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 | 
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 ]
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.