Smith, Geoffrey B. (1946 - )

Summary

Geoff Smith is an engineer and world leader in green technology, noted for his work on coatings and nanotechnology. His research focuses on the optical physics of nanostructures, thin films, and thermal radiative loss, pigmented materials and coatings interacting with solar and atmospheric radiation, applied physics of solar absorbers, passive cooling to temperatures well below ambient, solar control windows, and roof glazing and skylights. He holds over ten patents in delighting and solar materials. In 1992 Smith was appointed Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Technology Sydney, where he has led the Program in Nanotechnology for Energy Efficiency and been Director of the Centre of Materials Technology. Smith has served on technical committees on skylights and roof glazing for Standards Australia, and for Building Codes of Australia. With C. G. Grandqvist he published Green nanotechnology: solutions for sustainability and energy in the built environment in 2010.

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Chronology

1967

Education - BSc, University of New England

1970

Education - PhD, Monash University

1971

Award - British Council Fellowship

1971 - 1972

Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sussex, United Kingdom

1973 - 1980

Career position - Lecturer, New South Wales Institute of Technology

1979

Career position - Visiting Fellowship, University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

1981 - 1987

Career position - Senior Lecturer, New South Wales Institute of Technology

1984

Career position - Visiting Fellowship, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

1988 - 1990

Career position - Reader, University of Technology Sydney

1991

Career position - Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

1992

Career position - Visiting Fellowship, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

1992 - 2007

Career position - Professor of Applied Physics, University of Technology Sydney

1994 - 1997

Career position - Head, Department of Applied Physics, University of Technology Sydney

1997 - 1998

Career position - Consultant, Daylighting Design, Stadium Australia

1998

Career position - Visiting Fellow, Angstrom Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Sweden

2001 -

Career position - Member, Technical Committee, Building Codes of Australia

2001

Career position - Visiting Fellow, Angstrom Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Sweden

2002

Award - Pioneer in Renewable Energy, World Energy Network, Germany

2003

Award - PhD honoris causa, University of Uppsala, Sweden

2006 -

Career position - Chair, Technical Committee on skylights, Standards Australia

2006 -

Career position - Associate Editor, Journal of nanophotonics

2007 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor in Applied Physics, University of Technology Sydney

2008 - 2009

Career position - Chairman, International Conference on Nanostructured Thin Films, U.S.A.

2011

Award - Award for Invention (shared with Thorsten Trupke), New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards

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Published resources

Books

• Smith, Geoffrey B. and Grandqvist, Claes-Goran, S., Green: nanotechnology: solutions for sustainability and energy on the built environment (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010), 484 pp. Details