1957–2012
News Writer:
Douglas Smith

David Goodwin, 1957 – 2012
Caltech mourns the passing of David G. Goodwin, professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics, emeritus, on Sunday, November 11. He was 55.
Goodwin earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1986. He came to Caltech in 1988 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and was promoted to associate professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics in 1993 and full professor in 2000. He retired last year.