James Gegan Miller Explained

Jim Miller
Birth Place:	St. Louis, Missouri
Alma Mater:	Saint Louis University Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral Advisor:	Daniel Isadore Bolef
Workplaces:	Washington University in St. Louis
Awards:	National Institutes of Health MERIT Award Rayleigh Award, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Silver medal, Acoustical Society of America
Fields:	Biophysics Echocardiography Ultrasonics
Birth Date:	1942
Notable Students:	William E. Moerner

James (Jim) Gegan Miller is an American physicist, engineer, and inventor whose primary interests center around biomedical physics. He is currently a professor of physics, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, emeritus, at Washington University in St. Louis, where he holds the Albert Gordon Hill Endowed Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.^[1] He is notable for his interdisciplinary contributions to biomedical physics, echocardiography, and ultrasonics.^[2]

Biography

Miller grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his bachelor's degree in physics, summa cum laude, from Saint Louis University in 1964. He went on to receive master's and doctoral degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in 1966 and 1969, respectively.^[3] His doctoral advisor was Daniel Isadore Bolef.^[4]

Thereafter he was hired as assistant professor of physics and earned tenure 2 years later, in 1970. He is now Albert Gordon Hill Chair of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Laboratory of Ultrasonics.^[5]

Teaching

For about four decades, Miller taught a course titled "Physics of the Heart" at Washington University. He won the college's Faculty Teaching Award in 1989 and the Emerson Teaching Award in 2004. Over the course of his career, he mentored 35 graduate students and numerous undergraduates, including Nobel Laureate in Chemistry William E. Moerner.^[6]

Research

Miller has published more than 165 refereed journal articles and 110 conference proceedings and book chapters.^[7] His work has contributed greatly to ultrasonics, myocardial tissue characterization and has been incorporated into echocardiography devices in use throughout the world.

Awards

• IR-100 award for Ultrasonic Microemboli Monitor, 1974 (now called R&D 100 awards^[8])
• IR-100 Award: Acoustoelectric Receiving Transducer, 1978
• Sigma Xi National Speaker, 1981-1982
• Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 1986
• Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, 1990
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998^[9]
• National Institutes of Health MERIT Award, 1998^[10]
• Silver medal (in Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration), Acoustical Society of America, 2004^[11]
• Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, Washington University, 2004^[12]
• Achievement Award, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, 2006^[13]
• Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2014^[14]
• Rayleigh Award, IEEE UFFC, 2016^[15]

References

1. Web site: James G. Miller. 2018-06-20. Department of Physics. en. 2019-12-28.
2. Web site: Miller receives 2016 Rayleigh Award at International Ultrasonics Symposium The Source Washington University in St. Louis. 2016-11-09. The Source. en-US. 2019-12-28.
3. Web site: 2016 Rayleigh Award - Wayback Machine. 2018-06-07. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180607050415/http://physics.wustl.edu/nd/fac/JimMiller2016RayleighAwardLetter.pdf. 2018-06-07. 2019-12-28.
4. Web site: Physics Tree - James Gegan Miller. academictree.org. 2019-12-28.
5. Web site: James G. Miller. pages.wustl.edu. 2019-12-28.
6. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-12-28.
7. Web site: Publications List. Miller. James G.. Washington University in St. Louis. 2019-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228043759/https://pages.wustl.edu/jamesgmiller/publications. dead.
8. Web site: Sandia National Laboratories: Research: R&D 100 Awards. www.sandia.gov. 2019-12-28.
9. Web site: IEEE Fellows Archives. IEEE UFFC. en-US. 2019-12-28. 2019-04-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190403231556/https://ieee-uffc.org/awards/ieee-fellows/. dead.
10. Web site: Research James G. Miller. pages.wustl.edu. 2019-12-28. 2019-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228043734/https://pages.wustl.edu/jamesgmiller/research. dead.
11. Web site: Acoustical Society of America Awards. Acoustical Society of America. en-US. 2019-12-28.
12. Web site: Emerson Award. The Teaching Center. en. 2019-12-28.
13. Web site: Achievement Award Archives. IEEE UFFC. en-US. 2019-12-28. 2019-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228043729/https://ieee-uffc.org/awards/uffc-society-awards/achievement-award/. dead.
14. Web site: Awards. www.aium.org. 2019-12-28.
15. Web site: Rayleigh Award Archives. IEEE UFFC. en-US. 2019-12-28. 2019-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216141638/https://ieee-uffc.org/awards/ultrasonics-award/rayleigh-award/. dead.