University of Saskatchewan (Regina campus), 1969-71.
Brigham Young University, B.S., 1975, M.S., 1976, PhD. 1979 (L. D. Smoot).

From 1979 to 1990 Professor Smith taught & conducted research at Brigham Young University. There, he and his students developed several combustion models including: 1-DICOG, PCGC-2 & PCGC-3. Since then he has been at the University of Utah.

From 1990 to 1996 At the University of Utah Professor Smith developed JASPER, BANFF & GLACIER. He emphasized the application of these reacting flow models to industrial problems at Reaction Engineering International, which he help found and where he served as Vice-President from 1990-1Apr98.

He is currently chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Utah. He chairs the Conflict of Interest Committee for the University. He leads the fire simulation efforts in the Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explostions (CSAFE). He is one of the founding faculty in the Institute for Combustion and Energy Studies (ICES).