astronomy

George H. Miley

George H. Miley is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand George H. Miley rather than just read about it. In short: George Hunter Miley (born 1933) is a professor emeritus of physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Miley is a Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Key takeaways

George H. Miley belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
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Reproduce the core statement of George H. Miley from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

George Hunter Miley (born 1933) is a professor emeritus of physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Miley is a Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 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.

Academic career 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, from the University of Michigan. 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 emeritus. He was editor-in-chief 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 reactions (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 Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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.

Publications Books

George H. Miley: Direct Conversion of Nuclear Radiation Energy, American Nuclear Society, Illinois, 1971, ASIN: B00173FBUI George H. Miley: Fusion Energy Conversion, American Nuclear Society, Illinois, 1976, ISBN 978-0-89448-008-9 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, ISBN 978-981-238-033-3 Heinrich Hora, George Hunter Miley: Edward Teller lectures: lasers and inertial fusion energy, World Scientific, 2005, ISBN 1-86094-468-X George H. Miley: Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan, World Scientific, 2013, ISBN 978-981-4436-48-9

References

External links George H Miley | Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering | UIUC Profile Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine and faculty page, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Fusion Studies Laboratory. Publication List, 2003–Present

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with George H. Miley

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what George H. Miley claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to George H. Miley before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about George H. Miley ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of George H. Miley

In research: George H. Miley appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses George H. Miley in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: George H. Miley is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1933 births, 20th-century American physicists, American plasma physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for George H. Miley outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does George H. Miley matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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