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Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith

PhD Candidate in Geodetic Science
He/Him

smith.15196@osu.edu

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 

Yan, Z, Ran J, Smith P et al (2025) GCL-Mascon2024: a novel satellite gravimetry mascon solution using the short-arc approach. Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-512
 

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