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David Smythe - summary professional CV

David Smythe trained as a geophysicist at the University of Glasgow from 1965 to 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 retains the title of Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, and the position of Honorary Senior Research Fellow, both at his alma mater, in perpetuity. 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 imaging by seismic reflection[1] in the 1980s, and led a multinational deep crustal seismic imaging experiment[2] at the world’s deepest borehole, in Arctic Russia in the winter of 1992.

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 diagnostic 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 [[1]] scale.

Since 2013 he has assisted many local UK community 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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