Prof. Joseph D. Smith 
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Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, United States
Joseph D. Smith was trained at the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center at Brigham Young University where he received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1990. He has over 25 years’ experience in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry working for the Dow Chemical Company in the environmental research group, Cabot Corporation as global process development leader and the John Zink Company as research director for flare technology and CFD. He has served on the faculties of Tennessee Technological University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, and University of Tulsa. Since 2011, Smith has held the Wayne and Gayle Laufer Endowed Energy Chair at Missouri University of Science and Technology where he conducts research on Hybrid Energy Systems involving renewable energy technology. He co-founded Elevated Analytics Consulting (www.elevatedanalytic.com) where he currently serves as Chief Technology Officer focused on developing and applying advanced sensor technology to monitor and control gas flare emissions. Smith serves as an expert witness for flare performance and combustion technology and has published over 70 papers, has given more than 100 conference papers and currently holds twelve patents. He contributed chapters to the John Zink Combustion Handbook, Industrial Burner Handbook, Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook (9th edition) and Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Recently he published a book on the Application of CFD in the Process Industries.