Ronald Miller
Chancellor’s Professor
- B.Sc., Manitoba Sc.M. and Ph.D., Brown University
- 3010 Minto Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering, Ӱԭ University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Email Ronald Miller
- 613-520-2600
Research
Nanocomposites, high strain rate deformation of polymers, transparent armor; Effects of radiation on materials in nuclear reactors; Nano-mechanics; Multiscale and molecular dynamics simulations of materials; High-performance computing applications of multi-scale modeling in materials science.
Research Interests:
- Nanomechanics
- Computational Mechanics of Materials
- Molecular Dynamics and Multiscale Modeling
- Transparent Armor and Nanocomposites
- Oil antioxidants
- Atomistic Modeling of Crystal Defects
Research Group Website (click the link)
Books:
“” E.B. Tadmor and R.E. Miller, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“” E.B. Tadmor, R.E. Miller and R.S. Elliott, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Journal Articles: Full list here: (/nanomechanics/research-contributions/)
Contributed Papers in Refereed Journals (published):
- Alireza RezvanpourandRonald E. Miller, “Scaling analysis as a tool to validate CFD simulation of a lubricant flow in the bearing housing of a gas turbine,”Thermal Science and Engineering Progress,36, 101513 (2022)
- Rafaela Aguiar, Oren E. Petel, Ronald E. Miller, “Effect of a Halloysite-polyurethane nanocomposite interlayer on the ballistic performance of laminate transparent armour,”Composites Part C: Open Access,7, 100231 (2022)
- A.N. Dewapriyaand R.E. Miller, “Molecular Dynamics Study on the Shock Induced Spallation of Polyethylene,”Journal of Applied Physics131(2), 025102 (2022)
- A.N. Dewapriyaand R.E. Miller, “Quantum and classical molecular dynamics simulations of shocked polyurea and polyurethane”,Computational Materials Science,203, 111166 (2022)
- Mohammadreza Heidari Pebdaniand Ronald E. Miller, “Molecular dynamics simulation of pull-out Halloysite nanotube from polyurethane matrix,”Advances in Mechanical Engineering,13(9), 1-10 (2021)
Chapters in Books:
- M.A.N. Dewapriyaand R.E. Miller, “Nanoscale modeling of shock response of polyurea,” chapter inPolyurea: Synthesis, Properties, Composites, Production, and Applications,Pooria Pasbakhsh et al., Editors, Elsevier (2023), ISBN: 978-0-323-99450-7