Richard Miller (Olin College President)
Richard Keith Miller is the founding president of Olin College since 1999. He will step 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 he was Dean of the College of Engineering and 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(s) | 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 |
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.
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