Doris Ida Miller
| Doris Ida Miller | |
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| File:Doris Miller - Pioneering Women.pngDoris Miller - Pioneering Women.png | |
| Born | 1939 |
| 🏫 Education | University of Toronto (Bachelor of Physical & Health Education)
University of Oregon (Masters) The Pennsylvania State University (PhD) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Sports biomechanics and diving coaching |
Doris Ida Miller (born 1939) is a Canadian biomechanist and Professor Emeritus at Western University, who is known for her research in sports biomechanics, most specifically diving.[1] She was the first female council member of the International Society of Biomechanics, a founding member and President of the American Society of Biomechanics (1983-1984), a founding member of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics, and a Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.[2]
Education
Miller earned a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education from the University of Toronto in 1961, a master's degree from the University of Oregon in 1964, and a PhD degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1970 as the first graduate the university's biomechanics program.[2]
Her PhD thesis, titled A computer simulation of the airborne phase of diving, was conducted under the supervision of Richard Nelson.[1][3] Her computational model was accompanied by computer graphics that required more than 3,000 punch cards when implemented as a computer mainframe program.[2][4]
Separate from her studies in biomechanics, Miller also earned a Master's in Divinity from the University of Victoria in 1990.[4]
Career
Miller held faculty positions at the University of Toronto (1961-63), the University of Saskatchewan (1964-67 and 1970-73), the University of Washington (1973-84) and finally the University of Western Ontario (now Western University, 1984–2000) where she is Professor Emerita.[2]
In addition to her academic career, Miller was engaged in the world of competitive diving. She was a diving coach at the University of Saskatchewan prior to her PhD.[2] Later, she was a member of USA Diving's Performance Enhancement Team (2003-2009) and biomechanist for the Olympic Medal Program (1983- 2009).[2][4]
Miller was a member of the first Executive Council of the International Society of Biomechanics (1975-1979) and was the first woman to serve on the council.[2] She was a founding member of the American Society of Biomechanics, and Canadian Society for Biomechanics, and served as President of the American Society of Biomechanics from 1983 to 1984.[2]
Research
Miller's research area is sports biomechanics with a primary focus is on the biomechanics of diving[1], and additional research across a range of sports including figure skating,[5] sprinting[6] and amputee running[7]. As a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, and alongside the biomechanist Micheline Gagnon, Miller manually digitized 16-mm high-speed film recordings of sprinters for her thesis work, and pioneered early computer graphics for animating motion capture data using punch cards[2]. She completed her PhD, titled "A computer simulation of the airborne phase of diving" in 1970[2].
Miller collected live biomechanical data during several international diving competitions, most notably the 1986 World Aquatics Championships[8][9] and the 1996 Olympic Games, which included embedding force platforms into 10-meter diving towers[10]. On the topic of Miller's data acquisition methods, Jill McNitt-Gray commented that,
“Few have conquered the many obstacles encountered during competition including those requiring video recording from rooftops in near tropical storm conditions or from flooded underwater window locations.”[11]
As a result of these efforts, data from the 1996 Olympic Games led to a Diving Video Database analysis program that was a forerunner to later commercial software such as Dartfish[12].
During a project with Sport Canada from 1988 up to the 1992 Olympic Games, Miller helped develop analytical programs by collecting a database of national and international-level dives, which she used to create instructional modules for competitive diving coaches[13]. This meant Miller and her team could equip coaches with a software that provided rapid feedback on the biomechanics their athletes' dives[13].
Honors and awards
The International Society of Biomechanics in Sports named Miller the Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer in 1992,[14] and elected her a Fellow in 2002.[15] In 2009, the International Society of Biomechanics awarded her Honorary Membership, and she remains one of two women to have received this honor to date.[16][2] In 2000, she received the International Swimming Hall of Fame's 2000 Paragon Award for Competitive Diving.[17][2] The American Society of Biomechanics award her the Jim Hay Memorial Award in 2009.[18]
Selected publications
- Miller, Doris I.; Nelson, Richard C. (1973). Biomechanics of sport: a research approach. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. ISBN 978-0-8121-0431-8. Search this book on
- Miller, Doris I. (1975). "Biomechanics of Swimming". Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 3 (1): 219–248. doi:10.1249/00003677-197500030-00011. ISSN 0091-6331. PMID 1175667.
