James Miller, Ph.D. Department Chair, Physics Director, Institute for Science Education Professor UAH-AMSTI Principal Investigator Contact 301 Sparkman DriveOptics BuildingRoom 201CHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.2482james.miller@uah.edu Biography I was born and raised in Erie PA (which is often mistaken for Cleveland, the actual "Mistake on the Lake") and went to college there at Gannon University. After tiring of the lake effect snow and blizzards, I moved to Takoma Park MD and attended the University of Maryland for my Ph.D. in physics. I was a post-doctoral research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center until 1994, when we moved here. I've now lived in Huntsville longer than any other place. Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland, 1990 M.S., Physics, University of Maryland, 1986 B.S., Physics, Gannon University, 1984 Research Funding 10/15 - 9/16: AMSTI Master Site, $2.9M, Alabama Department of Education 10/14 - 9/15: AMSTI Master Site, $2.8M, Alabama Department of Education 10/14 - 9/15: Alabama Science in Motion, $232k, Alabama Department of Education 10/13 - 9/14: Lead Teacher Enhancement Program, $74k, Alabama Commission on Higher Education 10/11 - 9/13: Content Knowledge Enhancement for Teachers, $270k, DoEd MSP Expertise Solar Physics Computational Physics K-12 STEM Education Civil War Ancient Military History Recent Publications Miller, J. A., and Dermer, C. D. 1995, Abundance Enhancements in Black-Hole Accretion: Application to Gamma-Ray Line Observations of the Orion Complex, Astron. Astrophys., 298, L13 Miller, J. A., LaRosa, T. N., and Moore, R. L. 1996, Stochastic Electron Acceleration by Cascading Fast Mode Waves in Impulsive Solar Flares, Astrophys. J., 461, 445 Lenters, G. T., Miller, J. A., and Sommer, J. C. 2000, A Heuristic Coulomb Collision Operator for Cylindrical Velocity Coordinates, Astrophys. J., 534, 997 Emslie, A. G., Miller, J. A., and Brown, J. C. 2004, An Explanation for the Different Locations of Electron and Ion Acceleration in Solar Flares, Astrophys. J., 602, L69 Miller, J. A. 1997, Electron Acceleration in Solar Flares by Fast Mode Waves: Quasilinear Theory and Pitch-Angle Scattering, Astrophys. J., 491, 939 Miller, J. A., Cargill, P. J., Emslie, A. G., Holman, G. D., Dennis, B. R., LaRosa, T. N., Winglee, R. M., Benka, S. G., and Tsuneta, S. 1997, Critical Issues for Particle Acceleration in Impulsive Solar Flares, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 14631 (Invited Review) Miller, J. A., and Dermer, C. D. 1995, Abundance Enhancements in Black-Hole Accretion: Application to Gamma-Ray Line Observations of the Orion Complex, Astron. Astrophys., 298, L13 Smith, D. F., and Miller, J. A. 1995, Alfven Turbulence Dissipation in Proton Injection and Acceleration in Solar Flares, Astrophys. J., 446, 390 Miller, J. A., and Vinas, A. F. 1993, Ion Acceleration and Abundance Enhancements by Electron Beam Instabilities in Impulsive Solar Flares, Astrophys. J., 412, 386 Miller, J. A., and Steinacker, J. 1992, Stochastic Gyroresonant Electron Acceleration in a Low-Beta Plasma: II. Implications of Thermal Effects in a Solar Flare Plasma, Astrophys. J., 399, 284