S. A. E. Miller

About S. A. E. Miller

Technical Fellow for Propulsion Systems at GE Aerospace Research.Previously Senior Scientist and Technical Manager (SSTM) for US Navy Hypersonics at NAWCAD, DARPA Director’s Fellow for hypersonics, Professor at University of Florida Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PI of the Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Group, and Research Aerospace Engineer at NASA.Please visit my personal website - Awards: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award for theoretical prediction of hypersonic near-field aerodynamics. NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for theoretical aeroacoustics. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (YIP).

Experience

1. Technical Fellow - Propulsion

   GE Aerospace

   Sep 2025 — Present · Niskayuna, NY, US

   Lead strategy and innovation for next-generation aerospace propulsion. Internationally influential in the technical community in propulsion, thermodynamics, and aero-mechanics, guiding multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) teams across GE and external partners including NASA, DARPA, AFRL, and ONR. Responsible for developing technology roadmaps, driving concept maturation from theory to demonstration, and mentoring technical leaders in advanced engines and flight-vehicle concepts. Focus on system-level modeling, design validation, and execution of complex research programs shaping the Future of Flight.

Education

• Tagonrog State University, Russia

  Statistics and Language

  2001 — 2001

• Penn State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering

  2006 — 2009

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

  2000 — 2003

• Penn State University

  Master of Science (MS), Aerospace Engineering

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Acoustics
• Aeroacoustics
• Aerospace Engineering
• Physics
• Numerical Analysis
• Fluid Dynamics
• High Performance Computing
• Numerical Simulation
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)
• Cfd
• Turbulence
• Aerospace
• Applied Mathematics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Mathematics
• Fortran
• Finite Element Analysis
• Latex
• Aerodynamics