Ronald Mallett
Ronald L. Mallett, Ph.D. is a professor of physics in the University of Connecticut.
Mallett was born in Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania, on March 3, 1945. When he was a young boy, his father died of a massive heart attack at the age of 33. From that moment on, Mallet resolved his life dream to be traveling back in time to save his father. At age 25, in 1973, he received a Ph.D. from Penn State University. Also that year, he received the Graduate Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1975, he was appointed a job at the University of Connecticut as an assistant professor, where he continues to work today.
In 1980, he was promoted to associate professor, and since 1987, he has been a professor. He has received two grants and many other distinctions.
He is a member of both the American Physical Society and the National Society of Black Physicists.
Fields of specialization and interest
Time machine project
For quite some time, Ronald Mallett has been working on plans for a time machine. This machine uses a ring laser and the theory of relativity. The basis of his research can be found in his two papers ["Weak gravitational field of the electromagnetic radiation in a ring laser"] and ["The gravitational field of a circulating light beam"]. In a recent paper by Ken D. Olum and Allen Everett [1] the authors claimed to have disproved Dr. Mallett's hypothesis yet Dr. Mallett maintains that this paper is founded on a physical misconception. A constraint is needed to confine the circulating light beam to a cylindrical path. This is taken into account in his paper as a geometrical constraint. Dr. Mallett has attempted to contact the authors about this misconception but so far they have not responded. Progress on funding for his program, now known as The Space-time Twisting by Light (STL) project is progressing. Full details on the project, Dr. Mallett's theories, a list of upcoming public lectures and links to popular articles on his work can be found at the professor's [new web page]. He is also in the process of writing a book on Time Travel due for publication in November 2006 titled "Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality" written with New York Times best selling author Bruce Henderson.