Dr. James Miller
Department Chair and Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering
Biography
Dr. Miller is Chair of the Department of Ocean Engineering and
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 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 - Present | 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 |
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| 6/79-9/79 | Sanders Associates, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire Summer Engineer |
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| 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 Spectra Using Acoustic Tomography" Supervisor: Dr. James F. Lynch. |
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| 9/79 - 3/81 | Stanford University
Stanford, California Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Emphasis in Signal Processing. |
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| 9/75 - 6/79 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Distinction Emphasis in Control Engineering. |
