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Overview

Edward J. Smith was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields including Medicine and particularly focused on Civil and Structural Engineering, Genetics, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covered several main topics related to geotechnical engineering and biomedical science. These included:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies

Edward J. Smith contributed scholarly articles to various publication venues. The most frequent venues where their work appeared were:

  • The Year s Work in English Studies
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • The Journal of Urology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Genetics in Medicine Open

Their recent scientific publications primarily addressed topics in geotechnical engineering and medicine, including these papers:

  • New insights into soil arching behaviour in column-supported embankments, 2021, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Numerical simulation of the progressive development of soil arching in column-supported embankments, 2021, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Post-covid Cardiac Concerns In An Nfl Athlete, 2021, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Frequent collaborators in their research included Abdelmalek Bouazza, Louis King, Jeffrey P. Weiss, Jerry G. Blaivas, and R. Kerry Rowe.

Edward J. Smith's academic focus combined aspects of engineering and medical science, contributing knowledge to both physical infrastructure and biological health topics. Their published work demonstrated interdisciplinary reach across geotechnical engineering processes and medical concerns related to muscle physiology and epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Postmidnight chorus: A substorm phenomenon

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Edward J. Smith

  • Origin of interplanetary southward magnetic fields responsible for major magnetic storms near solar maximum (1978–1979)

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Frances Tang;Syun I. Akasofu

  • Observations of interaction regions and corotating shocks between one and five AU: Pioneers 10 and 11

    Edward J. Smith;John H. Wolfe

  • Pioneer Venus Orbiter Magnetic Field and Plasma Observations in the Venus Magnetotail

    J. A. Slavin;D. S. Intriligator;E. J. Smith

  • Bidirectional solar wind electron heat flux events

    J. T. Gosling;D. N. Baker;S. J. Bame;W. C. Feldman

  • The Cassini Magnetic Field Investigation

    M. K. Dougherty;S. Kellock;D. J. Southwood;A. Balogh

  • The magnetic field investigation on the Ulysses mission - Instrumentation and preliminary scientific results

    A. Balogh;T. J. Beek;R. J. Forsyth;P. C. Hedgecock

  • Two types of magnetospheric ELF chorus and their substorm dependences

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Edward J. Smith

  • Lion roars and nonoscillatory drift mirror waves in the magnetosheath

    B. T. Tsurutani;E. J. Smith;R. R. Anderson;K. W. Ogilvie

  • Observations of the interplanetary sector structure up to heliographic latitudes of 16°: Pioneer 11

    Edward J. Smith;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Ronald L. Rosenberg

  • An ISEE 3 study of average and substorm conditions in the distant magnetotail

    J. A. Slavin;E. J. Smith;D. G. Sibeck;D. N. Baker

  • The heliospheric magnetic field over the South polar region of the sun.

    A. Balogh;D. J. Southwood;R. J. Forsyth;T. S. Horbury

  • The planetary magnetic field and magnetosphere of Jupiter: Pioneer 10

    E. J. Smith;L. Davis;D. E. Jones;P. J. Coleman

  • Power spectra and discontinuities of the interplanetary magnetic field - Mariner 4.

    G. L. Siscoe;L. Davis;P. J. Coleman;E. J. Smith

  • OGO 3 observations of ELF noise in the magnetosphere: 2. The nature of the equatorial noise

    Christopher T. Russell;Robert E. Holzer;Edward J. Smith

  • Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling during intense magnetic storms (1978-1979)

    Walter D. Gonzalez;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Alicia L. C. Gonzalez;Edward J. Smith

  • The heliospheric plasma sheet

    D. Winterhalter;E. J. Smith;M. E. Burton;N. Murphy

  • OGO 3 observations of ELF noise in the magnetosphere: 1. Spatial extent and frequency of occurrence

    Christopher T. Russell;Robert E. Holzer;Edward J. Smith

  • The heliospheric current sheet

    Edward J. Smith

  • Multiple spacecraft observations of interplanetary shocks Four spacecraft determination of shock normals

    C. T. Russell;M. M. Mellott;E. J. Smith;J. H. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce T. Tsurutani
Bruce T. Tsurutani California Institute of Technology
André Balogh
André Balogh Imperial College London
S. J. Bame
S. J. Bame Los Alamos National Laboratory
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
J. T. Gosling
J. T. Gosling University of Colorado Boulder
David J. McComas
David J. McComas Princeton University
David J. Southwood
David J. Southwood Imperial College London
F. L. Scarf
F. L. Scarf Northrop Grumman (United States)
Daniel N. Baker
Daniel N. Baker University of Colorado Boulder

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