Director, ALLEMO
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
O'Donnell Foundation Chair V
University Distinguished Professor
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Research
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University- 1972
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University – 1967
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University – 1966
Awards
2015 8th Annual Gerard M. Faeth Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan
2012 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award and Medal
2011 National Academy of Engineering
2011 Malina Lecture, Texas A& M University
2010 Lasers in Aerospace Lecture, AFOSR Laser Fest Celebrating 50 Years of the Laser
2000 Fellow of the AIAA
2000 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award and Medal
1998 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
1969-72 Fannie and John Hertz Fellow
Publications
Dogariu, A, Goldberg, B, O’Byrne, S, and Miles, R.B. “Species-Independent Femtosecond Localized Electric Field Measurement” Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 024024 – (2017)
J. Michael, T.L. Chng, R.B. Miles “Sustained propagation of ultra-lean methane/air flames with pulsed microwave energy deposition”, Combustion and Flame, Volume: 160 Issue: 4 Pages: 796-807 Published: APR 2013
J. Michael, M. R. Edwards, A. Dogariu, and R. B. Miles, “Femtosecond laser electronic excitation tagging for quantitative velocity imaging in air,” Appl. Opt. 50, 5158 (2011)
Arthur Dogariu, James Michael, Marlan O. Scully, and Richard B. Miles, “High Gain Backward Lasing in Air” Science, 331, p 442-445 (Jan 28, 2011)
A. Dogariu and R. B. Miles, “Detecting localized trace species using Radar REMPI,” Appl. Opt. 50, A68 (2011)
R. C. Murray, S.H. Zaidi, Mario R. Carraro, Leonid M. Vasilyak, Sergey O. Macheret, Mikhail N. Shneider, and Richard. B. Miles, “Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation Using Externally Ionized, Cold, Supersonic Air as Working Fluid”, AIAA Journal, 44 (1),: Jan 2006, pp 119-127.
R.B. Miles, W. Lempert, and J. Forkey, “Laser Rayleigh Scattering,” J. of Measurement Science & Technology, Vol. 12, (MAY 2001) R33-R51 (Published by the Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, England).
A. Noullez, G. Wallace, W. Lempert, R.B. Miles, and U. Frisch, “Transverse Velocity Increments in Turbulent Flow Using the RELIEF Technique,” J. Fluid Mechanics 339, 1997, pp. 287-307.
R.B. Miles, E. Udd and M. Zimmermann, “Quantitative Flow Visualization in Sodium Vapor Seeded Hypersonic Helium,” Appl. Phys. Letts. 32, 1978, page 317.
R.B. Miles and S.E. Harris, “Optical Third Harmonic Generation in Alkali Metal Vapors,” IEEE J. Quant. Electronics QE-9, Spring 1973, page 470.