Dr. Scott C. Smith

Adjunct Assistant Professor 

• Research Area: Computational Astrophysics / Relativity
• Electronic Mail: scott.c.smith@lmco.com (preferred) or smithsc@lasalle.edu
• Phone: (609) 722-2958 (work) or (215) 951-1257 (during office hours only)
• Fax: (609) 273-5182/5185 (work) or (215) 951-1488 (La Salle mail room)
• Office Hours for Fall 1998: Monday 5:45-6:15, 8:55-9:15

Current Activities

Teaching GEO-154: Introduction to Astronomy Monday evenings.

E-Prints Available:

gr-qc/9510014

Simulations of Nonaxisymmetric Instability in a Rotating Star: A Comparison Between Eulerian and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics, by S. C. Smith, J. L. Houser, and J. M. Centrella, ApJ 458, 296 (1995).

gr-qc/9409057

Gravitational Radiation from Nonaxisymmetric Instability in a Rotating Star, by J. L. Houser, J. M. Centrella, and S. C. Smith, PRL 72, 1314 (1994).

gr-qc/9409051

A Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamics Code for Modelling Sources of Gravitational Radiation, by S. C. Smith, J. M. Centrella, and S. P. Clancy, ApJSupp 94, 789 (1994).

My Home Page My GEO-154 Astronomy Page

La Salle University Home Page. Geology and Environmental Science Home Page

Shameless Acts of Nepotism:

Anybody in the market for stained glass should check out    Creative Glassworks    1875 Mealy Street    Atlantic Beach, FL 32233    Phone: (904) 247-0064    Toll free: (888) 606-0630    Fax: (904) 246-7188 The artist, Kirk Reber, specializes in architectural stained and leaded glass. He does great work. (He also happens to be my cousin, but don't hold that against him!

And, as long as you're looking at windows, you might want to check out some window treatments from Design III (a.k.a. Jack Adgate). Jack designs and manufactures upholsery, seating, curtains, drapes and other various items for interior decor. We used to be neighbors, until he moved his family out to the suburbs. He is a master of all things spatial, mechanical, and electrical.

If you prefer auditory art to visual, check out the exquisite vocal harmonies of The Chromatics, an a cappella group that proves that not all scientists are total geeks. If you live in the DC area, you can catch them live. If not, you can buy their debut CD, First Light or their great Christmas CD, Unwrapped (MP3s of some songs available for download). And if you're fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to be a science educator, be sure to look for the next for the next AstroCappella CD, due out soon. (At the incredible price of free, the first CD and education packet sold out pretty fast, but the good news is that all the songs from that disc are now available to anyone as free MP3s.)

	Turning to the culinary arts (don't I know a lot of artistic folk for a techie?), if you're interested in a great pub-dining experience, check out The Standard Tap at 2nd and Poplar in Philadelphia. The food is fantastic, and while I can't personally comment on the beer, I hear that's pretty good, too. But you don't have to take my word for it, they've been getting rave reviews from the Inquirer's Magazine, Weekend, Lifestyle, and (of course) Food sections, as well as from the City Paper (they also got a mention in their article on local beers).  And Philadelphia Magazine chose them as "Best Bar Food on a Beer Budget" in their Best of Philly 2000 issue. So how can you go wrong? Sure, you could try to make the Smoked Trout Salad yourself, but why go to the trouble when you know it'll never be as good as the original? I know the chef/co-owner personally, and have been friends with one of the bartenders for longer than I care to mention. So, if you mention my name, you're bound to get a look that says you're crazy and a categorical denial. You definitely won't get a discount. Come to think of it, I don't even get a discount. Hey, why don't I get a discount.... (OK, maybe I do get a small discount - sorry if I offended, Dolly! You're generosity is unparallelled. Truly legendary. Now, about that trout salad....)

On the other hand, if you're looking for useful software for your PC, you might want to check out Spearit Software, Inc. which is run by lifelong friend of mine. OK, the selection is kind of limited so far, but I'm sure it will continue to improve! (So what's the cat got to do with it? Nothing, really. That was the symbol his wife used for her mail order business -cat merchandise- which is no longer in business. But it's a nice image, and I didn't have another one to use, so...)

Friends and Family:

As long as I'm plugging other web pages. While the folks below might not always want to confess any association with me, if they're honest they have no choice, and I still count them among my friends and relations. These guys aren't selling anything, so if you have nothing better to do, you can check out their web sites:

• Padi Boyd (no relation to the wife Eric Clapton stole from George Harrison) at NASA GSFC. She's also one of the Chromatics (see above).
• Janet Houser at Harvard/Smithsonian CFA.
• John Saponara et famille. John is one of the elite group of 3 physics majors (myself included) that La Salle turned out in 1983.