Bio
Lieutenant Colonel John Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, United States Air Force Academy, CO. Lt Col Miller has served on the Headquarters Air Staff and MAJCOM staff levels, in addition to serving in the Space Vehicles directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control Analysis Division in the Studies, Analyses, and Assessment Directorate of the Air Staff. He has multiple publications in the areas of transportation, logistics, and applied optimization. He holds a Doctorate from Northwestern University, a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a certificate in Financial Planning from Boston University.
Education
PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Transportation Analysis and Planning, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2018)
MS, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2007)
BS, Operations Research, Minor in Japanese, United States Air Force Academy (2005)
Certificate, Financial Planning, Boston University, Boston, MA (2009)
Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Management and Director of Research and Consulting, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (2024-Present)
Assistant Professor of Management and Director of Operations Research, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (2021-2024)
Chief Director's Action Group and Deputy Division Chief, Studies, Analyses, and Assessments Directorate, Headquarters Air Force, Washington, D.C. (2018-2021)
Graduate Student and Eisenhower Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (2015-2018)
Instructor of Management and Director of Personnel, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2012-2015)
Executive Officer, Analyses Directorate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (2011-2012)
Operations Research Analyst, Analyses Directorate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (2009-2011)
Executive Officer, Operations Directorate, Combined Air Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (2009)
Operations Research Analyst, Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts (2007-2009)
Graduate Student and Draper Lab Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2005-2007)
Honors & Awards
Jordan Award for Outstanding Research Contribution, 2023
Academy Outstanding Educator, 2022
Taylor Award for Outstanding Research, 2021
Dwight D. Eisenhower PhD Fellowship, 2017-2018
Financial Times and International Finance Corporation Transformation Business Overall Award: Excellence in Disruptive Technologies – 2017
Department of Management MVP Award – 2014
Department of Management Outstanding Instructor Award – 2013
Air Force Mid-Career Military Scientist/Engineer of the Year – 2012
Air Combat Command Junior Military Scientist of the Year – 2010
CFACC Air Expeditionary Force MVP Award – 2009
Draper Laboratory Graduate Fellowship – 2005-2007
Air Force Academy Superintendent’s List Graduate and Distinguished Graduate – 2005
Research and Scholarly Interests
Transportation Planning and Logistics Solutions
Network Optimization
Vehicle Routing
Markov Decision Processes
Publications
Dyer, A., Klawes, L., Royse, S., Singleton, K., Miller, J., & Shufeldt, C. “Optimizing Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5 at Vance Air Force Base,” Industrial and Systems Engineering Review, Vol 11(1-1):15-20, 2023.
Krolick, J., Ingersoll, C., Fuentes, J., Blackstock, H., Miller, J., and Contarino, A. “Improving Inventory for a Large Food Service Supplier,” Mathematica Militaris, Vol. 27(2) Article 4, 2023.
3. Schoenrock, E., Martin, R., O S., Farmer, J., Miller, J., Salgado, E. & Lemay, B. “Predicting
Schoenrock, E., Martin, R., O S., Farmer, J., Miller, J., Salgado, E. & Lemay, B. (2022) Predicting Undergraduate RPA Training (URT) Student Performance, Industrial and Systems Engineering Review, 10(1):102-108
J. Miller, Y. Nie, and X. Liu, “Hyperpath Truck Routing in an Online Freight Exchange Platform,” Transportation Science, Vol 54:6,1676-1696 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2020.0989
J. Miller and Y. Nie, “Dynamic Trucking Equilibrium through a Freight Exchange,” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol 113, 193-212, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.05.026
J. Miller, Y. Nie, and A. Stathopoulos, “Crowdsourced Urban Package Delivery: Modeling Traveler Willingness to Work as Crowdshippers,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2610, (2017). https://doi.org/10.3141/2610-08
J. Miller, D. Carter, and S. Kolitz, “Large-Scale Dynamic Observation Planning for Unmanned Surface Vessels” Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Seattle, WA, (2009).
M. Abramson, D. Carter, S. Kolitz, N. Markuzon, J. Miller, P. Scheidler, and C. Strauss, “Sensor Web Dynamic Replanning Architecture” Proceedings of the NASA ESTO Conference, College Park, MD, (2007).