Patrick Smith
PhD Candidate in Geodetic Science
He/Him
Mendenhall Lab 075
125 Oval Dr S
Columbus, OH 43210
Areas of Expertise
- Satellite Geodesy
- Satellite Gravimetry
- Precision Orbit Determination
Education
- MSc. Geodetic Science, Ohio State University, 2024
- MSc. Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2014
- BSc. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2012
Graduate Research Associate, Geodesy and Geodynamics Lab
Graduate Teaching Associate, Satellite Geodesy (GS 6777, GS 8873) & Introductory Earth Science Laboratory (ES 1200)
Council of Graduate Students Delegate, Earth & Geosciences
Advisor: C.K. Shum
Co-Advisor: Michael Bevis
Awards & Recognition
Distinguished First Year Graduate Award - Estwing Award (2022)
School of Earth Sciences Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award (2023, 2024)
Michael Johnson Graduate Award - outstanding Ph.D. Candidate (2024)
Publications
Smith P, Zhang Y, Shum CK et al (2024) Enhanced Climate-Induced Hazards Monitoring with GNSS-Tracked Equatorial SmallSat Constellation. Presentation at COSPAR 2024.
Smith P, Shum CK, Zhang Y, et al (2023) Temporal gravity field solutions from SmallSat Constellation GNSS data. In: IUGG 28th General Assembly. https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-4848
Subramanyam S, Garrison J, Smith P et al (2023) Time Delay of Arrival Based Orbit Determination of Geosynchronous Signals of Opportunity. In: Proceedings of the 36th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2023) https://doi.org/10.33012/2023.19342
Yan Z, Ran J, Smith P et al (2024) Optimal Design of a Third Pair of Satellites to Augment Two Existing Polar Pairs to Enhance Earth's Temporal Gravity Field Recovery. In IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 17. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3437744