Charles E. Smith (engineer)

Dr. Charles E. Smith was professor and Chair in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Mississippi. His focus research areas included: application of electromagnetic theory to microwave circuits, application of numerical techniques to microstrip transmission lines, antenna measurements in lossy media, measurement of electrical properties of materials, and radar design.

Dr. Smith received the B.E.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, in 1959, 1963, and 1968, respectively. He served the University of Mississippi as Chair of the Electrical Engineering department in its School of Engineering.

Personal

Charles E Smith, also known as Smitty, was born in Clayton, Alabama, on June 8, 1934. In October 2004 the University of Mississippi honored Dr. Smith by renaming the building where he conducted most of his research the Charles E. Smith Engineering Sciences Building. This was a result of a generous donation to the School of Engineering by Dr. Smith's three sons, Chuck (Charles Jr.) Smith, Steve Smith, and Gary Smith. - two of who were Electrical Engineering graduates during their father's tenure at Ole Miss. Dr. Smith died Thursday, May 12, 2005.

Honors and Awards

*Selected Outstanding Teacher of School of Engineering for 1970 - 71
*Selected for 1981-1982, 1987-88, 1993-94, & 1999-2000 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, University of Mississippi School of Engineering
*Selected for 2001 Outstanding Researcher/Scholar, School of Engineering, by Office of Research
*Burlington Northern Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship Award [University of Mississippi , 1993

Professional Experience

*Research Professor of Electrical Engineering (2002)
*Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering (1992-2002)
*Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering, and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies for the School of Engineering (1990-1992)
*Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering (1987-1989)
*Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering and Acting Chairman of Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi (1985-1987)
*Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1977-1985
*Associate Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1975-1976
*Acting Chairman and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1974-75
*Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1969-1974
*Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1968-1969

Professional, Scientific, and Honor Societies

*Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
*IEEE Microwave Theory and Technique Society
*IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
*IEEE Education Society
*Mississippi Academy of Science
*American Society for Engineering Education
*Order of the Engineer

