Anthony G. Evans
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Anthony Glyn Evans was Alcoa Professor of Materials, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
, Director of the Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures and Co-Director for the Center for Collaborative Engineering Research and Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara
, United States
.
Evans was born in Porthcawl
, Wales
, and received a Ph.D in metallurgy
at Imperial College London
.
Evans had previously been, successively, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering at the University of California
, Berkeley; Chair of the Materials Department and Director of the High Performance Composites Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara; Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering at Harvard University
; and Gordon Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University
.
Evans was vice president of the American Ceramic Society
(1984–1988), and for four years served as chair of the Defense Sciences Research Council. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society
, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, Director of the Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures and Co-Director for the Center for Collaborative Engineering Research and Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, United States
United States
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.
Evans was born in Porthcawl
Porthcawl
Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles southeast of Swansea...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, and received a Ph.D in metallurgy
Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...
at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
.
Evans had previously been, successively, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley; Chair of the Materials Department and Director of the High Performance Composites Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara; Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
; and Gordon Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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Evans was vice president of the American Ceramic Society
American Ceramic Society
The American Ceramic Society is a non-profit professional organization for the ceramics community, with a focus on scientific research, emerging technologies, and applications in which ceramic materials are an element...
(1984–1988), and for four years served as chair of the Defense Sciences Research Council. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Awards and honors
- 2008 – Fellow, Imperial College
- 2006 – Henry Marion Howe Medal (ASM International)
- 2006 – Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2005 – Fellow, National Academy of Science
- 2003 – Nadai Medal (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- 2002 – Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
- 2001 – Fellow Royal Society (London)
- 2001 – Mellor Memorial Lecturer (The Institute of Materials, U.K.)
- 2001 – McLaren Award
- 2000 – Turnbull Award (Materials Research Society)
- 2000 – Fellow Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2000 – Distinguished Life Member (American Ceramic Society)
- 1998 – Peterson Award (Society for Experimental Mechanics)
- 1997 – Fellow, National Academy of Engineering
- 1994 – Griffith Medal and Prize (The Institute of Materials, U.K.)
- 1993 – Honorary Fellow (International Congress on Fracture)
- 1988 – Orton Lecture (American Ceramic Society)
- 1988 – John Jeppson Medal (American Ceramic Society)
- 1986 – Hobart N. Kramer Award (American Ceramic Society)
- 1984 – Clyde Distinguished Professor (University of Utah)
- 1983 – Van Horne Distinguished Lecturer (Case Western Reserve University)
- 1980 – Robert Sosman Award (American Ceramic Society)
- 1979 – Richard M. Fulrath Award (American Ceramic Society)
- 1974 – Ross Coffin Purdy Award (American Ceramic Society)
- 1967 – Matthey Prize (Imperial College)