Ethan C. Smith

I am a faculty member in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Michigan Technological University. During the 2010-2011 academic year, I will be a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre interuniversitaire en calcul mathématique algébrique (CICMA) laboratory of the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), Université de Montréal.

Education

• PhD, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2009.
• MS, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2005.
• BS, Mathematics and Philosophy, Grove City College, 2003.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University, 8/2009-present.
• Graduate Teacher of Record, Clemson University, 8/2004-5/2009.
• Graduate Mentor, REU in Computational Number Theory and Combinatorics, Summers 2007-2009.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) GK-12 Fellow, Clemson University, 7/2003-7/2004.

Selected Publications

For a complete list of my publications, please visit my research page.

• K. James and E. Smith. Average Frobenius distribution for elliptic curves defined over finite Galois extensions of the rationals. (submitted).
• E. Smith. A Barban-Davenport-Halberstam asymptotic for number fields. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. (to appear).
• E. Smith. A generalization of the Barban-Davenport-Halberstam Theorem to number fields. J. Number Theory, 129(11):2735-2742, 2009.
  

Honors and Awards

• University Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher, Clemson University, 2009.
• College Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher, Clemson University, College of Engineering and Science, 2009.
• Outstanding PhD Student Award, Clemson University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 2009.
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Clemson University, 2008.
• Clayton V. Aucoin Award for Outstanding Masters Student, Clemson University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 2005.
• Nominated and accepted for NSF GK-12 Fellowship, Clemson University, 2003-2004.
• John A. Courtney Award for Philosophy, Grove City College, 2003.
• &Phi&Sigma&Tau philosophy honor society, inducted 2002.
• &Kappa&Mu&Epsilon mathematics honor society, inducted 2001.