• S. Sharif* and J. E. Smedley, "Experimental studies of collision-induced absorption in a barium-rare gas vapor," Mount David Summit, Bates College, 3/30/03
  
• P.S. Khadka* and J.E. Smedley, "Relative rates for fine-structure changing collisions of Ba 5d7p ³D₁ with helium," Student Research Symposium, Bates College, 5/01
  
• J.E. Smedley, S.K. Coulter*, E. J. Felton* and K. Zomlefer, "Collisional deactivation of Ba 5d7p ³D₁ by rare gases," New England Section of the American Physical Society Fall Meeting, Colby College, November 6, 1999.
  
• J.E. Smedley, Poster on "The environmental studies major at Bates," and "Caring for Creation," Maine Global Change Conference, Lewiston, Maine, April 7, 1999.
  
• P.T. Whelan*, K.N. LaFortune*, and J.E. Smedley, "Collision induced absorption in a barium-rare gas vapor," Gordon Conference on Atomic Physics, New England College, June 29-July 4, 1997.
  
• P.T. Whelan* and J.E. Smedley, "Collision induced absorption by barium-helium complexes," New England Section of the American Physical Society Spring Meeting, April 11-12, 1997, University of Maine, Orono.
  
• John E. Smedley, Sarah K. Coulter*, and Kayla Zomlefer, "Energy transfer in Ba(5d7p) ³D₁ - rare gas collisions," poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, Colby-Sawyer College, June 30-July 4, 1996
  
• K. Corwin, Z-T. Lu, J. Smedley, C. Wieman, T. Dinneen, and H. Gould, "Toward Trapping ²²¹Francium Atoms," Gordon Research Conference on Atomic Physics, 3-7 July, 1995.
  
• H.Q. Lorensen, H. Parks, J. Smedley, E. M. Spain, S. R. Leone, "Alignment and state dependence on resonant formation of Ca-ions from Ca(4s25d ¹D + Ca collisions," Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 17-19 May, 1995.
  
• J.E. Smedley, J.P. Gray*, J.P. Brainerd*, K.N. LaFortune*, K. Zomlefer, "Collisional and radiative properties of highly-excited barium atoms," International Conference on Atomic Physics XIV, 1Q-8, Boulder, Colorado, August 2, 1994.
  
• K.N. LaFortune*, J.Gray*, and J.E. Smedley, "Energy transfer in Ba 6s7d ³D₂ - rare gas collisions," Fall Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, Amherst College, October 15-16, 1993.
  
• J.E. Smedley, K. Zomlefer, K.N. LaFortune*, D.F. Marran*, C.N. Marquis*, M.R. Peabody*, "Collisional and radiative properties of highly excited levels in barium," DAMOP Meeting, Reno, NV, 16-19 May, 1993.
  
• J.E. Smedley, "Spectrum analysis in introductory musical acoustics," Conference on the Introductory Physics Course, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 20-23 May, 1993.
  
• J.P. Brainerd*, J.E. Smedley, and C.N. Marquis*, "An optically pumped atomic barium laser on 6s8s ¹S₀  --  6s6p ³P₁ at 460.0 nm," New England Section of the American Physical Society, Williams College, 2-3 April, 1993.
  
• C.N. Marquis* and J.E. Smedley, "Collisional spectroscopy of energy transfer from Ba(6s8p)1P," Fall Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, Bates College, 1991, Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
  
• J.E. Smedley, D.F. Marran* and M.R. Peabody,* "Energy transfer in Ba (6s8p)¹P Collisions," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 36, 1378 (1991).
  
• J.E. Smedley, H.K. Haugen and S.R. Leone, "Laser studies of photo- and collisional dissociation of Br₂," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 32, 1254 (1987).
  
• J.E. Smedley, H.K. Haugen and S.R. Leone, "Collisional release of Br₂," XVII Informal Conference on Photochemistry Mon-16, Boulder, CO 22-26 June (1986).
  
• J.E. Smedley, H.K. Haugen and S.R. Leone, "Collisional release of Br₂," Forty-first Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy FB5, Ohio State University, 16-20 June (1986).
  
• J.E. Smedley and S.R. Leone, "Relative quantum yields of excited I(²P_1/2) atoms in the ultraviolet photodissociation of I-C₃F₇I and n-C₃F₇I," American Chemical Society, 185th National Meeting, Seattle, WA 20-25 March (1983).

*Bates College student co-worker