Warren F. Miller, Jr.

Research Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Date of Appointment: 2005

Office: 122E Zachry Engineering Center
Phone: 979/845-6093
Fax: 979/845-6443
E-mail: wmiller@ne.tamu.edu

Mailing Address
Texas A&M University
Department of Nuclear Engineering
3133 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3133

Education
Ph.D., Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanstion, Illinois (1973)
M.S., Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanstion, Illinois (1970)
B.S., Engineering Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (1964)

Current Positions
Associate Director, Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute, Texas A&M University (2006-present)
Research Professor, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System (2005-present)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Retired (2001)

AWARDS
Distinguished Performance Award-Los Alamos National Laboratory (2004)
The National Society of Black Engineers 2004 Distinguished Engineer (2004)
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (1996)
Alumni Merit Award, Northwestern University (1993)
State of New Mexico Eminent Scholar (1989)
Fellow, American Nuclear Society (1982)
Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University (1969-1972)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (1969)
Pullman Scholarship, University of Illinois (1964)
Appointment, United States Military Academy (1964)

MEMBERSHIPS
American Nuclear Society
Nuclear Engineering Education for the Disadvantaged Committee (1972-1990); (Chairman, 1979-1980)
Mathematics and Computation Division Executive Committee (1990-1993) (Chairman, 1979-1980)
Advisory Editor, Nuclear Science and Engineering (1989- )
Professional Development & Accreditation Committee (1988-1993)
Board of Directors (1980-1983), (1993-1996)
Fellow (1982)
General Chairman, Mathematics and Computation Division, Topical Meeting; April, 1989; Santa Fe, NM

APPOINTMENTS (Present)
Member, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, National Research Council, The National Academies (2005- )
Member, Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Council of the U. S. Department of Energy (1997- )
Member, Nuclear Technology Advisory Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001- )

APPOINTMENTS (Past)
Vice Chair, Committee of the Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (2001-2004)
Member, Board of Directors, National Foundation for Brain Imaging (1997-2003)
Member, Board of Visitors, School of Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico (1999-2003)
Member, Industrial Liaison Committee, Dept. of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin (1994-2003)
Member, Visiting Committee, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University (1999-2002)
Member, National Research Council Committee on Long Term Environmental Quality Research and Development (2000-2001 )
Member, Visiting Committee, Howard University School of Engineering (1996-2000)
Member, Industrial Advisory Committee, College of Engineering, University of New Mexico (1994-1996)
Member, University of Chicago Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee for Argonne National Laboratory (1990-1996)
Member, Council on Research, University of California Office of the President (1992-1995)
Member, Engineering Science Core Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, Texas A&M University (1989-1994)
Member, University of California Scientific and Educational Advisory Committee for Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1986-1992)
Member, Board of Trustees, Howard University (1981-1990)
Member, Nuclear Engineering Education Committee, National Academy of Sciences (1989-1990)
Chairman, The University of Chicago Review Committee for the Engineering Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory (1989)
Member, Advisory Committee for Engineering, National Science Foundation (1987-1990)
Member, Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1987-1990)
Member, External Review Committee, Department of Nuclear & Energy Engineering, University of Arizona (1988)
Member, Nuclear Engineering Visiting Committee, University of California-Berkeley, CA (1988)
Member, National Advisory Committee, College of Engineering, University of Michigan (1986-1990)
Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Nuclear Engineering (1984-1989)

AUTHOR
(with E. E. Lewis) Computational Methods of Neutron Transport, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984. Reprinted by American Nuclear Society, 1993
List of referred journal articles available upon request

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED ARCHIVAL JOURNAL ARTICLES/BOOKS
1. With E. E. Lewis and E. C. Rossow, "The Application of Phase-Space Finite Elements to One-Dimensional Neutron Transport Problems," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 51, 148 (1973).

2. With E. E. Lewis and E. C. Rossow, "The Application of Phase-Space Finite Elements to the Two-Dimensional Transport Equation in x-y Geometry," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 52, 12 (1973).

3. With E. E. Lewis and L. L. Briggs, "Ray Effect Mitigation in Discrete Ordinate-Like Angular Finite Element Approximations in Neutron Transport," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 57, 205 (1975).

4. With E. E. Lewis and T. P. Henry, "A Two-Dimensional Finite Element Method for Integral Neutron Transport Calculations," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 58, 205 (1975).

5. With W. H. Reed, "Ray Effect Mitigation Methods for Two-Dimensional Neutron Transport Theory," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 62, 391 (1977).

6. "Generalized Rebalance: A Common Framework for Transport Acceleration Methods," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 65, 226 (1978).

