CV
Personal Details
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Professor Frank T Smith |
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Present Position |
Goldsmid Chair of Applied Mathematics
Mathematics Department University College London |
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Work Contact Details |
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT |
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Work Telephone |
020 7679 2837 |
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f.smith [at] ucl.ac.uk |
Education/Qualifications
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BA Mathematics, First Class, 1969, University of Oxford. |
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PhD in Engineering Mathematics, 1972, University of Oxford (with one-year secondment at UCL). |
Honours
| Date |
Prize, Award or Honour |
Awarding/electing body |
| 1984 |
Fellow of the Royal Society |
The Royal Society |
| 1984 |
Inaugural K Stewartson Mem Lecture |
UCL |
| 1990 |
Inaugural R T Davis Memorial Prize |
Univ of Cincinnatie, USA |
| 2003 |
Inaugural Lecture |
Lighthill Institute |
| 2004 |
Fellow of the IMA |
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
Professional History
| 1972-1973 |
Research Fellow, Aerodynamics Unit |
University of Southampton |
| 1973-1978 |
Lecturer in Mathematics |
Imperial College London |
| 1977 |
Consultant Academic |
MOD Farnborough |
| 1978-1979 |
Visiting Scientist |
University of W Ontario, Canada |
| 1978-1983 |
Reader in Mathematics |
Imperial College, London |
| 1983-1984 |
Professor in Mathematics |
Imperial College, London |
| 1984-now |
Goldsmid Chair, Mathematics Department |
UCL |
| 1989-1990 |
Visiting Distinguished Professor |
Ohio State University, USA |
| 1991 |
Vacation Consultant Invitation |
MOD Farnborough |
| 1999 |
Visiting Academic |
Isaac Newton Institute |
Publications
Awards
In recent years
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January 2008, July 2009 and June 2010 |
Home Office meetings/workshops |
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June 2010 |
Edinburgh workshop |
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December 2009 |
International meeting on Incontinence research |
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September 2009 |
EPSRC meeting on Taught Course Centre issues for Heads of TCCs |
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July 2008 |
European Consortium for Mathematics and Industry (ECMI) conference, organiser |
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2010-2011 |
Research Assistant Industrial Secondment (RAIS) award won, with 12 months funding, joint with AeroTex UK |
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April 2009 |
External assessor for promotions, University of Limerick |
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2008-2011 |
Sponsored research with/from Unilever |
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2008-2011 |
Sponsored research with/from UK Sport |
| CASE award from | |
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2008 |
Internship for PhD student at Unilever |
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March 2010 |
MOD research meeting |
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March 2010 |
Fuji TV meeting on mathematics |
| 2010-2013 |
External assessor for Oxford, Cardiff, Birmingham |
Academic Supervision
Management and Administrative Positions
| UCL based and Departmental | |
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2005-now |
Joint leader of UCL MSc Mathematical Modelling |
| 1984-2010 |
Head of UCL Applied Mathematics |
| 1984-1986 |
Joint/Deputy Head of Department of UCL Mathematics |
| 1984-2010 |
Graduate Tutor in UCL Mathematics |
| 1986-now |
Head for journal Mathematika |
| 2005-now |
Chairman, MSc Mathematical Modelling Examination Board |
| National/International | |
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Numerous international research visits, especially to the USA |
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2006-2011 |
Director of Lighthill Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS) |
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2006-now |
Director of London Taught Course Centre for PhD students |
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1988-1991; 1993-1995; 2008; 2010-2012 |
On EPSRC peer-review committees and panels |
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1991-2000 |
Leader of the London Transition Meetings |
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2000 |
External advisor, University of West Indies |
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1990-1993 |
External Examiner, University of Manchester |
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1998-now |
External Examiner for PhD theses, in UK and India |
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2000-now |
Scientific Committee of the Smith Institute/KTN in Industrial Mathematics |
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1986-1998 |
Royal Society publications strategy panel, reviving long-running journals to create current successful format |
| Journal editorships | |
| 1986-now |
Chief editor of Mathematika |
| 1988-1998 |
Lead editor of European Journal of Mechanics |
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1986-1988 |
Chief editor of Proceedings of the Royal Society A |
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1988-1998 |
Chief editor of Transactions of the Royal Society A |
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2006-now |
Editor of Mathematics in Industry Studies |
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1985-now |
Lead editor of Journal of Engineering Mathematics |
| Organiser or organising committee member for conferences [most recently] | |
| 1999 |
International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) |
| 1986-2007 |
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) |
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International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), run once every four years |
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1998-2013 |
annual British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) including mini-symposia and chairing sessions |
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2006-2011 |
Lighthill Institute |
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1988-2006 |
European Fluid Mechanics Colloquia (EFMC) |
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2003; 2008; 2012 |
national body London Mathematical Society (LMS) |
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1992-2005 |
Euromech |
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June-July 2008 |
UCL representative, Organising Committee, European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) Conference, 300 delegates |
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June 2012 |
Running LMS graduate series |
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March 2012 |
Set up BAMC mini-symposium on Social Dynamics |
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