University of Texas
ECE

Smith, Harold

Professor Emeritus

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Phone Room Email
(512) 471-7452 ENS 620
ENS 624A
hsmith@mail.utexas.edu

Support Staff: Perez, Diana

(512) 475-6166 ENS 236 diana.perez@mail.utexas.edu

Biography:

Dr. H.W. (Skeet) Smith joined the UT-Austin faculty in 1952 as an Assistant Professor. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in circuits and systems, controls, and digital signal processing.

With Professor F. X. Bostick he has conducted numerous electrical geophysics experiments in various parts of the world. The objective of these studies was to investigate methods for determining the structure of the earth, including exploration techniques for finding mineral, geothermal, and hydrocarbon d eposits.

He served as director of the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory from 1973 to 1984. He has received the General Dynamics and Student Association teaching awards and is a Life Fellow in IEEE.