Publications

*J. L. Hilburn, C.E. Smith, and E. R. Graf, "High-Speed, Medium Power, Solid State Diode Driver," IEEE J. Solid State Cir., SC-2, 124, 1967.
*E. R. Graf, C. E. Smith, and F. R. McDevitt, "A Correlation Between Solar Activity and the Brightness of Jupiter's Great Red Spot," Nature, 218, 857, 1968.
*C. E. Smith and E. R. Graf, "Increased Capacitance for VLF Umbrella Antennas Using Multiple-Wire Rib Construction," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, AP-16, 766, Novuber 1968.
*C. E. Smith and E. R. Graf, "An In-Line Bandpass Filter for Use with VLF Receivers," Frequency, 6, No. 10, 18, October 1968.
*C. E. Smith and E. R. Graf, "VLF Phase Anomalies Produced by the Solar Flares of July 8 to 11, 1968," Frequency Technology, 6, 12, 29, Decuber 1968.
*C. E. Smith, "The Exponential Function as a Unit Impulse for Spectrum Measuruents," Frequency Technology, 7,3, March 1969.
*C. E. Smith, "Eluent Spacing Limitations of Dolph-Pritchard Optimum Endfire Arrays," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propag., Vol. AP-18, No. 4, p. 563-564, July 1970.
*C. E. Smith, R. F. Blackburn, and C. M. Butler, "Addendum to, Increased Capacitance for VLF Antennas Using Multiple-Wire Rib Construction," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propag., Vol. AP-19, No. 2, p. 288, March 1971.
*L. L. Tsai and C. E. Smith, "Moment Methods in Electromagnetics for Undergraduates," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. E-21, No. 1, pp. 14-22, February 1978.
*C. E. Smith, C. M. Butler, and K. R. Umashankar, "Characteristics of a Wire Biconical Antenna," Microwave Journal, Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 37-40, Septuber 1979.
*C. E. Smith and R. S. Chang, "Microstrip Transmission Line with Finite-Width Dielectric," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-28, No. 2, pp. 90-94, February 1980.
*D. Kajfez, Z. Ratkovic, and C. E. Smith, "Power Dissipation in the Edges of the Coupled Microstrip Lines," Electronics Letters, Vol. 17, No. 25/26, pp. 984-985, Decuber 1981.
*C. E. Smith, "Accuracy of Design Data for Microstrip of Unequal Widths in an Inhomogeneous Medium," Electronics Letters, Vol. 19, No. 15, pp. 575-576, July 21, 1983.
*C. E. Smith and R. S. Chang, "Microstrip Transmission Line with Finite-Width Dielectric and Ground Plane," IEEE Trans. on *Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-33, No. 9, pp. 835-839, Septuber 1985. K. A. Michalski, C. E. Smith, and C. M. Butler, "Analysis of a Horizontal Two-Eluent Antenna Array Above a Dielectric Half-Space," Proceedings of IEE (London), Vol. 132, Pt. H, No. 5, pp. 335-338, August 1985.
*S. B. Samaan, L. W. Pearson, and C.E. Smith, "An Optically Coupled Sampling Systu with 4 GHz Bandwidth," The Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 58(1), pp. 60-68, January 1987.
*H. A. Auda and C. E. Smith, "The Resonance Method for Evaluating the Impedance of the Equivalent Network for Dielectric Posts in a Rectangular Waveguide," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 38, No. 11, pp. 1595-1602, Novuber 1990.
*C. E. Smith, "A Current Limited Ammeter Protection Circuit, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 90-91, February 1992.
*M. D. Tew, and C. E. Smith, "Women and Minorities: Engineering Jobs are Waiting," The Vision-University of Mississippi Afro-American Studies Newsletter, p. 4, Fall 1990.
*H. Zheng, and C. E. Smith, "Permittivity Measuruents Using a Short Open-Ended Coaxial Probe," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, Vol. 1 , No. 11, pp. 337-339, Novuber 1991.
*C. E. Smith and M. D. Tew, "Data Acquisition in the Undergraduate Laboratory," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 38, No. 2., May 1995.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, B. Moumneh, and C. E. Smith, "Analysis of Two-Conductor Multi-Layer Shielded Microstrip," AEU Archiv Fur Elektronik and Ybertray Ungstechnik (Germany), Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 256-262, Septuber 1994.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, C. E. Smith, and B. Moumneh, "Minimization of the Coupling between a Two Conductor Microstrip Transmission Line Using Finite Difference Method Approach," Journal Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEWA) (summary)-Vol., No., pp., 1996.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, S. He, and C. E. Smith, "Decoupling Between Two Conductor Microstrip Transmission Line," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. no.41, No.1, pp. 53-61, January 1993.
*C. E. Smith, "Frequency Domain Analysis of RF and Microwave Circuits Using SPICE," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol 42, No. 10, pp. 1904-1909, October 1994.
*C. Smith, M. D. Tew, and W. Wu, "Use SPICE to Analyze PCB Crosstalk" uC Test andDesign, pp. 20-27, April 1994.
*C. E. Smith, "A BNC-To-Microstrip Transition for Laboratory Use," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 38, No. 1 pp. 51-53, February 1995.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, C. E. Smith, H. Golestanian, and S. He, "Quasi-static Characteristics of Two - Conductor Microstrip Transmission line with Dielectric Overlay and a notch between the Strips," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEWA), Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 769 -789, 1993.
*O. D. Khan, A. Z. Elsherbeni, C. E. Smith, and D. Kajfez, "Characteristics of Cylindrical Multiconductor Transmission Lines above a Perfectly Conducting Ground Plane," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEWA), Vol. 10, No., pp. 1129-1138, 1996.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, V. Rodriguez-Pereyra, and C. E. Smith, "The Effect of an Air Gap on the Coupling between Two Planar Microstrip Lines," Journal of Franklin Institute, Vol., No. 2, pp. 201-223, 1996.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, Y. Ying, C. E. Smith, and V. Rodriguez-Pereyra "Finite Difference Analysis of Cylindrical Conductor Microstrip Transmission Line with truncated Dielectrics," Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 333B, No. 6, 1996.
*S. Dai, A. Z. Elsherbeni, and C. E. Smith, "Noniunform FDTD Formulation for the Analysis and Reduction of Crosstalk on Coupled Microstrip Lines," Journal of Electromagetic Waves and Applications (JEWA), Vol., 10, No., pp. 1663-1682, 1996.
*W. Zheng, A. A. Kishk, J. Chen, and C. E. Smith, "Computation of Current Distribution on Cylindrical Antennas and Scatterers in Multi-Layer Media Using Multi-Wire Model," Electromagnetics, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 537-562, Decuber 1997.
*A. Z. Elsherbeni, V. Rodriguez-Pereya, and C. E. Smith, "Enhanced Design of Flip Chip Interconnections," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, (JEWA), Vol. 12, pp. 25-40, 1998.
*O.M. Ramahi, A.Z. Elsherbeni, and C.E. Smith, "Dynamic Analysis of V Transmission Lines," IEEE Transactions Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 250-257, August 1998.
*K. Mahadevan, H. A. Auda, and C.E. Smith, "Analysis and Design of Planar Waveguide Slot Arrays Using Scattering Matrix Approach," Journal of Applied Electromagnetics, Vol. 13 , No. 3, pp. 264-271.
*D. Kajfez, M.W. Reed, and C.E. Smith, "Loss Tangent of Motor Oil at 10GHz," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp 15-18, April 5, 1999.
*C-W Huang, C. E. Smith, A. Z. Elsherbeni, and B. Hammond, "A Novel Simplified 4-Part Scattering Parameter Model for the Design of 4-Pair Cabling Systus for Local Area Networks," IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol, No., pp., May 2000
*C.P. Huang, A.Z. Elsherbeni, and C.E. Smith, "Simple and Efficient Matched Layers Absorbing Boundary Technique for FDTD Methods," Journal of Electromagnetics and Applications (JEWA), Vol., pp.
*C-W Huang, J-B Chen, A.Z. Elsherbeni, and C.E. Smith, "FDTD Characteristics of Meander Line Antennas fo RF and Wireless Communications," Journal of Electromagnetics and Applications (JEWA), Vol. 13, 1999, pp. 1649-1651.
*V. Rodriguez-Pereyra, A.Z. Elsherbeni, and C.E. Smith, "A Body of Revolution Finite Difference Time Domain Method with Perfectly Matched Layer Absorbing Boundary," Journal of Electromagnetics and Applications (JEWA), Vol. 13, 1999, pp.1653-1659.
*C-W Huang, A. Z. Elsherbeni, and C. E. Smith, "Analysis and Design of Tapered Meander Line Antennas for Mobile Communications", Journal of Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), Vol. 18, No. 3, pp 159-166, Nov. 2000.
*M. Khan, C. Smith, and D. Kajfez, "NASWAVE - A Program for Display of Standing Waves on Network Analyzers," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, No. 2, May 2001.

External links

* [http://www.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/news2000/display.pl?id=4478&mode=full Obituary of Dr. Charles E. Smith from University of Mississippi] . Accessed October 29, 2006.
* [http://www.ee.olemiss.edu/smith/index.html/ Home page of Dr. Charles E. Smith] . Accessed October 29, 2006.