- Professor
- Department of Ocean Engineering
- Phone: 401.874.6540
- Email: miller@uri.edu
- Website
James H. Miller earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1979 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1981 from Stanford University, and his Doctor of Science in Oceanographic Engineering in 1987 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California from 1987 through 1995. Since 1995 he has been on the faculty of the Department of Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island where he holds the rank of Professor. He also holds a joint appointment in the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. He was a Department Head and Deputy Chief Scientist of the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation in La Spezia, Italy from 2011-2013. Dr. Miller conducts research in the fields of underwater acoustics, sonar, acoustical oceanography, marine bioacoustics, and, recently, the noise from anthropogenic activities. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and served as ASA’s President in 2013-2014. He is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors of FarSounder, Inc., Warwick, RI.
Research
- Assessing Avian Fine-scale Movements Near the Block Island Wind Farm - We are assessing tern and plover fight behavior near the Block Island Wind Farm to determine exposure risk.
- Characterization of Impact Pile Driving Signals During Installation of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations - This study analyzed measurements of piles used during the construction of offshore wind farms to investigate variations in rise time, decay time, pulse duration, kurtosis, and sound received levels as a function of range and azimuth.
- Field Observations During Wind Turbine Foundation Installation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island - The preliminary findings of the acoustic monitoring of the construction of the Block Island Wind Farm
- MARIne mammal Monitoring at Block Island using Acoustics (MARIMBA). - Development of a underwater acoustic detection system that will classify, track and display vocalizing whales near offshore wind facilities.
- Real-time Opportunity for Development of Environmental Observations (RODEO) - Collecting real-time measurements of the construction and operation activities at the Block Island Wind Farm for more accurate assessments of environmental effects and to inform mitigation measures.
- The Underwater Sound from Offshore Wind Farms - This study investigates and summarizes the underwater sounds that are associated with offshore wind farms during both the construction and operation phases.
- Underwater Acoustic Monitoring Data Analyses for the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island - Methods, data, observations, results, and conclusions from analyses of underwater sound monitoring data that was collected during the construction of the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF).