Eric J. Miller (born June 9, 1951 in

Fort Erie, Ontario Fort Erie is a town in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. The town is located at the south eastern corner of the region, on the Niagara River, directly across the Canada–United States border from Buffal ...

) is Professor of

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

's Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering and Director of the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI). His main research areas include

microsimulation Microsimulation is the use of computerized analytical tools to perform analysis of activities such as highway traffic flowing through an intersection, financial transactions, or pathogens spreading disease through a population on the granularity ...

of Urban Transportation - Land-Use Systems, Sustainability of Urban Transportation Systems, and Improvements in Conventional Travel Demand Models.

Early life and education

Miller received a bachelor's degree in engineering science from the University of Toronto in 1973, a master's degree in aerospace studies from the same university in 1975, and a PhD in civil engineering (Transportation Systems) in 1978 from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. After a brief position at

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

, he joined the University of Toronto faculty in 1979.

References

1951 births People from Fort Erie, Ontario University of Toronto alumni 21st-century Canadian educators MIT School of Engineering alumni Academic staff of McMaster University Living people Academic staff of the University of Toronto {{Canada-academic-bio-stub