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James Smith

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Professor EmeritusEarth, Environment & SocietyMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

119 publications.

01

RESEARCH AGENDA: SPACETIME COMPUTATION AND THE NEOCORTEX

Smith JE

IEEE Micro2 citationsFirst author
02

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination of surface waters by historic landfills via groundwater plumes: ecosystem exposure and downstream mass loading

Roy JW, Propp VR, Hua T, Brown SJ, Brinovcar C, Smith JE, De Silva AO

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts202523 citations
03

Characterizing Teacher Knowledge Tests and Their Use in the Mathematics Education Literature

Bharaj PK, Carney M, Howell H, Smith WM, Smith J

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education20253 citationsSenior author
04

Analysis of Bedforms in the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi, for Select Flows 2011–2016

Wren DG, McAlpin TO, Smith JE, Jones KE, Kuhnle RA, Abraham DD

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering20238 citations
05

Multizone Aquatic Ecological Exposures to Landfill Contaminants from a Groundwater Plume Discharging to a Pond

Hua T, Propp VR, Power C, Brown SJ, Collins P, Smith JE, Roy JW

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry20233 citations
06

Artificial Sweeteners Identify Spatial Patterns of Historic Landfill Contaminated Groundwater Discharge in an Urban Stream

Propp VR, Brown SJ, Collins P, Smith JE, Roy JW

GroundWater Monitoring and Remediation202210 citations
07

Childhood and early-onset glaucoma classification and genetic profile in the Australian and New Zealand Registry of Advanced Glaucoma: An update

Knight LSW, Ruddle JB, Taranath DA, Goldberg I, Smith JE, Gole G, Chiang MY, Willett F, D'Mellow G, Breen J

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology2022
08

Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills

Propp VR, De Silva AO, Spencer C, Brown SJ, Catingan SD, Smith JE, Roy JW

Environmental Pollution2021116 citations
09

Modeling Hepatitis C Elimination Among People Who Inject Drugs in New Hampshire

Blake A, Smith JE

JAMA Network Open202118 citationsSenior author
10

Submarine lobe deposits of the Point Loma Formation, California: Quantifying event‐bed architecture and lateral heterogeneity

Fryer RC, Jobe ZR, Laugier F, Pettinga LA, Gilbert JC, Shumaker LE, Smith JE, Sullivan M

The Depositional Record20216 citations

Courses taught

9
  • Contaminant Hydrogeology

    EARTHSC 6WB3 · last taught 2024

    Graduate
  • Special Topics

    EARTHSC 715B · last taught 2020

    Graduate
  • Special Topics

    EARTHSC 715A · last taught 2019

    Graduate
  • Contaminant Hydrogeology

    EARTHSC 4WB3 · last taught 2024

    Undergraduate
  • Physical Hydrogeology

    EARTHSC 3W03 · last taught 2023

    Undergraduate
  • Soils and the Environment

    ENVIRSC 2B03 · last taught 2023

    Undergraduate
  • Contaminant Hydrogeology

    ENVIRSC 4WB3 · last taught 2018

    Undergraduate
  • Soils and the Environment

    EARTHSC 2B03 · last taught 2017

    Undergraduate
  • Physical Hydrogeology

    ENVIRSC 3W03 · last taught 2017

    Undergraduate

Research institutes and memberships

  • McMaster Centre for Climate Change
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