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Dr. Timothy F. Miller P.E.

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Position: Associate Professor

Office: Science Center 004

814-472-2706

About Dr. Timothy F. Miller

Education

  • Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., University of Utah
  • B.S., University of Utah  

Biography

Dr. Timothy Miller was raised in Anchorage, AK. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Penn State in 1988. He received his B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah. His primary research interests are in power and energy systems, specifically associated with underwater or extraterrestrial applications. He also works in the areas of computational fluid dynamics, geophysical flows, and technical innovation. He enjoys teaching and mentoring through research and outreach. Dr. Miller was a member of the research faculty at Penn State for over 25 years, achieving the rank of Research Full Professor before helping to establish an accredited General Engineering program at Saint Francis University. Dr. Miller directs the efforts of SFU’s senior capstone engineers. He has three children.

 

Courses Taught

  • Technical Innovation – Undergraduate Gen. Eng. (Saint Francis University)
  • Unmanned Vehicles – Undergraduate Gen. Eng. (SFU)
  • Applied Finite Element and Finite Volume Modeling – Undergraduate Gen. Eng. (SFU)
  • Control Theory – Undergraduate Gen. Eng. (SFU)
  • Applied Engineering Thermodynamics – Undergraduate Gen. Eng. (SFU)
  • Heat Transfer – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Material Science – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Power and Thermal Systems – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Engineering Design for Service – Sophomore and Junior Required Gen. Eng. Courses (SFU)
  • Capstone Engineering Design for Fall and Spring Semesters - Senior Requirement (SFU)
  • Design for Sustainability – Senior CORE Seminar (SFU)
  • Fluid Mechanics – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Engineering Dynamics – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Engineering Statics – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Physics II Electricity/Magnetism – Undergraduate Required Gen. Eng. Course (SFU)
  • Numerical Methods for Recirculating Flows – Grad (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Aerospace Propulsion – Aerospace Eng. (PSU)
  • Introduction to Turbulent Flows – Aerospace Eng. (PSU)
  • Turbomachinery – Mechanical Eng. (PSU)
  • Heat Transfer – Mechanical Eng. (PSU)  

University and Community Service

  • 18 Ph.D. committees (non-advisor member, Penn State)
  • 1 Ph.D. committee (non-advisor member, Rensselaer Polytechnic)
  • 13 M.S. reviewer/committee member (non-advisor member, Penn State)
  • Member, ad hoc Search Committee for professor of Mathematics. Saint Francis University
  • Member Faculty Affairs Committee, Saint Francis University; 8/24 to present
  • Member Program Review Committee, Saint Francis University; 1/20 to 5/23
  • Member General Education Committee, Saint Francis University; 9/21 5/24
  • Faculty Athletic Mentor (FAM), Saint Francis Women’s Basketball; 9/22-6/25.
  • Member Penn State University Faculty Senate; 9/08 to 9/11
  • PI NSF Grant “Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity”, 1/24 to 6/26
  • PI First Energy Foundation Grant “CubeSats Into the Stratosphere”, 4/25 to 12/25.
  • PI Palumbo Foundation Grant “Science Outreach Project: Developing a Secondary School-Based Radio Telescope Observatory Network for Pennsylvania”, 6/25 to 6/26.
  • > 1300 technical literature citations; H-Index 16.
  • Keynote speaker, 27th Int. Conf. Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Lake George, NY, 5 Oct. 2016
  • AIAA Distinguished Lecture presented at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 29 Sept. 2015
  • Co-inventor U.S. Patent # 8656724, Aluminum combustion power system, 25 Feb. 2014
  • Best Paper Award, Education Committee, 44th ASME/IGTI Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Technical Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June, 1999
  • Co-PI NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) Project; to 8/13 to 8/16
  • Current professional engineering license (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) awarded 6/92
  • Member, Penn State Faculty Senate, 2008-2010 

  • Reviewer for ASME Thermal-Fluids Engineering Conference – 2020, J. Fluids Engineering – 2018; Acta Astronautica – 2018; Numerical Heat Transfer Journal - 1991 to Present; Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer; Int. J. of CFD; National Science Foundation; ASME-IGTI Gas Turbine Exposition from 1996 to Present; Combustion and Flame; Combustion Science and Technology; AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power; Hydrogen Technology; Underwater Acoustics (U.S. Navy); Ocean Engineering; and Marine Technology Society OCEANS Conference from 2010 to Present.