John Smeaton He pioneered the use of 'hydraulic lime' (a form of mortar that will set under water) and developed a technique involving dovetailed blocks of granite in the building of the lighthouse. His lighthouse remained in use until 1877 when the rock underlying the structure's foundations had begun to erode; it was dismantled and partially rebuilt at Plymouth Hoe where it is known as Smeaton's Tower. Deciding that he wanted to focus on the lucrative field of civil engineering, he commenced an extensive series of commissions, including: Smeaton is considered to be the first expert witness to appear in an English
Alan Smeaton the ACM Journal on Computers and Cultural Heritage, Information Processing and Management and the journal Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval. Prof. Smeaton was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic distinction in Ireland, in May 2013, becoming DCU's 10th member. In 2012 Prof. Smeaton was appointed by Minister Sean Sherlock to the board of the Irish Research Council Books by Alan Smeaton include: Representative Papers by Alan Smeaton include: Alan Smeaton Professor Alan F. Smeaton MRIA is a researcher and academic at Dublin City University. Among his accomplishments are founding TRECVid, the Centre for Digital