{"id":22,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:28:16","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mcsmith\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>While my primary job responsibilities are teaching and student advising I still try to remain activie geoscience research.\u00a0 My primary research interests center on construction of the oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges (MORs) and in particular the volcanic systems that occur along the MOR and on near-ridge seamounts.\u00a0 Most recently I have been involved as part of a multidisciplinary group using geopophysical surveying, the submersible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/underwater-vehicles\/hov-alvin\/\">Alvin<\/a> and the autonomous underwater vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/underwater-vehicles\/sentry\/\">Sentry<\/a> to study\u00a0 near axis seamounts at 8\u00b0 20&#8242; N latitude near the Siqueiros Fracture Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For more detail regarding my geoscience research see my Publications list.\u00a0 Detail regarding my field experience is provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Field Experience<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>2018\u00a0\u00a0 Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis, Siqueiros Fracture Zone, OASIS II (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros) cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>2016\u00a0\u00a0 Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis, Siqueiros Fracture Zone, OASIS (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros) cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1995\u00a0\u00a0 Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II, Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR), NOAA Vents cruise Leg 1 (voyage 132-09).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1994\u00a0 Petrochemist and camera pilot aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 1 (voyage DI-94-03).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1994\u00a0\u00a0 Petrochemist aboard RV Atlantis II, JdFR, (voyage 131-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1994\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific personnel and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, East Pacific Rise (EPR) at 9\u00b0-10\u00b0N, AdVenture IV cruise \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (voyage 131-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1993\u00a0 Scientific personnel aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1992\u00a0 Petrochemist aboard the RV Atlantis II, EPR at 9\u00b0-10\u00b0N, AdVenture III cruise (voyage 131-11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1991\u00a0 Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2 (voyage 125-29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1991\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific personnel and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, EPR at 9\u00b0-10\u00b0N, AdVenture cruise (voyage 125-24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1990\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific personnel RV Atlantis II, NOAA Vents cruise on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Leg 3 (voyage 125-11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1990\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific personnel and camera pilot aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2 (voyage DI-90-03).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1990\u00a0\u00a0 Resistivity Surveying, Geohazards Inc., Gainesville, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0 Two months field work in intertidal and shallow subtidal zones, Shoals Marine Lab, Appledore Island, NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0 One month field work studying sedimentation processes in tidal mud flats, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, Durham, NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0 One month mapping and sampling in Maine for senior thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0 Two weeks mapping and sampling offshore in Maine aboard the R.V. 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