Frank Thomas Smith FRS (born 1948)[2] 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[2] and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree as an undergraduate student of Jesus College, Oxford[2] followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1972 for research supervised by David Spence, John Ockendon and Keith Stewartson.[1][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.[1]

Awards and honours

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d Frank T. Smith at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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.)
  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). 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. Free access icon
  13. ^ Anon (1984). "Professor Frank Smith FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Retrieved 23 January 2023.


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