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	William Lewis Hughes		'''William Lewis Hughes''' (December 2, 1926 – February 21, 2007) was an American [[electrical engineer]], university professor, and inventor. Over a career spanning roughly 1944 to 1993 he taught and held administrative posts at Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University, and the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and worked in color television, energy systems, and electromagnetic theory. He was a Life Fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\|IEEE]] and, late in life, argued for an electromagnetic interpretation of physical phenomena in his book ''The Electromagnetic Nature of Things''.

	~~'''Education:''' BS Elect. Eng., South Dakota. School of Mines & Technology, 1949; MS. & Ph.D. Elect. Eng., Iowa State. University, 1950, 1952.~~		==Biography==

	~~'''Experience 1944-1993''': U.S. Navy, WW II, Broadcast Engineer, Prof. of EE, Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University (Dept. Head),~~ South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (~~VP of Academic Affairs, SDSM&T~~)~~, President of InEn Corp~~.~~, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Author of two~~ engineering ~~texts, contributor to five McGraw Hill Standard Engineering Handbooks, Author of 60+ technical papers in color television, energy systems, and electromagnetic theory~~. ~~Holds 14 patents~~ in ~~color television and energy systems~~. ~~Still teaches power electronics and guides graduate students~~. ~~Life Fellow of IEEE. Currently Professor Emeritus of EE at SDSM&T. Lives in Rapid City, SD., Married~~, ~~has four children~~ and ~~four grandchildren~~.		Hughes earned a BS in electrical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 1949, followed by an MS (1950) and a Ph.D. (1952) in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy, and he also worked as a broadcast engineer.

	~~'''Patent:''' Motor [http://www~~.~~faqs~~.~~org/patents/app/20080197740 http://www~~.~~faqs~~.~~org/patents/app/20080197740]~~		He held academic appointments as a professor of electrical engineering at Iowa State University and at Oklahoma State University, where he served as department head. He later served as Vice President of Academic Affairs at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He was also president of InEn Corporation of Stillwater, Oklahoma. In his later years he was Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and continued to teach power electronics and guide graduate students.

	~~[http://www~~.~~sdes~~.~~org/The%20SD%20Engineer%20December%202006%20Issue~~.~~htm South Dakota Engineering Society (SDES) Member News]~~		Hughes lived in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was married and had four children and four grandchildren. He died on February 21, 2007.

	~~Email [mailto:bhughesrc@aol.com bhughesrc@aol.com] inoperable as of 9/08. Website [http://www.electmag.com/ http://www.electmag.com] inoperable as of 2/09.~~		==Work==

	~~"The late Professor Bill~~ Hughes, ~~Professor Emeritus of University of South Dakota~~, ~~happened~~ to ~~be the peer reviewer of my~~ papers ~~published~~ in ~~Galilean Electrodynamics. I regret that we actually never met..~~.		Hughes authored two engineering textbooks, including ''Nonlinear Electrical Networks'' (Ronald Press, 1960), and contributed to five McGraw-Hill Standard Engineering Handbooks. He wrote more than 60 technical papers in color television, energy systems, and electromagnetic theory, and held 14 patents in color television and energy systems.

	~~"I am not ready to take Hughes writings without reservations~~, ~~but I believe (the) results of his works are important steps toward the true explanation of (the) nature of our world. I also believe that experimental results described~~ in his book (The Electromagnetic Nature of Things~~) have to~~ be on ~~hand especially~~ in ~~respected institutions~~ and to ~~scientists striving for the truth of our nature~~.		In his later research, published largely through ''Galilean Electrodynamics'' and collected in his 2006 book ''The Electromagnetic Nature of Things'', Hughes explored the idea that inertial mass, gravity, and other physical effects might be explained on an electromagnetic basis. This work included re-examinations of classic experiments in physics such as the Michelson–Morley, Trouton–Noble, and Kennedy–Thorndike experiments, and a proposed challenge to Coulomb's law.

	~~"Considering Einstein~~'~~s mentality and openmindedness~~, ~~if Einstein and~~ Hughes ~~were alive today, they would be very good friends."~~		The Slovak-Canadian researcher Jaroslav J. Kopernicky, for whose papers in ''Galilean Electrodynamics'' Hughes served as peer reviewer, wrote of Hughes's work:

	~~-- Jaroslav J~~. ~~Kopernicky~~		: "I am not ready to take Hughes writings without reservations, but I believe (the) results of his works are important steps toward the true explanation of (the) nature of our world. I also believe that experimental results described in his book (The Electromagnetic Nature of Things) have to be on hand especially in respected institutions and to scientists striving for the truth of our nature. Considering Einstein's mentality and openmindedness, if Einstein and Hughes were alive today, they would be very good friends."

