Robert (Bob) A. Rucker completed a one-year course in Biblical studies at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and earned BS and MS degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan. He has professional engineer’s certificates in nuclear engineering and in mechanical engineering. He worked in the nuclear industry for 38 years in advanced nuclear reactor design, statistical analysis of measurement data for fissile material inventories, and criticality safety for fissile material production and handling. He has been researching and promoting the Shroud of Turin full time since early 2014. He performed nuclear analysis computer calculations to solve the C14 dating problem for the Shroud of Turin, organized a team to do research on the Shroud in Richland, WA, and organized the "International Conference on the Shroud of Turin" (ICST-2017) held July 19-22, 2017, in Pasco, Washington. This conference had 28 top researchers from Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, Australia, and the US. It resulted in a total of 34 hours of PowerPoint presentations and panel discussions on the Shroud of Turin. The presentations and papers from ICST-2017 are available at http://shroudresearch.net/conference-2017.html as well as other websites. The author’s papers are available at http://shroudresearch.net/research.html.