7. With R. W. Alcouffe, E. W. Larsen, and B. R. Wienke, "Computational Efficiency of Numerical Methods for the Multigroup Discrete Ordinates Neutron Transport Equation: The Slab Geometry Case," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 71, 111 (August, 1979).

8. With B. R. Wienke and T. J. Seed, "Hydrogen Transport in a Toroidal Plasma Using Multigroup, Discrete Ordinates Methodology," Nucl. Technology, 43, 3 (March 1979).

9. With E. W. Larsen, "Convergence Rates of Spatial Difference Equations for the Discrete Ordinate Neutron Transport Equations in Slab Geometry," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 73, 76-83 (1980).

10. With E. E. Lewis, Computational Methods of Neutron Transport, Wiley Intersciences, New York, 1984.

11. With E. W. Larsen, "Modified Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration Algorithms," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 93, 403 (1986).

12. With E. W. Larsen and J. E. Morel, "Asymptotic Solutions of Numerical Transport Problems in Diffusive Regimes, " J. Comp. Phys., 69 (#2), 283-324 (April 1987).

13. "An Analysis of the Finite-Differenced, Even-Parity Discrete-Ordinates Equations in Slab Geometry," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 108, 247 (1991).

14. With T. Noh, "Finite Differences Versus Finite Elements In Slab Geometry Even-Parity Transport Theory," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, Vol 22, No. 2, page 247 (1993).

15. "Present and Future Nuclear Reactor Designs," J. Chem. Ed., 70, 109 (1993).

16. With I. Soares and R. T. Perry, "Analysis of ONEDANT Code Package for the Calculation of the Doppler Coefficient of Reactivity," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 114 (2), 160-167 (1993).

17. With E. Greenspan, C. Annese, W. Watkins, M. Tobin, J. Latkowski, J. Lee, and P. Soran, "Efficient Time-Independent Method for the National Ignition Facility Shield", Fusion Technology, 27, 417-451 (1995).

18. With T. Noh and J. Morel, "The Even-Parity Transport and Its Simplified Equations in Two-Dimensional X-Y Geometry," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 123, 38-56 (1996).

19. With T. Noh, "The Effectiveness of P2 and Simplified P2 Synthetic Accelerations in the Solutions of Discrete Ordinates Transport Equations", Nucl Sci and Eng., 124, 18-30, (1996).

20. With U. Shin, "The Time-Dependent Simplified P2 Equations: Asymptotic Analyses and Numerical Experiments", Nucl. Sci. and Eng., 128, 27-46, (1998).

REFEREED ARCHIVAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. With E. E. Lewis and E. C. Rossow, "Transport Solutions Using Finite Elements in Space-Angle Phase Space," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 14 (2), 651-652 (1971).

2. With E. E. Lewis and E. C. Rossow, "Two-Dimensional Transport Calculations Using Phase-Space Finite Elements," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 15 (2), 780-781 (1972).

3. With E. E. Lewis, "Quadratic Finite Elements in Neutron Transport," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 17, 237-238 (1973).

4. With E. E. Lewis, "Finite Element Integral Neutron Transport," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 17, 237-238 (1973).

5. "The 1-2-1 Program--Northwestern University," Meeting of American Nuclear Society, June 1973, Chicago, Illinois, at session entitled, "ANS-Nuclear Education and Disadvantaged Youth--Today."

6. With L. L. Briggs and E. E. Lewis, "Ray Effect Mitigation in Discrete Ordinate-Like Equations," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 18 (1974).

7. With W. H. Reed, "Discrete Ordinate-to-Spherical Harmonic Conversions for Ray Effect Mitigation in x-y Geometry," Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Methods in Nuclear Engineering, April 15-17, 1975, Charleston, South Carolina.

8. With E. E. Lewis and Y. C. Yuan, "Iterative Solution Methods for Two-Dimensional Finite Element Approximations in Neutron Transport," Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Methods in Nuclear Engineering, April 15-17, 1975, Charleston, South Carolina.

9. With T. J. Seed, "TRIDENT: A Next Generation Triangular Mesh Neutron Transport Code," Technical Committee Meeting on "Methods of Neutron Transport Theory in Reactor Calculations," Bologna, Italy, November 3-5, 1975, Los Alamos National Laboratory document LA-UR-75-1562.

10. With T. J. Seed and D. J. Dudziak, "TRIDENT: A Discrete Ordinate Transport Code with Toroidal Capabilities," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 23, 12 (1976).

11. With E. E. Lewis, "A Comparison of P-1 Synthetic Acceleration Techniques," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 23, 202 (1976).

