configurations,” 13th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flows (TSFP13), Montreal, Canada, 25-28 June, 2024.