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James Fielding Smith (Jim Smith) has established an active research program in airport resiliency and in the field where airport preparedness for non-aviation disasters intersects with communities and other stakeholders. His most recent major papers have been "Airport Disaster Preparedness in a Community Context," "Regional Cooperation, Coordination, and Communication among Airports during Disasters," and "The Roles of General Aviation Airports in Disaster Response." He has recently had three books published and one book in press by the Transportation Research Board for Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP): •(for IEM Inc.) ACRP Report 73, Guidebook for Airport-to-Airport Mutual Aid Program (2012) (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/acrp/acrp_rpt_073.pdf) •(With K. A. Kenville) ACRP Synthesis 40, Issues in Airport Organization and Reorganization (2013) (http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/169008.aspx) •(with K. A. Kenville) ACRP Synthesis 45, Model Mutual Aid Agreements for Airports (2013)(http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/169180.aspx) •ACRP Synthesis [not yet numbered](in press), Effective Cooperation among Airports and Local and Regional Emergency Management Agencies for Disaster Preparedness and Response, (expected early 2014)(http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3473) •(with T. A. Babun Jr.) "The Port Resiliency Program (PReP): Upgrading logistics at Latin American and Caribbean Ports". In Hellingrath, B., Link, D., & Widera, A. (eds.), Managing Humanitarian Supply Chains: Strategies, Practices and Research, pp. 176-187. Hamburg, Germany: BVL International and DVV Media Group. Jim has also published on the implications of FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-31C, the benefits and challenges of airport compliance with the U.S. National Incident Management System (NIMS), and designing airports to sustain operations in a multithreat environment. He is currently involved in five ACRP projects.

Jim serves as the Technical Director for the Port Resiliency Program (PReP), a public-private partnership that seeks to improve the resiliency of airports and seaports in the Caribbean and Latin America. PReP is a program of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) AmericasRelief Team. (http://www.americasrelief.org)

Jim is professor emeritus of emergency and disaster management at American Public University System (APUS) (http://www.apus.edu), which helped initiate his airport research with a series of four APUS Faculty Research Grants. He is the president of Smith-Woolwine Associates Inc., a consulting firm based in Floyd, Virginia. (http://www.smith-woolwine.com) He serves as the corresponding member for aviation on ASCE's Committee on Critical Infrastructure. Jim's doctorate in environmental design & planning is from Virginia Tech, and he is a Professional Engineer (emeritus) registered in VA. He lives in southwestern Virginia and Newfoundland.