Lightning Engineering: Physics, Computer-Based Test-Bed, Protection of Ground and Airborne Systems
暫譯: 閃電工程：物理學、基於計算機的測試平台、地面和空中系統的保護

本書基於近40年的研究、教學和諮詢工作，提供了當代全面的雷電物理及保護系統概述。

本書首先概述了雷電和電氣風暴的氣候學，並深入探討了雷電放電的初步放電或過程，如電暈、階梯領導和隨後的回擊，包括重要的亞微秒威脅和持續電流。隨後的章節介紹了對飛機和電力系統的雷電威脅分析措施，以及在高壓到低壓的計算機和通信系統中使用的保護措施，還包括商業和住宅建築。本書討論了亞微秒雷電電流變化和氣候變化對當前和未來高壓設備和結構（包括碳複合材料飛機和新建築）面臨的挑戰，這些設備和結構暴露於雷擊之下。

本書包含了實例、插圖和詳細分析，雷電工程將對電氣工程師、研究人員以及研究生感興趣。

Prof. Paul R.P. Hoole was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. After having his basic schooling in Jaffna, he earned all his degrees, first to postgraduate degrees, in the UK. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with a Mark of Distinction from the University of London and an M.Sc. degree in Plasma Science from the University of Oxford. His doctorate, the DPhil. degree, is from the University of Oxford. In his engineering career, he has spent time in Singapore, Papua New Guinea, USA, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Since the nineteen eighties, he has done extensive research in the field of lightning engineering, lightning interaction with aircraft, and lightning electromagnetics, and worked with the lightning consultancy group at the Culham Laboratory, Oxford. He has also consulted in the areas of lightning protection of the airport, telecommunication systems, and the electric power gird. His published research is in the areas of electromagnetic wireless communication/navigation antennas, electromagnetic brain technology and science, climate electromagnetics, and lightning-power systems and lightning-aircraft electrodynamics. He is married to Chrishanthy, a medical doctor. Beyond the time he devotes to engineering teaching and research, he and his wife engage with poor families and their school children in providing non-profit educational, medical, and personal development assistance.

Prof. Samuel R. H. Hoole, B.Sc. Eng. Hons Cey., M.Sc. with Mark of Distinction London, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon, D.Sc. (Eng) London, has been a teacher and researcher in electrical engineering at several institutions in the USA, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Michigan State University, Drexel University, and Harvey Mudd College. For his accomplishments in electromagnetic product synthesis, the University of London awarded him its higher doctorate, the D.Sc. (Eng.) degree, in 1993, and the IEEE elevated him to the grade of Fellow in 1995. He is presently Life Fellow. He has been Vice Chancellor of University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka and as Member of the University Grants Commission there, and was responsible with six others for the regulation of the administration of all 15 Sri Lankan universities and their admissions and funding. He has contributed widely to the learned literature on Tamil studies and been a regular columnist in newspapers. He has been trained in Human Rights Research and Teaching at The René Cassin International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France, and has pioneered teaching human rights in the engineering curriculum.

教授保羅·R.P. 霍爾（Prof. Paul R.P. Hoole）出生於斯里蘭卡的賈夫納（Jaffna）。在賈夫納完成基礎教育後，他在英國獲得了所有學位，包括研究生學位。他擁有倫敦大學的電機工程碩士學位（M.Sc.），並以優異成績畢業，以及牛津大學的等離子體科學碩士學位（M.Sc.）。他的博士學位（DPhil.）來自牛津大學。在他的工程職業生涯中，他曾在新加坡、巴布亞新幾內亞、美國、斯里蘭卡和馬來西亞工作。自1980年代以來，他在雷電工程、雷電與飛機的相互作用以及雷電電磁學領域進行了廣泛的研究，並與牛津的卡拉姆實驗室（Culham Laboratory）雷電顧問小組合作。他還在機場的雷電保護、電信系統和電力網方面提供諮詢服務。他發表的研究涵蓋了電磁無線通信/導航天線、電磁腦技術與科學、氣候電磁學以及雷電-電力系統和雷電-飛機電動力學等領域。他與醫生妻子Chrishanthy結婚。除了投入工程教學和研究的時間外，他和妻子還參與幫助貧困家庭及其學校孩子，提供非營利的教育、醫療和個人發展援助。

教授塞繆爾·R.H. 霍爾（Prof. Samuel R. H. Hoole），榮譽學士（B.Sc. Eng. Hons Cey.）、倫敦大學優異碩士（M.Sc. with Mark of Distinction London）、卡內基梅隆大學博士（Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon）、倫敦大學工程科學博士（D.Sc. (Eng) London），曾在美國多所機構擔任電機工程的教師和研究員，包括倫斯勒理工學院（Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute）、密歇根州立大學（Michigan State University）、德雷克塞爾大學（Drexel University）和哈維穆德學院（Harvey Mudd College）。因其在電磁產品合成方面的成就，倫敦大學於1993年授予他更高的博士學位D.Sc. (Eng.)，並於1995年將他提升為IEEE會士（Fellow）。他目前是終身會士。他曾擔任斯里蘭卡賈夫納大學的副校長，並作為該國大學撥款委員會的成員，負責與其他六人共同管理所有15所斯里蘭卡大學的行政、招生和資金事宜。他在泰米爾研究的學術文獻中做出了廣泛貢獻，並在報紙上定期撰寫專欄。他在法國斯特拉斯堡的雷內·卡辛國際人權研究所（The René Cassin International Institute of Human Rights）接受了人權研究和教學的培訓，並在工程課程中開創了人權教學的先河。