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Derle Smith
Experience
As a theoretical physicist, I have a broad spectrum of interests that include atmospheric physics, geophysics, astrophysics, and nuclear and particle physics (high-energy). Though most of my current research is focused on vacuum theory, I am intrigued by the "wicked problem" that we all have undertaken to hopefully provide solutions to. I am an independent researcher and very interested in problem solving (I’ve presented and published numerous papers through the Conference on Applied Mathematics at UCO) ; but I am affiliated with the local chapter of Sigma Xi at the University of Central Oklahoma. Several of my colleagues work within the Department of Engineering and Physics at UCO. I have a Ph.D. from Columbia Pacific University, and I have taught for a number of years at UCO as an adjunct professor of physics. I have several research papers that are pending publication in my focus area; with abstracts uploaded to Research Gate. I am anxious to begin new work that ties into atmospheric physics as is apropos to our problem at hand.