Scott Miller
Since joining 91探花 in 1999, Scott Miller has focused on building strong relationships with industry, government, and nonprofit partners to shape and implement programs that elevate and enhance 91探花鈥檚 research and teaching profile. Miller currently serves as the Russ College鈥檚 point person on industry attraction at the Russ Research Center in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton. The 60-acre research and commercialization park, part of the $124 million Russ gift to the Russ College, , houses industry partners focused on aerospace and aviation, cybersecurity, advanced materials, digital manufacturing, and autonomous vehicles.
Prior to joining the Russ College in 2016, Miller worked for nineteen years at OHIO鈥檚 Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, where he formed and directed an applied research unit called the Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (CE3). Through his leadership, CE3 brought together more than forty researchers from across five colleges to bring an interdisciplinary approach to issues ranging from watershed management, to climate change policy, to the economic and social implications of shifting energy generation in the Appalachian basin.
A National Energy Executive through the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, Miller currently serves as OHIO鈥檚 primary point of contact for the Indiana Innovation Institute (IN3), and on the OHIO鈥檚 Corporate Engagement Task Force to improve industry-university relations. Formerly, he served as board chair for the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio, served as the principle program manager for the State of Ohio鈥檚 Climate Change Action Plan, and was named by Crain鈥檚 Magazine as one of the eighteen most influential people in Ohio鈥檚 Utica Shale Play.