Theodore F. Smith

Research Links:
http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~tfsmith/
http://www.me.engineering.uiowa.edu/research/tfsystems.html

Joined the College of Engineering: 1971

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1972
M.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1965
B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1963

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Heat transfer; radiation heat transfer; thermal sciences and engineering

Present Research Interests:
Radiative properties and heat transfer; optimal control of thermal systems; thermal sciences and engineering

Selected Publications:
Wen, J., and Smith, T.F., "Absorption of Solar Energy in a Room," Solar Energy, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp.283-297, 2002.

Zhang, L., Smith, T.F., O'Shaughnessy, P.T., "Development of a Simulation Model for a Ventilation System for a Swine Building," under review for Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2002.

Reynolds, S.J., Black, D.W., Borin, S., Breuer, G., Burmeister, L.F., Fuortes, L.J., Smith, T.F., Stein, M., Subramanian, P., Thorne, P.S., and Written, P., "Indoor Environmental Quality in Six Commercial Office Buildings in the Midwest US," Applied Occupational and Environmental Health, Vol. 16, No.11, pp. 1065-1077, 2001.

Wen, J. and Smith, T.F., User Manual for Interactive Heat Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

Nishida, N., Shiina, T., Matsui, K., and Smith, T.F., "Weather Observations and Their Effects on Concrete Temperatures," Transaction of the Japan Concrete Institute, Vol. 21, pp. 121-128, 1999.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of Automotive Engineers; American Society of Engineering Education; American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Committee on Aircraft and Astronautical Heat Transfer K-12; International Solar Energy Society; Iowa Academy of Science; Iowa Association for Energy Efficiency; Optical Society of America; Sigma Xi