			==Honors==

			* Life Fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\|IEEE]]
			* Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

	==Abstracts==		==Abstracts==

	* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley Revisited, or Can the Michelson-Morley Be Real?]]"		* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley Revisited, or Can the Michelson-Morley Be Real?]]"
	* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley, Trouton-Noble, Kennedy-Thorndike, and the Fitzgerald-Lorentz Contraction]]"		* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley, Trouton-Noble, Kennedy-Thorndike, and the Fitzgerald-Lorentz Contraction]]"
	* 2006 - "[[Trouton-Noble Revisited]]"		* 2006 - "[[Trouton-Noble Revisited]]"
	* 2004 - "[[A Challenge to Coulomb's Law: Implications for Gravity and Matter Structure]]"		* 2004 - "[[A Challenge to Coulomb's Law: Implications for Gravity and Matter Structure]]"
	* 2004 - "[[On Kopernicky?s Conjecture: Gravity is a Difference Between Electrostatic Attraction and Repulsion]]"		* 2004 - "[[On Kopernicky?s Conjecture: Gravity is a Difference Between Electrostatic Attraction and Repulsion]]"
	* 1995 - "[[A Simple Mathematical Model Which Suggests an Electromagnetic Basis for Inertial Mass]]"		* 1995 - "[[A Simple Mathematical Model Which Suggests an Electromagnetic Basis for Inertial Mass]]"
	* 1994 - "[[A Second Look at a Fundamental Concept in Electromagnetics]]"		* 1994 - "[[A Second Look at a Fundamental Concept in Electromagnetics]]"

	==Books==		==Books==

	* 2006 - "[[The Electromagnetic Nature of Things]]"		* 2006 - "[[The Electromagnetic Nature of Things]]"

			==External links==

			* [http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080197740 Motor patent (US application 20080197740)]

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William Lewis Hughes

'''Education:''' BS Elect. Eng., South Dakota. School of Mines & Technology, 1949; MS. & Ph.D. Elect. Eng., Iowa State. University, 1950, 1952.

'''Experience 1944-1993''': U.S. Navy, WW II, Broadcast Engineer, Prof. of EE, Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University (Dept. Head), South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (VP of Academic Affairs, SDSM&T), President of InEn Corp., Stillwater, Oklahoma, Author of two engineering texts, contributor to five McGraw Hill Standard Engineering Handbooks, Author of 60+ technical papers in color television, energy systems, and electromagnetic theory. Holds 14 patents in color television and energy systems. Still teaches power electronics and guides graduate students. Life Fellow of IEEE. Currently Professor Emeritus of EE at SDSM&T. Lives in Rapid City, SD., Married, has four children and four grandchildren.

'''Patent:''' Motor [http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080197740 http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080197740]

[http://www.sdes.org/The%20SD%20Engineer%20December%202006%20Issue.htm South Dakota Engineering Society (SDES) Member News]

Email [mailto:bhughesrc@aol.com bhughesrc@aol.com] inoperable as of 9/08. Website [http://www.electmag.com/ http://www.electmag.com] inoperable as of 2/09.

"The late Professor Bill Hughes, Professor Emeritus of University of South Dakota, happened to be the peer reviewer of my papers published in Galilean Electrodynamics. I regret that we actually never met...

"I am not ready to take Hughes writings without reservations, but I believe (the) results of his works are important steps toward the true explanation of (the) nature of our world. I also believe that experimental results described in his book (The Electromagnetic Nature of Things) have to be on hand especially in respected institutions and to scientists striving for the truth of our nature.

"Considering Einstein's mentality and openmindedness, if Einstein and Hughes were alive today, they would be very good friends."

-- Jaroslav J. Kopernicky

==Abstracts==

* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley Revisited, or Can the Michelson-Morley Be Real?]]"
* 2006 - "[[Michelson-Morley, Trouton-Noble, Kennedy-Thorndike, and the Fitzgerald-Lorentz Contraction]]"
* 2006 - "[[Trouton-Noble Revisited]]"
* 2004 - "[[A Challenge to Coulomb's Law: Implications for Gravity and Matter Structure]]"
* 2004 - "[[On Kopernicky?s Conjecture: Gravity is a Difference Between Electrostatic Attraction and Repulsion]]"
* 1995 - "[[A Simple Mathematical Model Which Suggests an Electromagnetic Basis for Inertial Mass]]"
* 1994 - "[[A Second Look at a Fundamental Concept in Electromagnetics]]"

==Books==

* 2006 - "[[The Electromagnetic Nature of Things]]"

[[Category:Scientist]]