George H. Miley (born 1933) is a

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. Miley is a

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and Fellow of the

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. He was Senior

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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.

Academic career

In 1955, Miley received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering/Physics from

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. He obtained his M.Sc. (1956) and his Ph.D. (1959), both in Nuclear/Chemical Engineering, from the

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. In 1961, he became assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 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

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of the American Nuclear Society's journal ''Fusion Science and Technology'' until his retirement in 2000. He was also the editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Plasma Physics'' and ''Laser and Particle Beams''. His work ''Direct Conversion of Nuclear Radiation Energy'' was written in 1970 and sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission.

Cold fusion and LENR

Miley has investigated nuclear transmutations in thin films of metals based on earlier work on the Patterson Power Cell, supported by Clean Energy Technologies, Incorporated (CETI). Miley is also active in research on

low-energy nuclear reaction Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. It would contrast starkly with the "hot" fusion that is known to take place naturally within stars and artificially in hydrogen bombs and ...

s (LENR) in thin metal films. After his retirement he participated in the 2011 World Green Energy Symposium, which was held in October 2011 at the

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. 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 power.''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.

Publications

;Books: * George H. Miley: ''Direct Conversion of Nuclear Radiation Energy'',

, Illinois, 1971, ASIN: B00173FBUI * George H. Miley: ''Fusion Energy Conversion'', American Nuclear Society, Illinois, 1976, * A. A. Harms, K. F. Schoepf, G. H. Miley, D. R. Kingdon: ''Principles of Fusion Energy: An Introduction to Fusion Energy for Students of Science and Engineering'', World Scientific, 2000, * Heinrich Hora, George Hunter Miley: ''Edward Teller lectures: lasers and inertial fusion energy'', World Scientific, 2005, * George H. Miley: ''Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan'', World Scientific, 2013,

References

External links

George H Miley , Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering , UIUC

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Fusion Studies Laboratory. Publication List, 2003–Present
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