UNSW@ADFA

Aerospace, Civil & Mechanical Engineering

Dr Warren Smith

Academic and Professional Qualifications
BE (Nav Arch) (UNSW), MSc (Houston), PhD (Houston)
MSNAME, MASME, MAIAA, MRINA (Grad), MIEAust

Head of School

Phone: +61 2 02 6268 8262
Fax: +61 2 02 6268 8276
Email: w.smith@adfa.edu.au

Professional and Teaching Experience

Since joining ADFA, I have had responsibility for the Mechanical Engineering design strand and an elective in naval architecture. I was appointed Head of School in July 2003.

Previously, I was employed as a Naval Architect, Australian Department of Defence (1978 - 1998). Appointments included various specialist engineering positions in the areas of ship hydrodynamcis, ship concept design development and ship project costing (including life cycle costing); and project management positions with partiuclar experience in the development of requirements and specifications; risk managements and designing, supporting and executing tender evaluation methodologies. Casual Lecturer at ADFA, UNSW (1997) in Naval Architecture.

Research Interests

Decision support; Design Methods (eg., Decision-Based Design); Systems modelling; Systems Engineering; Ship design; Ship Safety; Risk Management: Vehicle Design (Electric Vehicle and Formula SAE-A)

Consulting Interests

Decision support, Optimisation; Design modelling, exploration, evaluation; Systems engineering; Specification development; Naval Architecture; Ship Safety, Risk Management; Expert Opinion Services.

Publications
Books: 3 chapters
Journals: 4
Conference: 27
Other: 8

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