{{Redirect|Kenneth Goodson|info on the father of Tom Forcade|Tom Forcade}}{{short description |American engineer and academic (born 1967)}} {{Infobox academic | name = Kenneth E. Goodson | workplaces = School of Engineering, Stanford University | thesis_title = Thermal conduction in microelectronic circuits | thesis_url = https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12615 | thesis_year = 1993 | spouse = Laura Dahl | occupation = Professor | alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, BS, MS, PhD) | discipline = Engineering | sub_discipline = {{ubl |Heat transfer |Electronics cooling |Energy conversion }} | birth_name = Kenneth Eugene Goodson | birth_date = {{birth date|1967|8|1}} | birth_place = Lafayette, Indiana | doctoral_students = Amy Marconnet, Eric Pop }}
'''Kenneth Eugene Goodson''' (born August 1, 1967) is an American mechanical engineer and academic at Stanford University. He serves as Davies Family Provostial Professor within the university, as well as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs within its School of Engineering.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=Spring 2023 |title=Kenneth E. Goodson |url=https://cap.stanford.edu/profiles/viewCV?facultyId=10031&name=Kenneth_Goodson |publisher=Stanford University |type=Curriculum Vitae}}</ref>
== Early life == According to ''Who's Who in the World'', Goodson was born in Lafayette, Indiana on August 1, 1967.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=1994 |title=Goodson, Kenneth Eugene |encyclopedia=Who's Who in the World 1995 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |edition=12th |isbn=978-0-8379-1113-7}}</ref>
== Education == Goodson has received four academic degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): two Bachelors of Science in 1989 (one in mechanical engineering and another in music), a Master of Science in 1991 (in mechanical engineering), and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1993 (also in mechanical engineering).<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Goodson |first=Kenneth E. |title=Thermal conduction in microelectronic circuits |date=1993 |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |hdl=1721.1/12615 |author-link=Kenneth E. Goodson |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12615}}</ref>
== Career == From 1993 to 1994, he worked for Daimler-Benz AG in Germany as a visiting materials scientist. He has been employed at Stanford since 1994 as a professor in the mechanical engineering department.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://me.stanford.edu/people/faculty |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Mechanical Engineering |publisher=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref> By courtesy, he also holds a professorship in the materials science & engineering department.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Goodson's Profile |url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/kenneth-goodson |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Stanford Profiles |publisher=Stanford University}}</ref>{{Efn|Both departments fall under the Stanford University School of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Departments |url=https://engineering.stanford.edu/faculty-research/departments |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Stanford University School of Engineering |publisher=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref>}} Starting in 2008, he was the vice chair of mechanical engineering, and from 2013 to 2019, he held the Robert Bosch Chairman position in the department.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, since 2014, he has held the Davies Family Professorship.
He is the principal investigator of the Stanford NanoHeat Lab,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenneth E. Goodson |url=https://nanoheat.stanford.edu/people/kenneth-e-goodson/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Stanford NanoHeat Lab |publisher=Stanford University |language=en-US}}</ref> and is also an affiliated faculty member of Stanford Bio-X.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Goodson |url=https://biox.stanford.edu/people/ken-goodson |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Bio-X |date=14 April 2014 |publisher=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref>
Goodson is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, and National Academy of Inventors.<ref name=":1" /> He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (class of 2020).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Kenneth E. Goodson |url=https://nae.edu/224685/Dr-Kenneth-E-Goodson |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=NAE Website |publisher=National Academy of Engineering |language=en}}</ref>
=== Recognition === Goodson appears in the 35th through 38th editions of ''American Men and Women of Science''.{{Efn|{{Gale|CX3664354638|CX3677159918|CX7734062640|CX8010164519}}.}}
== Personal life == Goodson moonlights as a baritone soloist in oratorio, and has held voice fellowships from the Tanglewood Music Festival and a Sudler Prize for Arts Achievement (conferred by MIT in 1989<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louis Sudler Prize |url=https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/sudler/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Arts at MIT |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>). He also posts about woodworking and cycling to his Instagram and Strava accounts, respectively.<ref name=":1" /> His wife, Laura Dahl, is a pianist who plays with the Stanford music faculty.<ref name=":1" />
Goodson has also been noted as a cellist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-15 |title=Featured Alumni |url=https://mta.mit.edu/people/alumni |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Music and Theater Arts |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://profiles.stanford.edu/kenneth-goodson Kenneth Goodson] on ''Stanford Profiles''
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