12. "Recent Radiation Transport Methods Development at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 26 (1977).

13. "N.E.E.D.'s Need Now," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 26, 609 (1977).

14. With B. R. Wienke and T. J. Seed, "Hydrogen Transport in a Two-Dimensional Toroidal Plasma," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 27, 88 (1977).

15. "Generalized Rebalance: A Common Framework for Transport Acceleration Methods," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 27, 346 (1977).

16. With T. J. Seed and G. E. Bosler, "TRIDENT: A New Triangular Mesh Discrete Ordinates Code," Proceedings of the Topical Conference on Advances in Reactor Physics, April 10-12, 1978, Conf-780401 (June 1978).

17. With R. E. Alcouffe, E. W. Larsen, and B. R. Wienke, "Calculational Efficiency of Numerical Transport Methods: Slab Geometry," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 30, 250 (1978).

18. With R. E. Alcouffe, F. W. Brinkley, Jr., G. E. Bosler, and R. D. O'Dell, "A Timing Comparison of Two-Dimensional Discrete Ordinates Neutron Transport Codes," Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Methods in Nuclear Engineering, April 23-25, 1979, Williamsburg, Virginia.

19. With E. E. Lewis, "Nonlinear Response Matrix Methods for Radiative Transfer," Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics, Mathematics and Computation, April 27-30, 1987, Paris, France.

20. "An Analysis of the Finite-Differenced, Even-Parity Discrete-Ordinates Equations in Slab Geometry," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 37, 271 (1990).

21. With C. E. Annese and E. Greenspan, "Simultaneous Calculation of Prompt and Delayed Photon Effects," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 68, 392, (June, 1993)

22. With J. Hughes, I. Soares, E. Greenspan, and Z. Shayer, "Molten Salt Critical Reactors for the Transmutation of Transuranics and Fission Products." Proceedings of GLOBAL-'93 International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems, September 12-17, 1993, p 644, Seattle, Washington.

23. With I. Soares and E. Greenspan, "Tungsten Dummy Fuel Assemblies for Reducing Damage Rate to PWR Pressure Vessels," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc.; 69, 446, November 1993.

24. With C. E. Annese, E. F. Watkins, E. Greenspan, J. Latkowski, J. D. Lee, P. Soran and M. L. Tobin, "Optimization of the National Ignition Facility Primary Shield Design," IEEE/NPSS 15th Symp. Fusion Eng., Hyannis, MA, Oct. 11-15, 1993.

25. With U. Shin and J. E. Morel, "Asymptotic Derivation of the Time-Dependent SP2 Equations and Numerical Calculations," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc.; 69, 207, November 1993.

26. With T. Noh and J. E. Morel, "Improved Approximations Applied to the Sn Even-Parity Equations," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc.; 69, 214, November 1993.

27. With R. P. Bastian, "Improving the Research Funding Process through Process Management, Value Analysis, and Linkages to other Processes-Lessons Learned," Proceedings of the 1994 Management for Quality in Research and Development Symposium, Chicago, IL, 1994.

28. With Z. Shayer, J. Hughes, I. Soares, and E. Greenspan, "Modifying SCALE-4.1 for Transmutation Calculations," Trans. Israeli Nuclear Society, 18, p. VII-27, 1994.

29. With T. Noh, "Comparison of the P1 and the Simplified P2 Synthetic Acceleration in Transport Solutions", Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, Vol. 2, 1342-1351, Portland, Oregon, April 30-May 4, 1995.

30. With U. Shin and J. Morel, "Asymptotic Analysis of Several Competitive Equations to Solve the Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Equation," Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, Vol. 1, 329-340, Portland Oregon, April 30-May 4, 1995.

COURSES TAUGHT
1. "Nuclear Reactor Analysis," Graduate Course, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Spring, 1991.

2. "Numerical Analysis of Nuclear Systems," Graduate Course, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Fall, 1991.

3. "Reactor Physics Seminar," Graduate Course, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Fall, 1991.

STUDENT THESES SUPERVISED
1. Master's Thesis in Nuclear Engineering at U.C. Berkeley: C. E. Annese, "Optimization of the National Ignition Facility Primary Shield Design," 1993.

2. Ph.D. Thesis in Nuclear Engineering at U.C. Berkeley: T. Noh, "New Insights into Numerical Solutions of the Even-Parity Transport Equation in Two-Dimensional X-Y Geometry," 1994.

3. Ph.D. Thesis in Nuclear Engineering at U.C. Berkeley: U. Shin "Asymptotic Analyses and Numerical Experiments on the Multigroup Time-Dependent, Simplified P2 Equations", 1995.