David Miller

Specialization and Research Interests

Space systems product development, space systems engineering, satellite engineering, spacecraft and aircraft sensors and instrumentation, experimental CDIO capstone course, Space System Development I & II

Academic Degrees

S.B., 1982, Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.M., 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sc.D., 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member; American Astronautical Society, Member; International Society for Optical Engineering, Member

Positions Held at MIT

Research Associate, July 1988 – May 1991 Principal Research Scientist, June 1991 – June 1997 Assistant Professor, July 1997 – June 2000 Associate Professor, July 2000 – June 2006

Biography

David W. Miller is the former Director of the Space Systems Laboratory and the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor (Post Tenure) in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at M.I.T. Prof. Miller has played an engineering role in the development of space-based apertures.  He has built and operated a dozen space flight experiments spanning Shuttle, Mir, ISS, and free flyers. He was a member of the JWST Product Integrity Team and the Vice Chair and S&T Chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He served two and a half years as NASA’s Chief Technologist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC and three years as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the Aerospace Corporation. He is currently the Chief Technologist for the Astronomy and Fundamental Physics Directorate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an AIAA Fellow and member of the National Academy of Engineering.