Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering
Interests: Cold Fusion
Professor of Nuclear and Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois and Fusion Studies Lab Director (http://fsl.ne.uiuc.edu/) from 1975 to the present, has also been a consultant for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA ? Argonne National Laboratory, Fusion Power Division ? Los Alamos National Laboratory ? Dept. of Energy, Idaho Operations Office ? and Clean Energy Technologies. Recently, George has been researching plasma focus fusion, a new and exciting form of hot fusion and presented the results at STAIF, the Space Technologies Applications Information Forum. Paul Koloc and Eric Lerner will also join a panel discussion with George on the expectations for this energy technology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Fusion systems
- Plasma engineering
- Reactor kinetics
- High voltage technology
- Nuclear pumped lasers
- Direct energy conversion
- Hydrogen energy production
- Low energy nuclear reactions in solids.
EDUCATION:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering Carnegie Tech. 1955
- M.S. Chemical Engineering University of Michigan 1956
- Ph.D. Chem/Nuc Engineering University of Michigan 1959
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD:
- Assistant Professor - University of Illinois, 1961 - 1964
- Associate Professor - University of Illinois, 1964 - 1967
- Professor, Nuclear and Electrical Eng. - University of Illinois, 1967 - Present
MAJOR CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:
- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL -Fusion Power Division-Environmental Assessment Div.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Dept. of Energy, Idaho Operations Office
- Clean Energy Technologies
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS (field, location, date):
- Registered Professional Engineer, Nuclear Engineering, CA, 1975 -
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Senior NATO Fellow, National Science Foundation, 1994-95
- Edward Teller Medal, 1995
- Fellow, American Nuclear Society
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Award in Fusion Technology, 2003
- ANS - Radiation Science and Technology Award, 2004
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