Patrick Smith
Contact Information
PhD Candidate in Geodetic Science
He/Him
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: Michael Bevis
Co-Advisor: Shin-Chan Han
Awards & Recognition
Kaarina and Weikko A. Heiskanen Junior Student Award (2025)
Michael Johnson Graduate Award - outstanding Ph.D. Candidate (2024)
School of Earth Sciences Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award (2023, 2024)
Distinguished First Year Graduate Award - Estwing Award (2022)
Publications
Figueroa M, Gómez D, Bevis M, Smalley R, Folguera A, Spagnotto S, Griffith WA, Kellmayer B, Caccamise D, Kendrick E, Smith P (2026). Comprehensive Orogenic-Wedge Dynamics of the South-Central Andes Revealed by the 2010 Maule Earthquake. Nature Communications Earth & Environment [In Review].
Yan Z, Ran J, Chen J, Lasser M, Smith P, Zhang Y, Massotti L (2026). Breaking the Temporal Resolution Barrier: Projected Performance of Hybrid Gravity Satellite Ensemble by the Early 2030s. Earth's Future, 14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF006825
Yan Z, Ran J, Ditmar P, Shum CK, Klees R, Smith P, Fettweis X (2025). GCL-Mascon2024: a novel satellite gravimetry mascon solution using the short-arc approach. Earth Syst. Sci. Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4253-2025
Yan Z, Luan Y, Ran J, Shum CK, Zeng Z, Qian N, Zhang Y, Smith P, Pan X, Huang Z (2024). Optimal Design of a Third Pair of Gravity 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
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