- Munro, Carolyn F.; Miller, Doris I.; Fuglevand, Andrew J. (1987-01-01). "Ground reaction forces in running: A reexamination". Journal of Biomechanics. 20 (2): 147–155. doi:10.1016/0021-9290(87)90306-X. ISSN 0021-9290. PMID 3571295.
- Miller, Doris I. (1980). "Body Segment Contributions to Sport Skill Performance: Two Contrasting Approaches". Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 51 (1): 219–233. doi:10.1080/02701367.1980.10609284. ISSN 0270-1367. PMID 6765896.
- Miller, Doris I. (1987-01-01). "Resultant lower extremity joint moments in below-knee amputees during running stance". Journal of Biomechanics. 20 (5): 529–541. doi:10.1016/0021-9290(87)90253-3. ISSN 0021-9290. PMID 3611127.
- Miller, Doris I. (2021-12-01). "Dr. Richard C. Nelson: Behind the Scenes". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 37 (6): 585–586. doi:10.1123/jab.2021-0295. ISSN 1065-8483. PMID 34872069 Check
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miller, Dorris Ida (1970). "A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL OF THE AIRBORNE PHASE OF DIVING". www.proquest.com.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Steele, Julie R.; Challis, John H. (2023-05-01). "Pioneering women of the International Society of Biomechanics". Journal of Biomechanics. 152. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111547. ISSN 0021-9290. PMID 36996599 Check
|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Zatsiorsky, Vladimir (December 1, 2021). "Dr. Richard C. Nelson: The Founding Father of Biomechanics". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 37 (6): 580–581. doi:10.1123/jab.2021-0293. PMID 34872067 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 O'Brien, Linda (2021). "Dr. Doris I. Miller - Pioneer in Sport Biomechanics". Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ↑ Albert, Wayne J.; Miller, Doris I. (1996-02-01). "Takeoff Characteristics of Single and Double Axel Figure Skating Jumps". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 12 (1): 72–87. doi:10.1123/jab.12.1.72. ISSN 1065-8483.
- ↑ Miller, Doris I.; Sprigings, Eric J. (2001-08-01). "Factors Influencing the Performance of Springboard Dives of Increasing Difficulty". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 17 (3): 217–231. doi:10.1123/jab.17.3.217. ISSN 1065-8483.
- ↑ Enoka, Roger M. Ph.D.; Miller, Doris I. Ph.D.; Burgess, Ernest M. M.D. "Below-knee Amputee Running Gait". American Journal of Physical Medicine 61(2):p 66-84, April 1982.
- ↑ Miller, Doris I.; Hennig, Ewald; Pizzimenti, Marc A.; Jones, Ian C.; Nelson, Richard C. (1989-02-01). "Kinetic and Kinematic Characteristics of 10-m Platform Performances of Elite Divers: I. Back Takeoffs". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 5 (1): 60–88. doi:10.1123/ijsb.5.1.60.
- ↑ Miller, Doris I.; Jones, Ian C.; Pizzimenti, Marc A.; Hennig, Ewald; Nelson, Richard C. (1990-08-01). "Kinetic and Kinematic Characteristics of 10-m Platform Performances of Elite Divers: II—Reverse Takeoffs". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 6 (3): 283–308. doi:10.1123/ijsb.6.3.283.
- ↑ Miller, Doris I.; Sprigings, Eric J. (2001-08-01). "Factors Influencing the Performance of Springboard Dives of Increasing Difficulty". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 17 (3): 217–231. doi:10.1123/jab.17.3.217. ISSN 1065-8483.
- ↑ McNitt-Gray, Jill. "Professor Doris I Miller, University of Western Ontario". Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ Miller, Doris I. (2021-12-01). "Dr. Richard C. Nelson: Behind the Scenes". Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 37 (6): 585–586. doi:10.1123/jab.2021-0295. ISSN 1065-8483. PMID 34872069 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Miller, D. I. (1993). "The Challenge of Communicating Concepts to Coaches By Computer". In ISBS-Conference Proceedings Archive
- ↑ "Awards - International Society of Biomechanics in Sports". isbs.org.
- ↑ "Fellow of ISBS". International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.
- ↑ "Honorary Members". International Society of Biomechanics.
- ↑ "The ISHOF Aquatic Awards". International Swimming Hall of Fame.
- ↑ "Society Awards". American Society of Biomechanics.
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