Charles W. Smith

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, September 1981, College of William and Mary.
  • Thesis Title: The Structure of Axisymmetric Turbulence
  • Advisor: David C. Montgomery.
• M.S. in Physics, January 1979, College of William and Mary.
• B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, May 1977, University of Maryland.
• Graduated with Honors, May 1973, Mount Saint Joseph's High School, Baltimore, Maryland.

Employment

• Research Professor, Department of Physics and Institute for Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 2003-present.
• Senior Research Scientist, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, 1991-2003.
• Research Scientist, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, 1987-1991.
  • Visiting Scientist, Space Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1984 (summer).
• Research Scientist, Solar-Terrestrial Theory Group, Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, 1981-1987
• Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of William and Mary, 1978-1981.
  • Research Associate, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1981 (summer).
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of William and Mary, 1977-1978.

Professional Societies

• Member of The American Geophysical Union since 1982.
• Member of The American Physical Society since 1986.
• Member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society since 1991.

Individual Honors and Awards

• Awarded Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research -- Space Physics, 1993.
• Awarded Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research -- Space Physics, 1997.

Scientific Panels and Professional Activities

• Participant in NASA Solar Terrestrial Physics Working Group (Coolfont Workshop), 1982.
• Member of Organizing Committee for Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasmas Workshop (Newark, Delaware), December 4-6, 1991.
• Member of U. of Del. Doctoral Dissertation Committee for W. Troy Stribling, 1991.
  • Dissertation Title: Relaxation Processes in Turbulent Magnetohydrodynamic Decay
• Member of the NASA Space Physics Cosmic and Heliospheric Data System Coordination Team, July 1994 to December 1997.
• Member of organizing committee for Journal of Plasma Physics special issues (J. Plasma Phys., 56(3), December 1996 and 57(1), February 1997) celebrating David Montgomery's contributions to the field.
• Member of the Delaware Valley Space Grant Consortium Advisory Board, November 2001 to June 2003.
• Member of the Living with a Star Heliospheric Strategy Panel, November 2002 through 2004.
• Member of Program Committee, US Planning Workshop for the 2007 International Heliospheric Year (Subspot, New Mexico), April 2004.
• Working Group leader for SHINE Meeting, June/July 2004.
• Member of NASA Solar Probe Science Definition Team, 2004 to 2005.
• Member of UNH Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Lucas A. Saul, 2005.
  • Dissertation Title: Interstellar Helium Pickup Ion Flux Variations Observed with SOHO/CELIAS
• Appointed membership on NASA Solar & Heliospheric MOWG, July 2005 to present.
• Member of UNH Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Kristin Simunac, 2006 to present.

Students and Postdoctoral Scientists Supervised

• Supervised graduate student Robert J. Leamon, 1995--1999.
  Awarded Ph.D. in Physics by The University of Delaware, January 2000.
  Dissertation Title: Dissipation of Magnetic Fluctuations in the Solar Wind.
  Supervised his Postdoctoral Scientist appointment, 2000.
• Supervised Postdoctoral Scientist Nikhil S. Padhye, 1998--2000.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Zach Schroeder, summer 2000.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Sarah Owocki, summer 2001.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researchers Amanda Angell and Tom Hughes, summer 2002.
• Supervised Postdoctoral Scientist Qiang Hu, 2001--2003.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Benjamin MacBride, 2004--2007.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Marissa Vogt, summer 2004.
• Supervised Graduate Student Researcher Nazim Dugan, summer 2004.
• Supervised Graduate Student Researcher Kathleen Hamilton, summer 2004.
• Supervised Project SMART High School Students Heather Briggs and Travis Glines, summer 2004.
• Continued Supervision of Undergraduate Researcher Heather Briggs, summer 2005.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Michael Moebius, summers 2004 & 2005.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Vasiliy Vorotnikov, 2005--present.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher David Sodaitis, 2006--present.
• Supervised Undergraduate Researcher Jeff Tessein, 2006--present.
• Supervised Project SMART High School Students Adrian Culver and Gabe Isman, summer 2006.
• Continued supervision of Undergraduate Researcher Adrian Culver, summer 2007.
• Continued supervision of Undergraduate Researcher Gabe Isman, 2007--2008.

