Biography

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering - Engineering

President Emeritus (and first employee) at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and
Jerome C Hunsaker Visiting Professor of Aerospace Systems at MIT
Richard
Miller
Appointed President and first employee of Olin College of Engineering in 1999, stepped down as President on June 30, 2020. Currently President Emeritus and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Olin College, and Jerome C. Hunsaker Visiting Professor of Aerospace Engineering at MIT.

Previously, he served as Dean of Engineering at the University of Iowa, Associate Dean of Engineering at USC in Los Angeles, and faculty member at UCSB in Santa Barbara. With a background in applied mechanics and current interests in innovation in higher education, Miller is the author of numerous technical publications. He received the 2017 Brock International Prize in Education for his many contributions to the reinvention of engineering education. Together with two Olin colleagues, he received the 2013 Bernard M. Gordon Prize from the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, he is a Member of the NAE and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. In 2011, he received the Marlow Award for creative and distinguished administrative leadership from the American Society for Engineering Education. He serves on the National Academies Board of Higher Education and Workforce (formerly chaired this Board). He has also served as Chair of the Engineering Advisory Board of the U.S. National Science Foundation and has served on advisory boards and committees for Harvard University, Stanford University, the NAE, NAS, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, among others. Additionally, he has served as a consultant to the World Bank in the establishment of new universities in developing countries. He received the 2002 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the University of California at Davis, where he earned his B.S. He earned his S.M. from MIT and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where he received the 2014 Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award.

Member:
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Inventors
ASME, ASCE, AIAA, ASEE
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi

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