Professor David Bogy has been teaching at Berkeley since 1967. He was ME chairman in the early 1990s and is founding Director of the Computer Mechanics Laboratory. He serves on the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and has served as chair of the executive committees of the applied mechanics and the tribology divisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Bogy's research interests are in solid and fluid mechanics as well as dynamics and tribology, especially as applied to computer technology, particularly data storage systems. He has also worked in static and dynamic stress analysis in layered elastic media. At Berkeley Professor Bogy teaches courses in dynamics, elasticity, elastic wave propagation and computer mechanics.

Professor Minute: Interview with ME professor David Bogy

What do you do to forget about engineering and/or work ?

The implication is that one needs to forget about engineering. I don't feel that way, as I enjoy engineering and consider it an integral part of my life. When I go sailing for recreation I think about the engineering of the sport and like to use all of the new technological gadgets

What is your personal recipe for success?

One has to be exceptionally gifted or work really hard. I employ the latter approach.

What can a student do to get through your hardest class?

Come to class, do the homework, come to office hours with questions, and study. There are no magic tricks.

Why did you become a professor?

It's the best job in the world. Where else without the financial exposure of your own business do you have such freedom to do what you like and without a boss?

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