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Nom réel

Craig B. Smith

A propos de ma bibliothèque

Eclectic, about equally divided between fiction and non-fiction. Some unique materials on WWII in the Pacific. Collection related to ocean waves and ship disasters; ancient Egypt; favorite authors include both classical, modern, and unknown, examples being Shakespeare, Balzac, Jim Harrison, Cormac McCarthy, James Agee, and Robert Trumbull.

A propos de moi

Craig B. Smith’s forty-year career has combined engineering design and construction of major projects involving advanced technologies with a love for writing. His career began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA. After leaving UCLA, he formed a high technology R & D company (ANCO Engineers, Inc.) that developed advanced instrumentation and data acquisition systems and some of the world’s largest structural vibrators for seismic tests of high-rise buildings, dams, and nuclear power plants. In 1992 he joined AECOM, a large, international architecture/engineering firm, where he held several positions before retiring in 2003 as President and then chairman of AECOM subsidiary DMJM-Holmes and Narver, where he was responsible for the direction and management of many large public works projects such as airport expansion, mass transit, schools and courthouses, and was responsible for the management of the Pentagon renovation, before and after 9/11.

Throughout his professional career, Smith wrote and published poetry, short fiction, and several books, in addition to serving as editor of several others. Since retiring he has been writing full-time and published How the Great Pyramid was Built (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004), Extreme Waves (Joseph Henry Press of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006), and Lightning: Fire from the Sky, 2008. His latest non-fiction book, Counting the Days, will be published by Smithsonian Institution Press in May, 2012. In addition, he has published two novels, House of Miracles, 2010, and Stirrings, 2011.

Lieu (géographique)

Newport Beach, California

Page d'accueil

http://www.docksideconsultants.com

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