Richard Keith Miller is an American engineer who 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][better source needed]
Richard Miller | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of Olin College of Engineering | |
| In office 1999 – June 30, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Keith Miller Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Beth Miller |
| Education | University of California, Davis (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Awards | Bernard M. Gordon Prize (2013) |
| 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.
References
edit- ^ "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.
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