Richard Miles (aerospace engineer)

Richard Miles
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
FieldsAerospace Engineering, Rayleigh scattering, Plasma aerodynamics & hypersonics
InstitutionsPrinceton University, Texas A&M University
Doctoral advisorStephen E. Harris

Richard Miles is Distinguished University Professor and O'Donnell Chair V at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was Chairman of the Engineering Physics Program at Princeton for 16 years (1980–1996). He has been a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2011. He has developed and researched lasers as tools for studying hypersonic flow patterns.