Frank T. Smith

Frank Smith FRS
Born	Frank Thomas Smith (1948-02-24) February 24, 1948 (age 77) [1]
Education	Bournemouth Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Spouse	Valerie Sheila Hearn ​ ​ (m. 1972)​ [1]
Children	3 [1]
Scientific career
Fields	Fluid mechanics
Institutions	University College London
Thesis	Theoretical and experimental study of airflow past a porous surface with strong blowing, and two related problems  (1972)
Academic advisors	David Spence [2]
Doctoral students	Hannah Fry [2]
Website	profiles.ucl.ac.uk/2282-frank-smith

Frank Thomas Smith FRS (born 24 February 1948) ^[1] is Emeritus Goldsmid Professor in the department of mathematics in the University College London, a specialist in fluid mechanics. ^{[3] [4]}

Education

Smith was educated at Bournemouth Grammar School ^[1] and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree as an undergraduate student of Jesus College, Oxford ^[1] followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1972 for research supervised by David Spence, John Ockendon and Keith Stewartson. ^{[2] [5]}

Career and research

Smith made significant contributions to triple-deck theory applied to boundary layer flows, ^[6] separated flows, biofluid mechanics, ^[7] and skimming-stone problem. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Smith served as director of Lighthill Institute of Mathematical Sciences (LIMS). ^[11]

Smith supervised ten successful PhD students including Hannah Fry ^[12] and Jitesh Gajjar. ^[2]

Awards and honours

Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1984. ^[13]

References

1. Anon (2025). "Smith, Prof. Frank Thomas" . Who's Who (177th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2720. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U35339. ISBN   9781399411837. OCLC   1427336388.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Frank T. Smith at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. Smith, Frank (2020). "Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics". profiles.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
4. Frank T. Smith's ORCID   0000-0003-4850-995X
5. Smith, Frank Thomas (1972). Theoretical and experimental study of airflow past a porous surface with strong blowing, and two related problems. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC   1063467553. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.670620.
6. Frank T. Smith publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
7. "Frank Smith". lolo.ac.uk. London Loughborough EPSRC CDT. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
8. Hicks, Peter D.; Smith, Frank T. (2010). "Skimming impacts and rebounds on shallow liquid layers". Proceedings of the Royal Society . 467 (2127): 653–674. doi:10.1098/rspa.2010.0303.
9. Alleyne, Richard (2010). "How to perform the perfect stone skim". telegraph.co.uk. London: Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 3 January 2023.(subscription required)
10. Smith, Frank (2011). "A quick splash". ucl.ac.uk. University College London. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
11. "Lighthill Institute Of Mathematical Science". ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
12. Fry, Hannah M. (2011). A study of droplet deformation. ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC   829959172. S2CID   110868043. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.565231.
13. Anon (1984). "Professor Frank Smith FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society . Retrieved 23 January 2023.