Richard K. Miller NAE, President Emeritus of Olin College and Co-Founder of the Coalition for Life-Transformative Education, Special Lecture Offers New Horizons in Engineering

Clarkson University’s New Horizons Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Series is proud to announce that Dr. Richard Miller will speak at 213 BH Snell Hall on Zoom on September 20th at 8pm. https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/99592678078?pwd=NGdkYk5jR3l4ckF1WnhwbWk3alpWQT09

MeAn initiative to reshape engineering education that began in 1999. Olin Collegehas launched an effort to redo engineering education with $460 million in support from the FW Olin Foundation. What is an engineer in the 21st century? What does it mean to be “educated” today?

With a mission to make a significant and lasting contribution to engineering education in the United States and around the world, Olin has impacted over 800 colleges and universities in more than 50 countries over the past decade and was ranked among the top two engineering programs in 2018. was selected as World (2 categories) A global benchmark study Published by MIT. This has been achieved by creating a culture of bold experimentation and collaboration. The philosophy is that there are no faculties or tenures, everything has an ‘expiration date’.

The average Olin graduate today has completed over 20 design and build team projects and is looking to start a business. Looking back over 20 years later, I realize that the observations and insights I gained were not limited to engineering. They apply to all forms of education. This talk reviews the lessons that pave the way for the future of undergraduate education in all fields.

Richard K. Miller was appointed president and first employee of the Olin College of Engineering in 1999. In June 2020, he was appointed Honorary President and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. After that, he was Jerome C. Hunsaker Visiting Professor of Aerospace Systems at MIT (2020-2021). In 2017 he co-founded the Coalition for Life-Transformative Education and chairs its steering committee. Previously, he was Dean of Engineering at the University of Iowa, Dean of Engineering at USC in Los Angeles, and Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCSB in Santa Barbara.

Miller is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

He is a co-winner of the NAE Bernard M. Gordon Award for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education twice, in 2013 and 2022, and is the only person to receive the award multiple times. He also received the Brock International Education Award in 2017 and the Marlowe Award from the American Association of Engineering Education in 2011. In 2014 he received the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award and in 2002 he received the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the University of California, Davis.

Miller has chaired the Board of Trustees for Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering and Medicine, and chaired the Engineering Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation. He has also served on advisory boards and committees such as Harvard University, Stanford University, United States Military Academy at West Point, Lemelson Foundation, Asian Women’s College, and the Milken Center for the Advancement of the American He Dream. . He has also worked as a World Bank consultant in establishing new universities in developing countries. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis and a bachelor’s and doctoral degree from MIT. He is from Caltech.

Dr. Miller becomes the 20th Distinguished Lecturer in Clarkson University’s New Horizons in Engineering series. 21st Century.

For more information, please contact Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering, Dr. Liya Regel (lregel@clarkson.edu), founder and chair of the New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lectureship series.