Dr Stewart Smith

School Roles:

• Director of Students - Academic oversight of student support
• Convenor of Board of Examiners - MSc in Electronics

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 2024 IEEE 36th International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS)

Research Article: Deiana, G.; Smith, S. 3D Printed Devices for the Separation of Blood Plasma from Capillary Samples. Micromachines 2024, 15, 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15030359

Research Article: Tsiamis, A.; Buchoux, A.; Mahon, S.T.; Walton, A.J.; Smith, S.; Clarke, D.J.; Stokes, A.A. Design and Fabrication of a Fully-Integrated, Miniaturised Fluidic System for the Analysis of Enzyme Kinetics. Micromachines 2023, 14, 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14030537

Research Article: Jamie R.K. Marland, Mark E. Gray, Camelia Dunare, Ewen O. Blair, Andreas Tsiamis, Paul Sullivan, Eva González-Fernández, Stephen N. Greenhalgh, Rachael Gregson, R. Eddie Clutton, Magdalena M. Parys, Alex Dyson, Mervyn Singer, Ian H. Kunkler, Mark A. Potter, Srinjoy Mitra, Jonathan G. Terry, Stewart Smith, Andrew R. Mount, Ian Underwood, Anthony J. Walton, David J. Argyle, Alan F. Murray, Real-time measurement of tumour hypoxia using an implantable microfabricated oxygen sensor, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 2020, 30, 100375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2020.100375.

• 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 Steering Committee and Technical Programme Committee, IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) - https://icmts.net
• 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 - Sensors and Instrumentation 5/MSc (ELEE11109/PGEE11219)
• Lecturer - Digital System Design 4/MSc (ELEE10007/PGEE10008)
• Contributor - Community-based Technology Research for Sustainable Development 5 (SCEE11018)