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词条 Alan Rudge
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Sir Alan Walter Rudge CBE, FREng,[1] FRS (born 17 October 1937 London) is a British electrical engineer. He was Chairman of the ERA Foundation from its formation until December 2012, after which he was appointed as the Foundation's President.[2] In 2012 he also stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, a position he had held for eleven years; he had succeeded Sir Denis Rooke and was himself succeeded by Bernard Taylor.[3] He is a climate change sceptic.[4]

Life

He earned a BSc from the London Polytechnic in 1964 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in 1968.

He was head of operations at British Telecommunications.[5]

He was Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

He is a past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and was Chairman of the Engineering Council.

He was appointed a Fellow[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1] in 1984.

He was until July 2014 Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director on the board of Experian plc.[6]

In 1994 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. He chose the subject "Multimedia and the Information Superhighway".[7]

In 1995, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath.[8]

In the New Year Honours list for 2000 he was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to Engineering Research and to Industry.[9]

Climate Change

He a member of the academic advisory council[10] of the Global Warming Policy Foundation — the climate sceptic think tank chaired by Nigel Lawson.

In 2010 he organized a petition of 43 dissenters (about 3% of the membership) challenging the Royal Society's “unnecessarily alarmist position” on climate change. He told The Times that “there is a lot of science to be done before we can be certain about climate change and before we impose upon ourselves the huge economic burden of cutting emissions.”[11]

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|website=Raeng.org.uk|accessdate=2017-07-07}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.erafoundation.org/era-foundation-board/sir-alan-rudge/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023161619/http://www.erafoundation.org/era-foundation-board/sir-alan-rudge/ |archive-date=2014-10-23 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Annual Report 2012|url=http://www.royalcommission1851.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Report-of-the-Board-of-Management-2012.pdf|website=Royalcommission1851.org|accessdate=17 September 2014}}
4. ^Rebel Scientists Force Royal Society To Accept Climate Scepticism | The Times, 29 May 2010 Retrieved on 2017-02-15.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Alan_Rudge |title=Alan Rudge - Engineering and Technology History Wiki |website=Ieeeghn.org |date= |accessdate=2017-07-07}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Experian plc - Directorate changes|url=http://www.experianplc.com/news/company-news/2014/16-01-2014a.aspx|accessdate=17 September 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.iesis.org/macmillan.html |title=Hugh Miller Macmillan |work=Macmillan Memorial Lectures |publisher=Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004102303/http://www.iesis.org/macmillan.html |archivedate=4 October 2018 |accessdate=29 January 2019 }}
8. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/ |title=Honorary Graduates 1989 to present | publisher = University of Bath |work=bath.ac.uk |accessdate=18 February 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=BBC News: New Year Honours 2000|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/new_years_honours/584131.stm|website=News.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=17 September 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thegwpf.org/who-we-are/academic-advisory-council/ |title=Academic Advisory Council | The Global Warming Policy Foundation |publisher=GWPF |date= |accessdate=2017-07-07}}
11. ^Rebel Scientists Force Royal Society To Accept Climate Scepticism, The Times, 29 May 2010 Retrieved on 2017-02-15.

External links

  • {{YouTube|XMrW8h_8ILs|An interview with Sir Alan Rudge CBE FREng FRS}}
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10 : 1937 births|Scientists from London|Fellows of the Royal Society|Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Bachelor|Alumni of the University of Westminster|Alumni of the University of Birmingham|British Telecom people|Living people
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