George H. Miley

George H. Miley is a physicist, inventor, and professor emeritus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

In 1955 Miley received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering/Physics from Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained his M.Sc. (1956) and his Ph.D. (1959), both in Nuclear/Chemical Engineering, at the University of Michigan.

In 1961 he became assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign UIUC), and advanced to associate professor in 1964, and to professor of nuclear and electrical engineering in 1967. He has directed the Fusion Studies Lab since 1975 and has chaired the Nuclear Engineering Program from 1983 to 1995. Since August 2010 he is professor emeritus.

He lists his main research interests as: Fusion systems, Plasma engineering, Reactor kinetics, High voltage technology, Nuclear pumped lasers, Direct energy conversion, Hydrogen energy production, Low energy nuclear reactions in solids.[1] He has been editor-in-chief of three journals, among them the American Nuclear Society's journal Fusion Science and Technology.[2][3]

His work Direct Conversion of Nuclear Radiation Energy was written 1970, sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission.[4] His research has included investigations on nuclear transmutations in thin films of metals based on earlier work on the Patterson Power Cell, supported by Clean Energy Technologies, Incorporated (CETI).[5] Miley is also active in research on low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) in thin metal films.[6][7] He participated in the 2011 World Green Energy Symposium, which was held in October 2011 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8] During a Symposium session titled "Cold Fusion – A Discussion", Miley reported that he has constructed a LENR device that continuously produces several hundred watts of energy.[9]

Miley is Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He was Senior NATO Fellow from 1994 to 1995, received the Edward Teller Medal in 1995, the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Award in Fusion Technology in 2003 and the Radiation Science and Technology Award in 2004. He holds several patents.[10]

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References

  1. ^ Profile, Illinois University, downloaded 19. November 2011
  2. ^ Journals of the Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  3. ^ Fusion Energy Division, American Nuclear Society, June 1999 Newsletter citation: “Sometime in the near future, George Miley will be retiring and we will have to find a new Editor for Fusion Technology.”
  4. ^ Heinrich Hora, George Hunter Miley: Edward Teller lectures: lasers and inertial fusion energy, World Scientific Press, 2005, ISBN 1-86094-468-X, p. 184
  5. ^ G.H. Miley, J.A. Patterson: Nuclear transmutations in thin-film nickel coatings undergoing electrolysis, Infinite Energy, no. 9, July/August 1996, p. 19–32
  6. ^ George H. Miley, Heinrich Hora, Andrei Lipson, Sung-O. Kim, Nie Luo, Carlos H. Costano G., Taeho Woo. "Progress in thin-film LENR research at the University of Illinois". In The 9th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, 2002. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.
  7. ^ Xiaoling Yang, George H. Miley, Heinz Hora. "Condensed Matter Cluster Reactions in LENR Power Cells for a Radical New Type of Space Power Source". American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, March 16, 2009, vol. 1103, pp. 450–458.
  8. ^ "2011 World Green Energy Symposium". October 19–21, 2011.
  9. ^ Cold Fusion – A Discussion (Video). Miley's report begins at 5 minutes and 30 seconds and his statement about his LENR device begins at 17 minutes and 55 seconds.
  10. ^ George H. Miley (Google Patents)

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