Ralph Smith

Ralph Smith is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on mathematical modeling of smart materials, control theory, and uncertainty quantification.

• Research Interests: Modeling smart materials (PZT, SMA, terfenol-D), numerical methods for physical systems, parameter estimation, and control theory.
• Grants: Funded by NSF Grants CMMI-1306290 and CMMI-1306320 for collaborative research on uncertainty quantification.
• Workshops: Organized short courses on uncertainty quantification at SPIE, FSU, NIMBios, SMASIS, DATAWORKS, CASL, and SAMSI events (2017–2021).
• Labs/Teams: Maintains the Smart Materials Database at NCSU, collaborating with researchers from Florida State University.
• Courses Taught: Math 540 (Uncertainty Quantification), Math 573 (Mathematical Modeling).