Mexican-American born in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, educated at the University of Arizona in Physics and Industrial & Systems Engineering.

• NAVAIR Summer Faculty Fellowship - NAVAIR (06/01/2021-06/30/2021)
• NAVAIR Summer Fellowship - NAVAIR (06/01/2020-06/30/2020)
• Faculty Paper Award, 3rd Place - ASEE: American Society of Engineering Education (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• Paul Harris Fellow - Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Seminar Appreciation Plaque - The Boeing Company (05/01/2008-05/31/2008)
• Summa Cum Laude - Physics Department, University of Arizona (01/01/1994-12/31/1994)

• JD in Juris Doctor, Law, Northwestern California University (2011)
• Ph D in Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona (2006)
• MS in Systems Engineering, University of Arizona (2003)
• BS in Physics, University of Arizona (1994)

• Why Moving Fast and Breaking Things Makes Sense Springer 2 43-51 (2023), Francisco Zapata, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)? Springer (2023), Francisco A. Zapata-Gonzalez, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Phuong H. Nguyen.
• Using System Dynamics Method to Measure Project Management Performance of Local Government Agencies MDPI Business Journal 2 4 (2022), Carlos Chang, Johanes Makahaube, Adeeba A. Raheem, Eric Smith, S Mahnaz.
• Achieving Our Professional and Personal Goals Conference "Enacting Including Excellence Through Leadership, Teaching, and Learning", El Paso, Texas, August 10-12, 2022 (2022), Kien H. Lim, Charles R. Boehmer, Kathleen A. Gannon, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Extending the Boundaries of Psychological Ownership Research: Measurement, Outcomes, Cultural Moderators Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (2022), Franziska Renz, Richard Posthuma, Eric D. Smith.
• Factor differentiation in risk analysis and crisis management American Journal of Industrial and Business Management (in press), Richard A. Posthuma, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Eric D. Smith.
• Information Theory as a Basis for Characterizing Complex Technical and Socio-Technical Systems Applied Systems Innovation Journal (2022), Aditya Akundi, Eric D. Smith.
• Quantitative Characterization of Complex Systems— An Information Theoretic Approach Applied Systems Innovation Journal (2022), Eric D. Smith, Aditya Akundi.
• Seemingly Counter-Intuitive Features of Good-to-Great Companies Actually Make Perfect Sense: Possible Algorithmics-Based Explanations Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems IS'22, Warsaw, Poland, October 12-14, 2022 (in press), Francisco Zapata, Eric D. Smith, Olga M. Kosheleva, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Unexpected Economic Consequence of Cloud Computing: A Boost to Algorithmic Creativity Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Constraint Programming and Decision Making CoProD'2022, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 30, 2022 (2022), Francisco Zapata, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Extending the Boundaries of Psychological Ownership Research: Measurement, Outcomes, Cultural Moderators. Cross Cultural and Strategic Management (2022), Franziska Renz, Richard A. Posthuma, Eric Smith.
• Why Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)? Abstracts of the Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence AICI'2022, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 14-15, 2022 (2022), Francisco Zapata, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Phuong H. Nguyen.
• Employee Turnover and Retention in Mexico and Latin America (2021), Richard A. Posthuma, Claudia Noemi Gonzalez Brambila, Eric D. Smith, Yang Zhang.
• A Natural Explanation for the Minimum Entropy Production Principle Springer (2021), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Status Quo Bias Actually Helps Decision Makers to Take Nonlinearity into Account: An Explanation Springer (2021), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Confirmation Bias in Systems Engineering: A Pedagogical Example Mathematical Structures and Modeling 53 (2020), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• How to Explain That Changes in Elderlies Depression Level Are Uniformly Distributed Mathematical Structures and Modeling 53 (2020), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Towards Analytical Techniques for Systems Engineering Applications Springer Verlag (2020), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Working in Danger Zones: Customized Risk Management For Expatriate Occupations. Routledge (2020), Richard A. Posthuma, Eric D. Smith, Jase Ramsey, Yang Zhang.
• 80/20 Rule Partially Explains 7 Plus Minus 2 Law: General System-Based Analysis International Mathematical Forum 14 5 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• A simple quantitative model of cognitive tradeoff phenomenon Journal of Uncertain Systems 13 2 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Dunning-Kruger Effect: A Simple System-Based Explanation Mathematical Structures and Modeling 52 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Epicycles are Almost as Good as Trigonometric Series: General System-Based Analysis Applied Mathematical Sciences 13 16 (2019), Griselda , Eric D. Smith, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Epicycles Are Almost as Good as Trigonometric Series: General System-Based Analysis Applied Mathematical Sciences 13 16 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Olga M. Kosheleva, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Optimal Distribution of Testing Resources between Different System Levels Journal of Uncertain Systems 13 2 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Optimal distribution of testing resources between different system levels Journal of Uncertain Systems 13 2 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Unexpected Empirical Dependence of Calf Gender on Insemination Time: System-Based Explanation Applied Mathematical Sciences 13 14 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Unexpected Empirical Dependence on Calf Gender on Insemination Time: System-Based Explanation Applied Mathematical Sciences (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Why Area Under the Curve in Hypothesis Testing International Mathematical Forum 14 5 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why Filtering Out Higher Harmonics Makes It Easier to Carry a Tune Applied Mathematical Science 13 16 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric A. Freudenthal, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why High-Level Attention Constantly Oscillates: System Based Explanation International Journal of Computing (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Why IQ Test Scores Are Slightly Decreasing: Possible System-Based Explanation for the Reversed Flynn Effect Journal of Uncertain Systems 13 3 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why Matrix Factorization Works Well in Recommender Systems: A Systems-Based Explanation Journal of Uncertain Systems 13 3 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Manuel Hernandez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why Patients Do Not Always Follow Doctor's Advice: Systems Approach Explains Empirical Observation Mathematical Structures and Modeling 51 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Why Patients do not Always Follow Doctor’s Advice: Systems Approach Explains Empirical Observation Mathematical Structures and Modeling (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Why Pink Noise Is Best for Enhancing Sleep and Memory: System-Based Explanation Applied Mathematical Sciences (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Kreinovich.
• Why Pink Noise Is Best for Enhancing Sleep and Memory: System-Based Explanation Applied Mathematical Sciences 13 14 (2019), Griselda Acosta, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.
• Information Entropy Applied to Software based Control Flow Graphs Information Entropy Applied to Software based Control Flow Graphs, International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management 9 5 (2018), Aditya Akundi, Eric D. Smith, Tzu-Liang Tseng.

• Achieving Our Professional and Personal Goals (2022), Kien H. Lim, Kathleen A. Gannon, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Charles R. Boehmer.
• Extending Psychological Ownership Theory Across National Cultures: A Comparison Between Mexican and US Managers (2020), Volume Mexico City, Mexico, Franziska M. Renz, Richard A. Posthuma, Eric D. Smith.
• A climate for psychological ownership to enhance organizational performance across Latin Americs (2020), Volume Mexico City, Franziska M. Renz, Richard A. Posthuma, Eric D. Smith.

• Faculty Fellowship in Israel