Andrew J. Miller
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1983
Associate Professor
Office: 211-L Sondheim Hall
Phone: 410-455-3151
Email Address: miller@umbc.edu
Research Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, flood hydrology, urban hydrology
Recent Research Activities: Hydrology, hydraulics and hydrometorology of flood response in urbanizing drainage basins, supported by National Science Foundation (EAR-0208225, August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2005)(collaboration with James Smith, Princeton University

Determination of Sediment Erosion and Deposition Rates or Valley Creek in Valley Forge National Historical Park, supported by National Park Service (Sept. 2003 to June 2006; with Claire Welty, UMBC and Robert Ryan, Drexel University)

Recent
Publications:

Baeck, M.L., Smith, J.A. and Miller, A.J. 2004. Hydrometeorology of extreme flooding in a small urban watershed. EOS Trans. AGU 85(47), Abstract H11F-0372.

Ballantine, M.R., A.J. Miller, J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck. 2004. Use of 2d hydraulic models to predict stage-discharge relationships in urban channels. EOS Trans. AGU 85(47), Abstract H11F-0373.

Hicks, N.S., J.A. Smith, A.J. Miller, P.A. Nelson [in press]. Catastrophic flooding from an orographic thunderstorm in the central Appalachians, Water Resources Research.

Meierdiercks, K.J., Smith, J.A., Miller, A.J. and Baeck, M.L. 2004. The urban drainage network and its control on extreme floods. Trans. AGU 85(47), Abstract H11F-0370.

Miller, A.J., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, E.J. Holland, M.R. Ballantine, T.A. Newcomer. 2004. Rapid-response monitoring of flood inundation in a small urban watershed. EOS Trans. AGU 85(47), Abstract H11F-0374.

Miller, A.J., Smith, J.A., Welty, C., Eshleman, K.N., Piaseck, M., Prestegaard, K.L., Brubaker, K.L., Palmer, M.A., Imhoff, P.T., Wilcock, P.R., Scanlon, T.M., Fisher, G.T., Shedlock, R.J., Gellis, A.C., Groffman, P.M., Belt, K., Toran, L., Traver, R. and Jordan, T. 2004. The Potomac River Basin and Western Shore Chesapeake Bay Drainage as a Proposed CUAHSI Hydrologic Observatory. EOS Trans. AGU 85(47), Abstract H31C-0382.

Smith, J.A., A.J. Miller, M.L. Baeck, P.A. Nelson, G.T. Fisher, K.L. Meierdiercks [In press]. Extraordinary flood response of a small urban watershed to short duration convective rainfall, J. of Hydrometeorology.

Smith, J.A., M.L. Baeck, K.L. Meierdiercks, P.A. Nelson, A.J. Miller, E.J. Holland [in press]. Field studies of the storm event hydrologic response in an urbanizing watershed, Water Resources Research.

Recent Presentations: American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2003 Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting, Oct. 2003

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2002

Courses Taught: Physical Geography, Principles of Geology, Water Quality, Natural Environment of Chesapeake Bay, Water Resources, Hydrology, Fluvial Geomorphology