Dr Stewart Smith

School Roles:

• Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching - Student Experience

• Year Coordinator for 4th Year Electronics and Electrical Engineering degree programmes

Research Interests:

• Microelectronic test and measurement
• MEMS and microsystems design, integration test and packaging
• Biosensors, bioelectronics, and biomedical microsystems
• Microfluidic design and manufacturing

Recent Activity:

General Chair of the 2020 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS)

Research Article: E. O. Blair, A. Buchoux, A. Tsiamis, C. Dunare, J.R.K Marland, M.E. Gray, J.G. Terry, S. Smith, and A.J. Walton; "Test Structures for Developing Packaging for Implantable Sensors," in IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 224-231, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TSM.2020.2987134.

Research Article: J.R.K. Marland, F. Moore, C. Dunare, A. Tsiamis, E. González-Fernández, E.O. Blair, S. Smith, J.G. Terry, A.F. Murray, and A. J. Walton; "Optimization of Nafion Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Design and Microfabrication," in IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 196-201, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TSM.2020.2983875.

Review Article: Gamal W., Wu H., Underwood I., Jia J., Smith S., Bagnaninchi P. O. (2018). Impedance-based cellular assays for regenerative medicine. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 373:20170226. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0226.

• PhD, The University of Edinburgh, Title: "Sheet Resistance and Electrical Linewidth Test Structures for Semiconductor Process Characterisation", 2003, EPSRC funded project.
• B.Eng. (Hons.), Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics), The University of Edinburgh,  1997

• Member of the Technical Programme Committee, IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS)
• Conference co-chair and committee member, Symposium on Design, Test Integration and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, The University of Edinburgh, 2013
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, 2013
• Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Young Academy of Scotland, 2012-2017
• Senior Member of the IEEE since 2012
• Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology since 1997

• Course organiser - Biosensors 4 (ELEE11094) and Biosensors MSc (PGEE11041)
• Course organiser - Biosensor Instrumentation 5 (ELEE11076) and Biosensors and Instrumentation (PGEE11040)
• Course organiser - Digital System Design 4 (ELEE10007) and Digital System Design MSc (PGEE10008)
• Lab coordinator for Microelectronics 3 (ELEE09021)