Hugh H. Skilling

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Hugh Hildreth Skilling
BornSeptember 2, 1905
San Diego, California, US
DiedOctober 23, 1990
SpouseHazel Dillon Skilling
Children1

Hugh Hildreth Skilling (1905 - 1990) was a Stanford University professor and a prolific author of electrical engineering textbooks. [1]

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Hugh Skilling was born on September 2, 1905, in San Diego, California to William Thompson Skilling and Bird Hildreth Skilling. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mechanical engineering in 1926 and an engineers degree in electrical engineering in 1927, both from Stanford University. [1] [3] From 1927 to 1929, he was employed in the construction department of the Southern California Edison Company, working onsite at the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. He joined the Stanford faculty from 1928 to 1929, and then took a break to continue his graduate studies at MIT where he earned a Master of Science degree in 1930. He returned to his Stanford faculty position in 1931 and also earned a Ph.D. from Stanford in the same year. Hugh married Hazel Dillon on June 21, 1932. He continued as a Stanford University professor in electrical engineering until he retired in 1971. During that time, he was head of the department from 1944 to 1967. [4]

Books and Other Publications

Hugh Skilling wrote several research articles early in his career, including papers on electrical analogs of mechanical properties, [5] [6] mechanical analogs of electrical properties, [7] long-distance power transmission, [8] [9] and the electrical breakdown of air through coronal discharge. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] However, his primary publications were numerous textbooks and other books about electrical engineering and/or teaching.

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hugh H. Skilling". February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  2. "William Thompson Skilling". Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  3. Skilling, H.H. (1938). "Tensors - in "Words of One Syllable"". Electrical Engineering. 57 (9): 378–382. doi:10.1109/EE.1938.6430892.
  4. "Guide to the Hugh Skilling papers SC1024". Online Archive of California. 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  5. Skilling, H.H. (1931). "An Electrical Analog of Friction for Solution of Mechanical Systems Such as the Torsional-Vibration Damper". Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 50 (3): 1155–1158. doi:10.1109/T-AIEE.1931.5055929.
  6. Skilling, H.H. (1931). "Electric analogs for difficult problems". Electrical Engineering. 50 (11): 862–865. doi:10.1109/EE.1931.6429489.
  7. Skilling, H.H.; Yamakawa, M.H. (1940). "A graphical solution of transient stability". Electrical Engineering. 59 (11): 462–465. doi:10.1109/EE.1940.6435162.
  8. Skilling, H.H. (1931). "Will tuned power lines eventually solve long distance transmission?". Electrical Engineering. 50 (8): 634–637. doi:10.1109/EE.1931.6430344.
  9. Skilling, H.H. (1932). "Tuned Power Lines". Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 51 (1): 51–54. doi:10.1109/T-AIEE.1932.5056014.
  10. Skilling, H.H. (1931). "Corona and Line Surges". Electrical Engineering. 50 (10): 798–801. doi:10.1109/EE.1931.6429459.
  11. Skilling, H.H.; Dykes, P. de K. (1937). "Distortion of Travelling Waves by Corona". Electrical Engineering. 56 (7): 850–857. doi:10.1109/EE.1937.6540245.
  12. Skilling, H.H. (1939). "The Electric Strength of Air at High Pressure". Electrical Engineering. 58 (4): 161–165. doi:10.1109/EE.1939.6431871.
  13. Skilling, H.H.; Brenner, W.C. (1941). "The Electric Strength of Air at High Pressure — II". Electrical Engineering. 60 (3): 112–115. doi:10.1109/EE.1941.6432040.
  14. Skilling, H.H.; Brenner, W.C. (1942). "The Electric Strength of Nitrogen and Freon Under Pressure". Electrical Engineering. 61 (4): 191–195. doi:10.1109/EE.1942.6436257.