LAURENCE F. MILLER, Ph.D., P.E.

Nuclear Engineering Department

The University of Tennessee


EDUCATION
Kansas State University  B.S.   1964  Nuclear Engineering
Kansas State University  M.S.   1966  Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University  Ph.D.   1976  Nuclear Engineering

ACADEMIC SERVICE
Assistant Professor: September 1976 to September 1981
Associate Professor: September 1981 to June 1991
Professor: June 1991 to Present

RELATED EXPERIENCE

1976-Pres.
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee. Teaching responsibilities have included a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. Developed seven new graduate and undergraduate courses and implemented a new concentration of courses for a Radiation Protection program. Directed fifty M.S. theses and seven Ph.D. dissertations since 1988.
1972-1976
Graduate School at Texas A&M University.  Qualified as a Senior Reactor Operator and was responsible for operation and maintenance of the AGN-201 reactor, and supervised student laboratory experiments.
1968-1972
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory at Naval Reactor Facility Near Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Qualified as Engineering Officer of the Watch and trained Navy Personnel on the A1W Plant (Prototype of the Enterprise Reactors).
1966-1968
Astronuclear Laboratory at Large Pennsylvania and Jackass Flats Nevada.  Performed neutronics calculations and real time computer programming for nuclear rocket engine testing.
 
CONSULTING
H&R Technical Associates
Analysis and Measurement Services
Environmental Protection Agency
Lockheed Martin Energy Research (Part Time Employee)

REGISTRATION
Tennessee, Originally in Texas

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETES OF CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
American Nuclear Society
Health Physics Society
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Chairman of the University Radiation Safety Committee
Chairman of the Environmental Health and Safety Committee
American Nuclear Society Student Chapter Advisor
Health Physics Society Student Chapter Advisor
Committee on Testing and Grading, Faculty Senate
College of Engineering Faculty Curriculum Committee
Advisor to Freshman Engineering Program Committee
Several Search Committees
College of Engineering Awards Committee
College of Engineering Tenure Committee
Tennessee Industries Week Short Courses

HONORS and AWARDS
Lilly Endowment Post-Doctoral Teaching Awards Fellowship
Outstanding Service to the American Nuclear Society
Technology for Energy Corporation Outstanding Teacher Award (1982)
Departmental Outstanding Teacher Award (1983-1984 and 1986-1987)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville Section of the American Nuclear Society, Chair (1996-1997)
Technical Program Chair for the National Meeting of the American Nuclear Society (June 1998)
General Chair of the Spectrum 200 Meeting (September 2000)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
None

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