Ian F.C. Smith

A professor of structural engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, Ian F.C. Smith is head of the school's Applied Computing and Mechanics Laboratory and former chair of the Structural Engineering Institute.

Smith's research interests lie in the intersections of computer science with engineering fields such as mechanics, structures, sensing and data interpretation. In 2003, he co-authored the text book Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Engineering. He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and, in 2004, was elected to the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2005, he received the annual Computing in Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, making it the first and only time the award has been given to someone working outside of the United States. Smith holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.