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'''David Smythe - summary CV'''
'''David Smythe - summary CV'''


David Smythe trained as a geophysicist. He worked initially at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, then became Professor of Geophysics at Glasgow University until his early retirement in 1998. He moved to France in 2003, and intermittently consulted for the oil industry.
David Smythe trained as a geophysicist at the University of Glasgow 1965-1973 (BSc Geology, 1970; PhD geophysics 1987). He worked initially at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, then became Professor of Geophysics back at Glasgow University from 1988 until his early retirement in 1998. He moved to France in 2003, and intermittently consulted for the oil industry between 2002 and 2012.


He pioneered marine deep crustal seismic imaging<ref>Smythe, D.K., Dobinson, A., McQuillin, R., Brewer, J.A., Matthews, D.H., Blundell, D.J. and Kelk, B. 1982. Deep structure of the Scottish Caledonides revealed by the MOIST reflection profile. Nature 299, 338-340</ref> in the 1980s, and led a multinational geophysical experiment at the world’s deepest borehole, in Arctic Russia<ref>Smythe, D.K., Smithson, S.B. Gillen, C., Humphreys, C., Kristoffersen, Y., Karaev, N.A., Garipov V.Z., Pavlenkova,.N.I. and the Kola-92 Working Group 1994. Project images crust, collects seismic data in world’s largest borehole. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 75, 473-476.</ref>.
He pioneered the technique of marine deep crustal seismic imaging<ref>Smythe, D.K., Dobinson, A., McQuillin, R., Brewer, J.A., Matthews, D.H., Blundell, D.J. and Kelk, B. 1982. Deep structure of the Scottish Caledonides revealed by the MOIST reflection profile. Nature 299, 338-340</ref> in the 1980s, and led a multinational geophysical experiment at the world’s deepest borehole, in Arctic Russia<ref>Smythe, D.K., Smithson, S.B. Gillen, C., Humphreys, C., Kristoffersen, Y., Karaev, N.A., Garipov V.Z., Pavlenkova,.N.I. and the Kola-92 Working Group 1994. Project images crust, collects seismic data in world’s largest borehole. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 75, 473-476.</ref>.


His many papers and public lectures on West Cumbria, from 2007 on, helped to persuade Cumbria County Council to veto the development of a nuclear waste repository<ref>Smythe, D.K. 2012. Response to West Cumbria MRWS consultation: Why a deep nuclear waste repository should not be sited in Cumbria. 98 pp + 70 figs. March 2012</ref> in 2013.
His many papers and public lectures on West Cumbria, from 2007 on, helped to persuade Cumbria County Council to veto the development of a nuclear waste repository<ref>Smythe, D.K. 2012. Response to West Cumbria MRWS consultation: Why a deep nuclear waste repository should not be sited in Cumbria. 98 pp + 70 figs. March 2012</ref> in 2013.


His prototype of a new patented 3D medical ultrasound scanner<ref>Smythe, D.K. 2004. 3D/4D ultrasound imaging system. US Patent No. 6,702,745, 8 pp.</ref> based on geophysical principles has proved the concept, applicable to novel areas like bone strength and intracranial pressure measurement.
His prototype of a new patented 3D medical ultrasound scanner<ref>Smythe, D.K. 2004. 3D/4D ultrasound imaging system. US Patent No. 6,702,745, 8 pp.</ref> based on geophysical principles has proved the concept<ref>Campbell, D.F. and Smythe, D. K. 2009. Three-dimensional imaging and characterisation of bone using a novel omnidirectional ultrasound array: proof of concept. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Meeting, Bournemouth</ref>, which is applicable to novel areas like bone strength and intracranial pressure measurement.


After the 2011 Fukushima disaster he published a new objective scale<ref>Smythe, D. 2011. Points of View: An objective nuclear accident magnitude scale for quantification of severe and catastrophic events. Physics Today, online</ref> for estimating the magnitude of nuclear accidents, which is becoming recognised<ref>Wheatley, S., Sovacool, B. K. and Sornette, D. Reassessing the safety of nuclear power. Energy Res. Social Sci. 15, 96-100.
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster he published a new objective scale<ref>Smythe, D. 2011. Points of View: An objective nuclear accident magnitude scale for quantification of severe and catastrophic events. Physics Today, online</ref> for estimating the magnitude of nuclear accidents, which is becoming recognised<ref>Wheatley, S., Sovacool, B. K. and Sornette, D. Reassessing the safety of nuclear power. Energy Res. Social Sci. 15, 96-100.

Revision as of 22:42, 23 December 2016

David Smythe - summary CV

David Smythe trained as a geophysicist at the University of Glasgow 1965-1973 (BSc Geology, 1970; PhD geophysics 1987). He worked initially at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, then became Professor of Geophysics back at Glasgow University from 1988 until his early retirement in 1998. He moved to France in 2003, and intermittently consulted for the oil industry between 2002 and 2012.

He pioneered the technique of marine deep crustal seismic imaging[1] in the 1980s, and led a multinational geophysical experiment at the world’s deepest borehole, in Arctic Russia[2].

His many papers and public lectures on West Cumbria, from 2007 on, helped to persuade Cumbria County Council to veto the development of a nuclear waste repository[3] in 2013.

His prototype of a new patented 3D medical ultrasound scanner[4] based on geophysical principles has proved the concept[5], which is applicable to novel areas like bone strength and intracranial pressure measurement.

After the 2011 Fukushima disaster he published a new objective scale[6] for estimating the magnitude of nuclear accidents, which is becoming recognised[7] as superior to the ‘official’ scale.

Since 2013 he has assisted many local UK groups which are opposed to fracking, by providing them with expert geological reviews.


References

  1. ^ Smythe, D.K., Dobinson, A., McQuillin, R., Brewer, J.A., Matthews, D.H., Blundell, D.J. and Kelk, B. 1982. Deep structure of the Scottish Caledonides revealed by the MOIST reflection profile. Nature 299, 338-340
  2. ^ Smythe, D.K., Smithson, S.B. Gillen, C., Humphreys, C., Kristoffersen, Y., Karaev, N.A., Garipov V.Z., Pavlenkova,.N.I. and the Kola-92 Working Group 1994. Project images crust, collects seismic data in world’s largest borehole. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 75, 473-476.
  3. ^ Smythe, D.K. 2012. Response to West Cumbria MRWS consultation: Why a deep nuclear waste repository should not be sited in Cumbria. 98 pp + 70 figs. March 2012
  4. ^ Smythe, D.K. 2004. 3D/4D ultrasound imaging system. US Patent No. 6,702,745, 8 pp.
  5. ^ Campbell, D.F. and Smythe, D. K. 2009. Three-dimensional imaging and characterisation of bone using a novel omnidirectional ultrasound array: proof of concept. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Meeting, Bournemouth
  6. ^ Smythe, D. 2011. Points of View: An objective nuclear accident magnitude scale for quantification of severe and catastrophic events. Physics Today, online
  7. ^ Wheatley, S., Sovacool, B. K. and Sornette, D. Reassessing the safety of nuclear power. Energy Res. Social Sci. 15, 96-100.
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