Pontiac Engineering Club
Mar 09, 2020
Alan Miller
Pontiac Engineering Club

Alan S. Miller-Founder and Leader of the Pontiac Kid’s Engineering Club, in Pontiac Michigan.

Alan Miller is the Founder and Leader of the Pontiac Kid’s Engineering Club that he created in 2014.  Alan has dedicated the use of his time and talents to lead a kid’s engineering club in Pontiac, at the Pontiac Center for Success, [simply called the Pontiac Kid’s Engineering Club] to create an access point for kids in Pontiac to do hands on engineering projects working with engineers and other volunteers.  From November to May, twice each week, Alan and other volunteers meet with 40 kids, grades 3 to 6 in Pontiac. The Pontiac Kids Engineering Club that Alan created is a hands-on project approach designed to introduce kids in Pontiac to simple engineering concepts while having fun so that kids have access to engineering learning activities.  The program is held at an afterschool program at the Pontiac Center for Success.

 

Alan Miller has 35 years’ experience in engine design, analysis and test experience in the automotive industry, with a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University; Alan holds 6 US patents.  Alan is a Kirk in the Hills Church Session Member; and a member of the Kirk in the Hills Outreach and Mission Committee.  Alan received the Heart of the Baldwin Award for community service; and is a Pontiac Soup Micro Grant Award winner.

Alan Miller lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan; married to wife Judy for 25 years; has 2 sons Logan [17 years old] and Gavin [13 years old.