Dr. James Miller, Sc.D., P.E.

Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering

Biography

Dr. Miller is a Professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. He conducts research and teaches courses in acoustical oceanography, sonar systems engineering, acoustic signal processing, underwater acoustics, marine bio-acoustics, ocean data analysis, modeling, and underwater vehicle design. He has spent the last few years developing Long Range Sediment Tomography as a technique to rapidly estimate the properties of the ocean bottom. His interests include 3D acoustic propagation in shallow water and the effects of sea surface waves on acoustic normal modes. He has done work on the effects of ocean noise on marine animals.

He is a certified SCUBA Diver, licensed Private Pilot, and, over the last few years, spent months at sea on a number of oceanographic research vessels including the R/Vs LC, Endeavor, Knorr, Melville, Revelle, Shi Yan 2 and 3, OR-2, Pt. Sur, Pt. Lobos, Shana Rae, Quest, CT-1, and the USNS Bartlett. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Rhode Island.

He often contributes to the ocean engineering blog. Dr. Miller co-founded FarSounder, Inc. of Warwick, Rhode Island with URI alumnus Matt Zimmerman.

Positions Held

7/08 - 6/11		Chair, Department of Ocean Engineering, URI

1/06 - Present		Professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography, URI

7/99 - 1/06		Professor of Ocean Engineering, URI
7/97		Tenure Awarded, URI

8/95 - 8/98		Associate Professor University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island

8/87 - 8/95		Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

7/92 - 8/95		Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NPS

7/94		Tenure Awarded, NPS

8/87 - 7/92		Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NPS

3/81- 6/83		The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) Reading, Massachusetts. Member of Professional Staff

6/79-9/79		Sanders Associates, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire Summer Engineer

5/77-8/77 5/78-8/78		Army Corps of Engineers Olney, Maryland Survey Technician

Education

6/83 - 8/87		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Cambridge and Woods Hole, Massachusetts Joint Program in Oceanographic Engineering Doctor of Science Dissertation: "Estimation of Sea Surface Wave Spectra Using Acoustic Tomography" Supervisor: Dr. James F. Lynch.

9/79 - 3/81		Stanford University Stanford, California Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Emphasis in Signal Processing.

9/75 - 6/79		Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Distinction Emphasis in Control Engineering.