CCSR Member Pages

Richard Ford

Center for Complex Systems Research
Engineering Sciences Building
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
110 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801-3080, USA
Office: ESB 4127
Phone: (217) 333-4403
Email: raford@illinois.edu

Eduction, Experience, and Teaching
Bachelor of Science Degree, 1975 (University of Missouri, Columbia)

Research Interests
Electrostatic experiments, the question of air-earth potential gradients as possible precursor to tornado formation, animals as an earthquake prediction method, general extreme weather anomalies, elastic pendulum mechanics, nature of gravitation and properties of space.

Awards, Honors, and Recognition

Publications and Lectures
Tesla Coil Secrets 1985 Lindsay Publications Bradley, IL. Homemade Lightning 1991 TAB Books, Inc. Homemade Lightning 1996 McGraw-Hill New York. Homemade Lightning 2001 McGraw-Hill New York. A paper delivered before the International Symposium on Ball Lightning 2001 St. Louis, Mo. Subject of talk: Possible research avenues for ball-lightning experimenters.

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