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Suzanne Weaver Smith, Ph.D., P.E. Donald and Gertrude Lester Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Kentucky EDUCATION B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1978, Clemson University M.S. Engineering Mechanics, 1980, Clemson University Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, 1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1996- Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky 1990-1996 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, University of Kentucky 1988, 1989 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Langley Research Center 1988-1990 Visiting Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1985-1988 Graduate Assistant, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1980-1984 Senior and Lead Engineer, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Florida 1978-1980 Instructor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Professional Engineer, No. PE00034936, in Florida, by the 1984 NCEE examination, Associate Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Chair, 1995-1997; NSF Young Investigator Award; University of Kentucky Henry Mason Lutes Award for Undergraduate Engineering Education, 1992-1993; Virginia Tech Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 1990. SELECTED RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Thota, P., J. Leifer, S.W. Smith and J.K. Lumpp, "Pattern Evaluation for In-Plane Displacement Measurement of Thin Films," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 45, No. 1, February 2005. Campbell, J.E., S.W. Smith, J.A. Main, and J. Kearns, "Staged Microgravity Deployment of a Pressurizing Scale Model Spacecraft," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 41, No. 4, July-Aug 2004, pp534-542. Smith, S.W. and J.A. Main, "Modeling the Deployment of Inflating Space Structures," Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane/Inflatable Structures Technologies for Space Applications, Ed. C.H. Jenkins, AIAA, Washington, DC, 2001, pp. 203-241. Smith, S.W., J. Jacob, J. Lumpp, and W. Smith, "Aerospace Workforce Development Through a Multidisciplinary Student Demonstration of Autonomous Mars Airplane Technology," AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, AIAA-2005-6983, accepted, Arlington, Virginia, September 2005. Simpson, A.D., J.D. Jacob and S.W. Smith, "Inflatable and Warpable Wings for Meso-Scale UAVs," AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, AIAA-2005-7161, accepted, Arlington, Virginia, September 2005. Campbell, J.E., J.T. Black and S.W. Smith, "Toward Field Videogrammetry of Rivulets on Bridge Stay Cables," EURODYNE 2005, Paris, France, September 4-7, 2005. Smith, S.W. and J.E. Campbell, "Short-Time Record Analysis for Condition Monitoring of Bridge Stay Cables," Twelfth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV12), Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2005. Smith, S.W., H. Song, J.R. Baker, J.T. Black and D.M. Muheim, "Flexible Models for Solar Sail Control," AIAA-2005-1801, AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Austin, TX, April 2005. Lore, K.F., P. Navalpakkam and S.W. Smith, "Efficient Computation of Dynamic Response of Large Flexible Spacecraft," AIAA-2005-2051, AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Austin, TX, April 2005. Usui, M., J.D. Jacob and S.W. Smith, S. Scarborough and D. Cadogan, "Second Generation Inflatable/Rigidizable Wings for Low-Density Flight," AIAA-2005-1883, AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Austin, TX, April 2005. Simpson, A., Jacob, J.D., and Smith, S., "Morphing of Inflatable Wings." AIAA 2005-2110, AIAA SDM Adaptive Structures Conference, Austin, TX, April, 2005. Simpson, A.D., et. al., "BIG BLUE: A High-Altitude UAV Demonstrator of Mars Airplane Technology," IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 6-10, 2005. Campbell, J.E., S.W. Smith and J.T. Black, "Photogrammetric Characterization of Laboratory Rivulets for Cable-Stayed Bridges," International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC), February 2005. Gagel, J.C., J.R. Baker and S.W. Smith, "Simulations of Cable/Anchor Designs for Cable-Stayed Bridges," International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC), February 2005. Simpson A., O. Rawashdeh, J.D. Jacob, Lumpp, Smith and Smith, "BIG BLUE II: Mars Aircraft Prototype with Inflatable-Rigidizable Wings" AIAA-2005-0813, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan 10-13, 2005. Simpson, A., et.al., "Flying on Air: UAV Flight Testing with Inflatable Wing Technology," AIAA 2004-6570, AIAA Unmanned Unlimited Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2004. Simpson, A.D., Usui, M., Smith, S.W., Jacob, J.D., "Aeromechanics of Inflatable Wings," AIAA-2004-2233, AIAA 34th Fluid Dynamics Conference, Portland, OR, June 2004. Kearns, J.D., M. Usui, S.W. Smith, S. Scarborough, T. Smith and D. Cadogan, "Development of UV-Curable Inflatable Wings for Low-Density Flight Applications," AIAA-2004-1503, AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Palm Springs, CA, April 2004. Campbell, J.E., J.R. Baker and S.W. Smith, "Simulations and Tests of Bridge Stay Cable Dynamics Based on Experimental Deck Motion Measurements," International Modal Analysis Conference, IMAC XXII, Dearborn, Michigan, January 2004. Usui, M., A. Simpson, S.W. Smith and J.D. Jacob, "Development and Flight Testing of a UAV with Inflatable-Rigidizable Wings," AIAA-2004-1373, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Reno NV, January 5-8, 2004. Campbell, J.E. and S.W. Smith, "Comparison of Field Survey Test Results of Four Cable-Stayed Bridges: Deck/Cable Response and Controlled/Ambient Traffic Excitation," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Santa Margarita Ligurre, Italy, September 2003. Jean, D.P., J.R. Baker, S.W. Smith and J. Li, "Phased Development of Nonlinear Finite Element Simulations of Deck-Excited Response of Bridge Stay Cables," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Santa Margarita Ligurre, Italy, September 2003. SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED Externally-funded grants and contracts (PI or Co-PI) include the following: Whitlock, Dalrymple, Poston, Austin, TX (consulting project), August 2004, $5,000; Field Survey Testing of the Fred Hartman Bridge with Installed Cable Dampers Center for Rural Justice/Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, 2004-2006, $100,293; Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Changing Environments (with 3 co-PIs) NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, 2002-2004, $180,000; BIG BLUE: Flight Demonstration of Mars Airplane Technology (with 3 co-PIs) NASA Langley Research Center, 2004, $50,000; Computational Modeling of Attitude Control Systems for Solar Sails (with J.R. Baker) United Applied Technologies (NASA SBIR), 2002-2004, $100,490; Large Inflatable Self-Rigidizing Polymer Film Structures Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, 2002-2004, $25,000; Field Testing and Baseline Modeling of the Owensboro Cable-Suspended Bridge Cables NASA Langley Research Grant, 2001-2002, $126,594; A Verified Design Tool for Large Aperture Membrane Telescope Mirrors: Phase I Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, 2000-2002, $17,000; Field Testing and Baseline Modeling of the Maysville Cable-Suspended Bridge Cables NASA/SBIR (Co-PI, with J.A. Main and United Applied Technologies), 1999-2000, $72,000; Modeling the Deployment of Inflating Tubes NSF Young Investigator Award, MSS-9257833, 1992 - 1998, $312,500; Nonlinear System Identification and Testing Boeing Corporation (McDonnell- Douglas Aerospace) Contracts, 1993 - 1998, $219,900; Mir Structural Dynamics Experiment (MiSDE), Spacecraft Structural Inspection and Model Correlation Procedure Improvement, Autonomous Damage Detection and Applications, Integrated Damage Detection Demonstration (ID3), Integrated On-Orbit Damage Detection for Large Space Structures Whitlock, Dalrymple, Poston and Associates, 1996-1998. $35,113; Structural Dynamics Analysis of Two Cable Stayed Bridges: Fred Hartman and Veterans |