Prof. Kenneth A Smith

Smith's research is devoted to the applications of fluid mechanics and transport processes. These applications have impacted a number of areas including: drag reduction, biomedical engineering, desalination, liquefied natural gas storage, micellar dynamics, and aerosol measurement. Smith has co-authored over 100 articles in refereed journals. His achievements have been recognized by receipt of the Professional Progress Award of the AIChE and by election to the National Academy of Engineering. He also has considerable experience in academic administration, including a period as Associate Provost and Vice President for Research at MIT, and Director of the Whitaker College of Health Science and Technology. He has extensive consulting experience for major petroleum and chemical companies, including E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Cabot Corp., and serves as a Director to Starmet, Inc. and BC International. Smith's current research interests include surfactant dynamics, biomedical engineering, supercritical water oxidation, and environmental modelling.