K--12 Outreach Efforts

• Science Advisor and Contributing Author to Earth and Sky since 1992.
  • Earth and Sky is a syndicated program dedicated to geophysics, space physics, and astronomy that is broadcast on over 950 commercial and public radio stations nationwide with a listening audience of 4 million people.
• Mentoring Wilmington Charter School (high school) students working on solar wind and space physics problems, 1998 -- present.
• Invited Talks Before K--12 Teachers:
  • ``The Advanced Composition Explorer,'' Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation's First Annual Space Science Symposium, University of Delaware, November 1998.
  • ``Recent Results From The Advanced Composition Explorer Spacecraft,'' Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation's Second Annual Space Science Symposium, University of Delaware, October 1999.
  • ``Recent Attempts to Understand Large Plasma Structures in Space,''
    Invited Talk at the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation's Third Annual Space Science Symposium, University of Delaware, November 2000.
  • ``Is There Sound in Space?,'' Invited Talk at the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation's Fourth Annual Space Science Symposium, University of Delaware, November 2001.
  • ``Geomagnetic Storms, Solar Activity and the Solar Wind,'' New Hampshire Science Teachers Association Science Education Conference, March 23, 2004.
  • ``How to Build a Robotic Spacecraft,'' C. W. Smith, J. Connell, and M. Popecki, New Hampshire Science Teachers Association Science Education Conference, February 22, 2005.
  • ``UNH Project SMART Environmental and Space Science Modules,'' R. N. Rock and C. W. Smith, New Hampshire Science Teachers Association Science Education Conference, October 29, 2007.
• Consulting Scientist for Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center ``Ask Us'' interactive learning feature, 2002-present.
• Mentor and project leader in UNH Project SMART, 2003-present. Project SMART is a summer research program for high school students interested in careers in science.
  • Led project ``ACE Transit of the Earth's Magnetosphere,'' summer 2004. Students Heather Briggs and Travis Glines.
  • Led Space Science component, summer 2006.
  • Led project ``Particle Acceleration at Interplanetary Shocks,'' summer 2006. Students Adrian Culver and Gabe Isman.

Research Grant Support

Principal Investigator:

• 2001-2004, NASA Sun-Earth Connection Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Comparative Study of Interplanetary Magnetic Field Turbulence at High and Low Latitudes Using the Ulysses and Voyager Spacecraft''.
• 1997-2000, NASA Heliospheric Missions Guest Investigator Research and Analysis Program Grant: ``Investigation of Interplanetary Turbulence at High Latitude Using the Ulysses Spacecraft''.
• 1993-1996, NASA Neptune Data Analysis Program Grant: ``Magnetic Field Waves at Neptune's Bow Shock''.
• 1992-1996, NASA Cosmic and Heliospheric Physics Coordinated Heliospheric Observations Program Grant: ``Turbulent and Large Scale Interplanetary Magnetic Fields''.
• 1988-1991, NASA Uranus Data Analysis Program Grant: ``Magnetic Field Waves at Uranus''.
• 1988-1991, NASA Pioneer-Venus Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Radial Evolution of the Solar Wind Turbulence with Application to Charged Particle Transport''.
• 1982-1983, NASA ISEE Guest Investigator Program Grant to the University of New Hampshire.

Co-Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator:

