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'''Charles William Smith''' (January 1, 1926 — July 30, 2012) was an American engineer and professor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles William Smith Obituary (2012) Roanoke Times|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/charles-smith-obituary?id=25285405|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Smith - View Obituary & Service Information|url=https://www.hornefuneralservice.com/obituaries/Bill-Smith-6/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Bill Smith Obituary|language=en}}</ref> <br />
== Education ==<br />
Smith earned a BS in [[Engineering:Civil engineering|Civil Engineering]] in 1947 and an MS in [[Physics:Applied mechanics|Applied Mechanics]] in1950 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=C. William Smith|url=https://eng.vt.edu/content/eng_vt_edu/en/about/distinguished-alumni/academy-of-engineering-excellence/c-william-smith.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=eng.vt.edu|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Research and career ==<br />
Smith became a full-time instructor in 1948 while working on his master's degree. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1950 upon completing his degree. At the time Virginia Tech was strictly a teaching institution and Smith pushed for a stronger role of performing research. Following a seminar from [[Biography:George Rankine Irwin|George Rankine Irwin]], Smith became interested in fracture mechanics and applying photoelasticity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Old and New…: A Narrative on the History of the Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8345204|access-date=2021-12-29|website=ieeexplore.ieee.org|language=en-US}}</ref> He was one of the investigators on the 1969 Department of Defense Themis grant that served as the genesis of Virginia Tech's international leadership in composite and advanced materials.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - PDF Free Download|url=https://docplayer.net/14642991-History-of-the-engineering-science-and-mechanics-department-virginia-polytechnic-institute-state-university.html|access-date=2022-01-06|website=docplayer.net}}</ref> He retired in 1992 and became an Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus.<ref name=":4" /> Smith was named an Honorary Member of the [[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] in 2002, a position held until his death in 2012.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
*Society for Experimental Mechanics Fellow (1977)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardsfellow|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
*Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Excellence in Research (1977)<ref>{{Cite web|title=C. William Smith|url=https://eng.vt.edu/content/eng_vt_edu/en/about/distinguished-alumni/academy-of-engineering-excellence/c-william-smith.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=eng.vt.edu|language=en}}</ref><br />
*[[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] [[Biography:Max M. Frocht|Frocht]] (1983)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardsfrocht|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
*NASA's Langley Research Center Scientific Achievement Award (1986)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=In memoriam: C.W. Smith, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science and Mechanics|url=https://vtx.vt.edu/content/vtx_vt_edu/en/articles/2012/08/080212-engineering-smithmemorial.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=vtx.vt.edu|language=en}}</ref><br />
*American Academy of Mechanics Fellow (1991)<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Remembrance {{!}} American Academy of Mechanics|url=https://aamech.org/in-remembrance/|access-date=2021-12-29|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
*Dan Pletta Engineering Educator of the Year Award from the Virginia Schools of Engineering (1991)<ref name=":1" /><br />
*[[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] [[Biography:William M. Murray (engineer)|Murray]] Lecture and Award (1993)<ref name=":0" /><br />
*[[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] Lazan (1995)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardslazan|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
*[[Organization:American Society of Mechanical Engineers|American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] Fellow (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fellows|url=https://www.asme.org/About-ASME/Honors-Awards/Joint-Society-Awards|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.asme.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
*[[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] [[Biography:Francis Gibbons Tatnall|Tatnall]] (1997)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardstatnall|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
*Society for Experimental Mechanics Honorary Member (2002 to 2012)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardshonorary|access-date=2021-12-22|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
*Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering Excellence (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Academy of Engineering Excellence|url=https://eng.vt.edu/content/eng_vt_edu/en/about/distinguished-alumni/academy-of-engineering-excellence.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=eng.vt.edu|language=en}}</ref><br />
*[[Organization:Society for Experimental Mechanics|Society for Experimental Mechanics]] [[Biography:Charles E. Taylor (engineer)|Taylor]] (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society for Experimental Mechanics|url=https://sem.org/awardstaylor|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sem.org}}</ref><br />
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