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 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Beth Miller |
| Education | University of California, Davis (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Awards | AAAS Fellow (2017) Brock Prize in Education Innovation (2017) NAI Fellow (2014) Bernard M. Gordon Prize (2013) NAE Member (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical Engineering |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara University of Southern California University of Iowa Olin College of Engineering |
| Thesis | The Steady-State Response of Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems with a Spatially Localized Nonlinearity (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilfred 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
- In 2006, Miller was named one of 12 "All Stars" of the high tech community by Mass High Tech.
- In 2012, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[4]
References
- "Olin College President Rick Miller Plans to Step Down | Olin College". www.olin.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- "Olin College of Engineering Names Dr. Gilda Barabino as Its Second President | Olin College". www.olin.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- "President's Bio". Olin College of Engineering. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- "Prof. Richard Keith Miller". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved October 8, 2013.