Dean Smith (engineer)
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Dean Smith is a former winner of the Walter Byers Award as the National Collegiate Athletic Association
's annual winner of its highest academic honor in recognition of being the nation's top scholar-athlete. He is an engineer
specializing in chemical warfare
agent detection. The University of Maine
has renamed its top scholar-athlete award the M Club Dean Smith Award.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
's annual winner of its highest academic honor in recognition of being the nation's top scholar-athlete. He is an engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
specializing in chemical warfare
Chemical warfare
Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from Nuclear warfare and Biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military acronym for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical...
agent detection. The University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
has renamed its top scholar-athlete award the M Club Dean Smith Award.