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Dr. Miu Miller is an active member of the IEEE and is involved in the Power Engineering Society (PES) and the Circuits and System Society (CAS). Specifically, she serves as chair of the Power Engineering Career Promotion subcommittee of IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee, vice-chair of the Distribution System Analysis subcommittee of PES Power System Analysis, Computing and Economics Committee, and secretary of the CAS Power System and Power Electronics Committee. Dr. Miu Miller has also actively participated in ASEE and made over 30 conference presentations.
She has focused her research on the analysis of power distribution systems and the development of analytically-based power distribution application functions such as service restoration, VAR/Voltage control and load estimation. These functions become increasingly important as power distribution systems grow to be more stressed and new operating scenarios arise. Her work on the use of genetic algorithms to enhance the operation and control of distribution networks is providing new methods to evaluate economic tradeoffs in the engineering decisions required in planning new systems. With the advances in communication and real-time monitoring of substation data, new automation concepts are becoming key tools in the formulation of supply and demand strategies. Her work on priority-based restoration is now providing technical direction to the issues of customer demand flexibility and the associated economic advantages of elastic loads. Towards this end, she has published over 30 papers. She was recognized as a 2001 OYEE Finalist, and she has received a 2003 Mary and Christian Lindback Minority Junior Faculty Award, a 2001 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and a 2000 National Science Foundation Career Award.
For Drexel University, Dr. Miu Miller has developed several new courses in power, energy and control systems incorporating active and hands-on learning within the classroom and laboratories. She has led development of the Reconfigurable Distribution and Automation Control Laboratory (RDAC) an integrated hardware/software laboratory for performance evaluation of different events which can occur in power distribution systems. Dr. Miu Miller has also participated in various adult education and life-long learning activities. These included being an invited lecturer on electric power infrastructures for the Army War College, the FBI, the NAB’s Japanese American Frontiers of Engineering, as well as for a short course in power system analysis at the regional transmission organization PJM.
Dr. Miu Miller consistently participates in numerous outreach events, for students of various ages. These activities include the Drexel College of Engineering Outreach Program, HKN student activities, IEEE student chapter events, Women in Engineering and Society for Women Engineers events, to bring awareness of and encourage study in electrical engineering. In 2001-2002 in memory of her father, she helped establish the Ming T. Miu Memorial Scholarship at Chelmsford High School, MA to acknowledge students who show significant academic improvement during their tenure.
Karen is happily married and, during her free time, she enjoys animation, travel and spending time with her family.