M. Godfrey
Mungal M. Godfrey
MungalProfessor Emeritus, Thermosciences Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 650-725-2019 | Fax: 650-723-1748 | E-mail: mungalATstanfordDOTedu
Professor Mungal's research efforts have covered subsonic and supersonic mixing and combustion, turbulent reacting jets in coflow and crossflow, image processing (volume rendering) of turbulent flows, drag reduction of bluff bodies, flame stability – liftoff and blowout, flow in microchannels, studies of drag reducing polymers in turbulent boundary layer flows, and most recently, the use of pulsed plasmas to control flame stability. He is the author or co-author of over 165 refereed and conference papers in these areas; fourteen examples of his research photographs and results have appeared in magazines, books or textbooks. He has won several teaching and advising awards including Stanford's Tau Beta Pi award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, and the School of Engineering Distinguished Advisor Award. Professor Mungal previously served as director of the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, the Associate Chair for Student Services where he directed ABET accreditation efforts, and the Associate Dean for Graduate Policy where he implemented Stanford’s first Ph.D. exit survey. He was also the Resident Fellow at Rinconada House, a Stanford freshman dorm for six years. He is a member of the APS (Fellow), AIAA (Associate Fellow), ASME (Fellow), ASEE, and the Combustion Institute. He has served on several review panels for NIST, NSF, NASA and Sandia Livermore, and has given several invited lectures and short courses over the world including Australia, Belgium, France, India, Italy, South Africa and Japan. Professor Mungal became Professor Emeritus in October 2007 and currently serves as the Dean of Engineering at Santa Clara University.
Y. Sung, W. Kim, M. G. Mungal & M. A. Cappelli (2006) “Aerodynamic Modification of Flow over Bluff Objects by Plasma Actuation,” Expts. Fluids 41, 479–486.
Wookyung Kim, Hyungrok Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli (2006) “Plasma-Discharge Stabilization of Jet Diffusion Flames,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 34 (6), December 2006, 2545-2551.
Wookyung Kim, Hyungrok Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli (2007) “Investigation of NO Production and Flame Structure in Plasma Enhanced Premixed Combustion,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, 3319–3326.
W. Kim, H. Do, M. G. Mungal & M. A. Cappelli (2007) “On The Role of Oxygen in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Actuation of Aerodynamic Flows,” Appld. Phys. Letters 19, 181501 (3 p).
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.
Y. X. Hou, V. S. R. Somandepalli & M. G. Mungal (2008) “Streamwise Development of Turbulent Boundary Layer Drag Reduction with Polymer Injection,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 597, 31-66.
AFOSR/MURI – Experimental/Computational Studies of Combined-Cycle Propulsion: Physics and Transient Phenomena in Inlets and Scramjet Combustors
STTR - Stability Models for Augmentor Design Tools and Technology Assessment
DOE/NNSA – PSAAP - Predictive Simulations of Multi-Physics Flow Phenomena, with Application to Integrated Hypersonic Systems
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
Last updated – January 22, 2007