• 2007-2010, Co-Investigator on NASA Solar & Heliospheric Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Detection and Analysis of MHD Waves Generated by Interstellar Pickup Protons''; P. Isenberg, P.I.
• 2006-2009, Co-Investigator on NSF Physics Program Grant: ``Numerical Simulations of the Turbulent Cascade in the Solar Wind at Kinetic Scales''; S.A. Markovskii, P.I
• 2005-2008, Co-Investigator on NASA Solar & Heliospheric SR&T Program Grant: ``The Structure of Magnetic Clouds in the Inner Heliosphere: An Approach Through the Grad-Shafranov Equation''; C. Farrugia, P.I.
• 2005-2008, Co-Investigator on NASA Solar & Heliospheric SR&T Program Grant: ``Dissipation of the Nearly Perpendicular Turbulence in the Solar Wind''; B. Vasquez, P.I.
• 2005-2008, Co-Investigator on NASA Solar & Heliospheric SR&T Program Grant: ``Analysis of Velocity Fluctuations in Solar Wind Turbulence''; J. Borovsky, P.I.
• 2005-2008, Co-Investigator on NASA Living With A Star Program Grant: ``Data Analysis and Modeling of Large Solar Energetic Particle Events of Solar Cycle 23''; M.~Desai, P.I.
• 2004-2007, Co-Investigator on NASA Sun-Earth Connections Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Verifying, Refining, and Extending the Two-Component Analysis of Solar-Wind Turbulence: The Maltese Cross''; J. Borovsky, P.I.
• 2003-2006, Co-Investigator on NASA Research on the Structure of the Solar Wind at 1 AU Program Grant: ``Reconstruction of Solar Wind Structures from Multi-Spacecraft Data''; Q.~Hu, P.I.
• 2003-2006, Co-Investigator on NASA Research on the Structure of the Solar Wind at 1 AU Program Grant: ``Statistical Characterization of Solar Wind Fluctuations at 1 AU Using Multiple Spacecraft Data''; W. H. Matthaeus, P.I.
• 2003-2006, Co-Investigator on NASA Research on the Structure of the Solar Wind at 1 AU Program Grant: ``How the Various Types of MHD Turbulence in the Solar Wind Affect the Coupling of the Solar Wind to the Earth's Magnetosphere''; J. Borovsky, P.I.
• 2003-2006, Co-Investigator on NASA Research on the Structure of the Solar Wind at 1 AU Program Grant: ``Multi-Point Observation of Interplanetary Shocks at 1 AU''; A. Szabo, P.I.
• 2003-2006, Co-Investigator on NASA Sun-Earth Connection of Living With a Star Solar or Heliospheric Physics Program Grant: ``Energetic Particle Acceleration at CME-Driven Shocks''; D. Lario, P.I.
• 2002-2005, Co-Investigator on NASA Living With A Star Program Grant: ``Forecasting Shocks and Energetic Particle Hazards Using L1 Monitors''; C. M. S. Cohen, P.I.
• 2002-2005, Co-Principal Investigator on NSF ATM -- Solar Terrestrial Program Grant: ``Space Weather Prediction with Cosmic Rays''; J. Bieber, P.I.
• 2001-2004, Co-Investigator on NASA Sun-Earth Connection Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Wave-Ion Dynamics in the Solar Wind''.
• 2001-2004, Co-Investigator on NASA Sun-Earth Connection Guest Investigator Program Grant: ``Using Multi-Spacecraft Observations to Investigate the Acceleration of Particles at Interplanetary Shocks and Their Transport in the Solar Wind''.
• 1997-2000, Co-Principal Investigator on NSF Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure Grant: ``Development of a Modernized Bartol Research Institute Computing Facility''; W. H. Matthaeus, P.I.
• 1990-1997, Co-Investigator on NASA Space Physics Theory Program Grant: ``Particle Acceleration, Transport, and Turbulence in Cosmic and Heliospheric Physics''; W. H. Matthaeus, P.I.
  • Initial funding period from 1990-1993.
  • Renewal funding period from 1993-1996.
  • Final funding from 1996-1997.
• 1989-1995, Co-Investigator on NASA Cosmic and Heliospheric Physics Branch Grant: ``Turbulence and Particle Transport in Space Plasmas''.
  • Initial funding period from 1989-1991.
  • Renewal funding period from 1991-1993.
  • Renewal funding period from 1993-1995.
• 1989-1993, Co-Principal Investigator on NSF Solar Terrestrial Program Grant: ``Cosmic Rays and Interplanetary Magnetic Field''.
  • Initial funding period from 1989-1990.
  • Renewal funding period from 1990-1993.
• 1988-1990, Co-Investigator on NASA Astrophysical Theory Program Grant to the Bartol Research Institute: ``Coordinated Research on Nonthermal Astrophysics''.
• 1981-1987, Co-Investigator on NASA Solar--Terrestrial Theory Program Grant to the University of New Hampshire; L. A. Fisk, P.I.

Research Contract Support:

• 2006-2007, Co-Investigator on University of Iowa subcontract to the University of New Hampshire: ``Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science on Radiation Belt Storm Probes.''
• 2003-present, Principal Investigator on California Institute of Technology subcontract to the University of New Hampshire: ``ACE/MAG Maintenance and Data Analysis.''
• 1995-2001, Co-Investigator on Jet Propulsion Laboratory subcontract to the Bartol Research Institute: ``Proposal for Re-Confirmation of Voyager MAG Team''.
• 1994-1997, Co-Investigator on NOAA subcontract to the Bartol Research Institute to provide real-time solar wind data from ACE magnetometer.

Relevant Academic and Scientific Home Pages

• Mount Saint Joseph's High School Home Page
• The College of William and Mary
• Earth and Sky Radio Show Home Page
• The American Geophysical Union
• The American Physical Society
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
• Charter School of Wilmington
• K-12 Outreach Efforts with Charter School of Wilmington