Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Contact Information: Dr. Whit Smith Senior Research Engineer Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Tech 777 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332 (404) 894-3185 voice |
Spring 2000, Dr. Smith was honored to be chosen by the students as the ECE Outstanding Teacher.
Dr. Smith is helping to orchestrate InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Following Christ 2002/3 conference for faculty, graduate students, and professionals.
Dr. Smith is a decade-plus board member for the Presbyterian Church's Georgia Tech outreach, The Westminster Christian Fellowship.
Dr. Smith is teaching ECE 4006 (Senior Design). Click on the link for details for this semester's section.
Recently taught classes include:
ECE 2025: Introduction to Signal Processing
ECE 2803: (Oxford) Introduction to the Internet and eComerce
ECE 4000: Project Engineering and Professional Practice
ECE 4006: Major Design Project (Senior Design)
HTS 4877: (Oxford) History of Military Engineering
RF and Wireless Short Course
and parts of other classes...
During 2000-2005, Dr. Smith presently is working for Georgia Tech's College of Engineering as Georgia Tech liaison to develop the Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology in Conyers, Georgia which includes research projects jointly performed by French and US students. He is also working to develop the School's senior design courses.
During Summer semester 2001, Dr. Smith taught at Oxford University, England.
During 1992-1997, Dr. Smith managed the conversion of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation's Woodbury Research Facility (a former AT&T satellite earth station) into a Radio Astronomy and Satellite research facility.
Dr. Smith is one of the initial science PIs for the international K-12 grade GLOBE science/education program.
Dr. Smith is faculty advisor to the annual IEEE Robotics Competition.
Dr. Smith's PhD dissertation, "A Satellite Interference Location System", demonstrates techniques for identifying the terrestrial locations of otherwise unknown satellite uplink transmitters using time and phase differences between multiple satellites and on-orbit satellite antennas respectively.
Dr. Smith performs engineering consulting with subjects including instrumentation and controls resulting from the coupling of computers and RF, analog, and digital hardware.