Background
Goglia, Gennaro Louis was born on January 15, 1921 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Fred Goglia and Rose (Coppola) Goglia.
Mechanical engineering educator
Goglia, Gennaro Louis was born on January 15, 1921 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Fred Goglia and Rose (Coppola) Goglia.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1942. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1959.
Junior engineer, Rochester Ordnance District, New York, 1942-1944;
development engineer, General Electric Company, 1945-1947;
technical writer, Detroit Edison Company, 1951-1954;
engineering consultant, Overhead Heaters Company, Detroit, 1957-1958;
instructor, Ohio State University, 1947-1951;
assistant professor, U. Detroit, 1951-1959;
associate professor, acting head mechanic engineering department, North Carolina State College, 1961-1962;
professor, head department mechanic engineering, U. Maine, Orono, 1962-1964;
professor, head power and energy conversion, Old Dominion College, Norfolk, Virginia, 1964;
professor, department chairman thermal engineering, Old Dominion College, 1965-1971, 72-73;
assistant dean engineering, Old Dominion College, 1971-1972;
professor, chairman mechanic engineering, Old Dominion College, 1973-1979;
Eminent professor and chairman mechanic engineering, Old Dominion College, 1979-1984;
Eminent professor, Old Dominion College, 1984-1986;
emeritus professor, Old Dominion College, 1986-1994. Co-director American Society Engineering Education-National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center Summer Faculty Institutions, 1967-1979. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966-1979.
Director research projects National Science Foundation.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (certified award 1963, chairman Norfolk group 1966-1967). Member American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi (chapter president 1966-1967), Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Lieselotte Pause, October 4, 1942. Children: Diann, Linda.