Guide to the Glen E. Myers Stanford Class Notes

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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Overview

Call Number: SC0675
Creator: Myers, Glen E., 1934-
Title: Glen E. Meyers Stanford class notes
Dates: 1956-1962
Physical Description: 2.75 Linear feet
Summary: This collection contains syllabi, course handouts, problem sets, exams, and Myers' notes from engineering, math, and physics classes he took at Stanford, 1956-59; for the elementary engineering thermodynamics classes for which he was a teaching assistant, 1958-59; and for the class on elementary engineering thermodynamics that he taught at Stanford during the summer of 1962. Professors of these classes include Karl Klotter, Wilhelm Flugge, Irmgard Flugge-Lotz, G. E. Pake, G. E. Latta, Felix Bloch, David F. Tuttle, and P. R. Garabedian.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Glen E. Myers, 2003.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Glen E. Meyers Stanford Class Notes (SC0675). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Glen E. Myers studied mechanical engineering at Stanford, earning his M.S. in 1957 and his Ph.D. in 1962. He joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1962 and was appointed Professor Emeritus there in 2001.

Description of the Collection

This collection contains syllabi, course handouts, problem sets, exams, and Myers' notes from engineering, math, and physics classes he took at Stanford, 1956-59; for the elementary engineering thermodynamics classes for which he was a teaching assistant, 1958-59; and for the class on elementary engineering thermodynamics that he taught at Stanford during the summer of 1962. Professors of these classes include Karl Klotter, Wilhelm Flugge, Irmgard Flugge-Lotz, G. E. Pake, G. E. Latta, Felix Bloch, David F. Tuttle, and P. R. Garabedian.

Access Terms

Bloch, Felix, 1905-
Flugge, Wilhelm, 1904-
Flugge-Lotz, Irmgard.
Garabedian, P. R.
Klotter, Karl.
Latta, G. E.
Myers, Glen E., 1934-
Myers, Glen E., 1934-
Pake, G. E. (George Edward).
Tuttle, David F.
Engineering--Curricula.
Mathematics--Study and teaching.
Physics--Study and teaching.


 

Papers

 

Academic Year 1956-57

Box 1, Folder 1

ME 231a – A. L. London – Heat Transmission

Box 1, Folder 2

ME 238a – R. H. Eustis – Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow

Box 1, Folder 2

ME 238b – S. J. Kline - Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow

Box 1, Folder 3

ME 233a – S. J. Kline – Advanced Thermodynamics

Box 1, Folder 3

ME 233a – R. H. Eustis – Advanced Thermodynamics (audit, Autumn 1957)

Box 1, Folder 4

EM 221 – K. Klotter – Advanced Dynamics

Box 1, Folder 4

EM 222 – K. Klotter – Advanced Dynamics

Box 1, Folder 4

EM 223 – K. Klotter – Advanced Dynamics

Box 2, Folder 5

EM 250 – J. N. Goodier – Mathematical Methods in Engineering Mechanics

Box 2, Folder 5

EM 251 – K. Klotter – Mathematical Methods in Engineering Mechanics

Box 2, Folder 5

EM 252 – W. Flügge – Numerical Methods in Engineering Mechanics

Box 2, Folder 6

ME 231b – W. M. Kays – Heat Transmission

Box 2, Folder 7

Math 113 – G. A. Hufford – Vector Analysis

Box 2, Folder 8

ME 232 – A. L. London – Experimental Problems in Heat Transmission

Box 3, Folder 9

EM 244 – I. Flügge-Lotz – Mathematical Hydro- and Aerodynamics

Box 3, Folder 10

AE 255 – D. Bershader – Aerodynamic Physical Measurements

 

Academic Year 1957-58

Box 3, Folder 11

Math 106 – G. E. Latta – Complex Variables

Box 3, Folder 12

EE 235 – G. Wade – Network Analysis

Box 3, Folder 13

Physics 111 – G. E. Pake – Introduction to Theoretical Physics

Box 3, Folder 13

Physics 113 – G. E. Pake – Introduction to Theoretical Physics

Box 3, Folder 13

Physics 115 – G. E. Pake – Introduction to Theoretical Physics

Box 4, Folder 14

Physics 173 – F. Bloch - Thermodynamics

Box 4, Folder 14

Physics 175 – F. Bloch – Kinetic Theory of Gases

Box 4, Folder 15

Math 131 – G. E. Latta – Partial Differential Equations I

Box 4, Folder 15

Math 132 – G. E. Latta – Partial Differential Equations II

Box 4, Folder 16

EM 231 – D. F. Tuttle – Non-Linear Oscillations

Box 4, Folder 16

EM 232 – D. F. Tuttle – Non-Linear Oscillations

Box 4, Folder 17

ME 237a – A. L. London – Thermodynamics of Propulsion Systems

Box 5, Folder 18

Math 201 – P. W. Berg – Calculus of Variations

Box 5, Folder 18

? – ? – ? (audit)

 

Academic Year 1958-59

Box 5, Folder 19

Math 209a – P. R. Garabedian – Advanced Partial Differential Equations

Box 5, Folder 19

Math 209b – P. R. Garabedian – Advanced Partial Differential Equations

Box 5, Folder 19

Math 209c – P. R. Garabedian – Advanced Partial Differential Equations

Box 5, Folder 20

ME 271a – G. Leppert – Nuclear Reactor Theory (audit)

Box 5, Folder 22

ME 131 – Various – Elementary Engineering Thermodynamics [Myers was the TA for these classes]

Box 6, Folder 21

Math 223 – M. M. Schiffer – Integral Equations (audit)

 

Summer 1962

Box 6, Folder 23

ME 131 – G. E. Myers – Elementary Engineering Thermodynamics