Born in New York City and educated at New York University, Purdue University, and the University of Michigan, Irving Miller taught and served as a university administrator at New York University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Akron. He has authored over 80 refereed articles and book chapters in science and engineering, over 200 abstracts and presentations, edited and translated several monographs, and received numerous science and engineering grants and awards. A casual poet for most of my life, he began writing poetry seriously in 1995. His poetry has appeared in journals, collections and chapbooks, and on several websites.