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Melvin H.
Miles, Ph.D.
Department of
Chemistry
University of La
Verne
La Verne, CA 91750
Home: 760-375-9258
Office:
909-593-3511 Ext. 4646
BIOGRAPHY
Melvin H. Miles
received his two year college degree from
Dixie College in St. George, Utah, where he
was valedictorian of his class. After
serving two years as a missionary in Germany
for his church, he continued his education
at Brigham Young University where he
received the BA degree with a major in
chemistry and a minor in mathematics. He
then continued graduate school at the
University of Utah where he received the
Ph.D. with a major in physical chemistry and
a minor in physics. Following this he was a
NATO
post-doctral fellow at the Technical
University in Munich, Germany (1965-66). He
was then a research chemist for the Navy at
the Corona, California laboratory (NOLC). He
left this position in 1969 to teach at
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). He
was there for nine years where he was an
assistant and then associate professor with
tenure. During this time he spent summers
doing research at either Brookhaven National
Laboratory in Long Island, N.Y., or at the
Naval Weapons Center in China Lake,
California. He accepted a permanent position
at China Lake in 1978 and has been there
since that time. He has over 200 research
publications in various areas. He received
the NAWCWP Fellow Award for his research in
China Lake along with the McLean Award and
the Sigma Xi Award for his scientific
publications. He was engaged in cold fusion
work in China Lake from 1989 until 1995. He
worked in Japan for five months at the NHE
Laboratory in 1997-98 as a NEDO Guest
Research Scientist. Dr. Miles retired as a
research scientist from the U.S. Navy in
January of 2002. He began teaching at
various universities as a visiting
professor. Since he retired, he has taught
at Middle Tennessee State University, Bates
College, and currently at the University of
LaVerne.
DATE AND PLACE OF
BIRTH:
January 18, 1937
St. George, Utah
EDUCATION:
B.A.
Brigham Young University
1962
Provo, Utah
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Mathematics
Ph.D.
University of Utah
1966
Salt Lake City, Utah
Major: Physical Chemistry
Minor: Physics
EXPERIENCE:
August, 2003 – present
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University
of La Verne
La Verne, California
August, 2002 – June,
2003
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Bates
College
Lewiston, Maine
August, 2001 – June,
2002
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Middle
Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
May, 1978 – January,
2002
Research Chemist, NAWC Weapons Division
China Lake, California
October, 1997 – April, 1998
NEDO Guest Researcher, R&D Center for New
Hydrogen Energy,
The Institute of Applied Energy, Sapporo,
Japan
September, 1969 - September, 1978
Assistant/Associate Professor of Chemistry
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January, 1967 – September, 1969
Research Chemist, Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Corona
Corona, California
HONORS, AWARDS,
SOCIETIES:
Valedictorian, Dixie College, St. George,
Utah
1957
NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award
1966
Sigma Xi Award, Best Scientific Paper at NWC
1985 and 1988
William B. McLean Award, NWC
1987
NWC Fellow Award
1989
NEDO Appointment, Sapporo, Japan
1997 – 1998
PUBLICATIONS,
PRESENTATIONS, PATENTS: (List available
upon request)
200 Scientific
Publications
133
Presentations at Scientific Meetings
17 U.S.
Patents
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