Jim Rust

From ClimateWiki

James H. Rust is a policy advisor for The Heartland Institute, a retired professor of nuclear engineering, and an outspoken critic of unnecessary alarmism over man-made global warming. He currently is delivering a talk titled “Global Warming – Is it carbon dioxide or is it not carbon dioxide? That is the question!” The talk deals with greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect, predictions of future global temperatures, and the consequences of trying to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Rust, now retired, was an assistant professor of engineering at The University of Virginia and associate professor and professor of nuclear engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was the owner of two Atlanta businesses, Energy Consulting Engineering and Haralson Publishing Company. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Georgia (GA8908). He is listed in Who's Who in Southeastern United States, American Men and Women of Science, Outstanding Atlantans (1979), and Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology (1983).

Rust is a member of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers(GSPE) and former secretary, vice-president, and president of GSPE Atlanta Chapter (400 members). He has received numerous awards, including 1977 and 1982 Engineer of the Year in Education from GSPE and The Engineers of Greater Atlanta, and was nominated the 2006 Outstanding Chemical Engineer by the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering.

He edited Nuclear Power Safety with Lynn Weaver (Pergamon Press, 1976), contributed to Elements of Nuclear Reactor Design (Elsevier Scientific Company, 1977), and wrote Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (Haralson Publishing Company, 1979). The latter book was a best seller to U. S. nuclear engineering programs from 1980 until second printing ran out in 1988. He also has written or co-authored more than 50 scientific reports and publications.