Dr. William R. Smith
Email: bilsmith_at_uoguelph_dot_ca
T: 519-824-4120 x53119
Office: MACN 433C
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Academic Summary (reverse chronological order):
- University Professor Emeritus, Un. of Guelph (Mathematics and Statistics)
- Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering, Un. of Waterloo
- Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean of Science, Ontario Tech University (UOIT)
- Professor and Chair, Mathematics & Statistics, Un. of Guelph
- MSc/PhD Applied Mathematics, Un. of Waterloo
- BASc Engineering Science/MASc Chemical Engineering, Un. of Toronto)
Research:
- Professor Smith Publication’s
- integration of methodologies from statistical mechanics, molecular simulation, and thermodynamics to predict the properties of fluids and their mixtures
- senior author of the text “Chemical Reaction Equilibrium Analysis: Theory and Algorithms” (1200+ citations)
- developed the Reaction Ensemble Monte Carlo method for the molecular simulation of chemical reaction equilibria (J. Chem. Phys. 100, 3019-3027, 1994)
- developed the “Smith model of the male reproductive system”, (Am. J. Physiology, Regulatory Integrative, and Comparative, R473-R477, 1983)
- current research projects involve CO2 capture by reactive absorption, aqueous electrolyte speciation and solubility, and the design of refrigerant working fluids and refrigeration cycles.