text: In 1986, Professor Hugo Karl Messerle at The University of Sydney researched coal-fueled MHD. This resulted in a 28MWe topping facility that was operated outside Sydney. Messerle also wrote one of the most recent reference works (see below), as part of a UNESCO education program.
  A detailed obituary for Hugo is located on the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) website.