Richard Miller (engineer)

Richard Keith Miller was the founding president of Olin College since 1999. He stepped down from his role as president on June 30, 2020.[1] His successor will be Gilda Barabino,[2] dean of Grove School of Engineering. Previously, Miller was dean of the College of Engineering and a professor at the University of Iowa. Miller received a B.S. in aerospace engineering in 1971 from the University of California, Davis and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. In 1976, he received a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from the California Institute of Technology.[3]

Richard Miller
1st President of Olin College of Engineering
Assumed office
1999
Personal details
Born
Richard Keith Miller

Fresno, California
NationalityAmerican
SpouseBeth Miller
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
AwardsAAAS Fellow (2017)
Brock Prize in Education Innovation (2017)
NAI Fellow (2014)
Bernard M. Gordon Prize (2013)
NAE Member (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical Engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
University of Southern California
University of Iowa
Olin College of Engineering
ThesisThe Steady-State Response of Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems with a Spatially Localized Nonlinearity (1976)
Doctoral advisorWilfred D. Iwan

In 2012, Miller was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for establishing a new paradigm for undergraduate engineering education and establishment of Olin College.

Facts

References

  1. "Olin College President Rick Miller Plans to Step Down | Olin College". www.olin.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  2. "Olin College of Engineering Names Dr. Gilda Barabino as Its Second President | Olin College". www.olin.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. "President's Bio". Olin College of Engineering. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. "Prof. Richard Keith Miller". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved October 8, 2013.


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