Anthony G. Evans

Anthony G. Evans
Born4 December 1942
Died9 September 2009
Alma materImperial College London, PhD
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials Science
Institutions
Doctoral advisorPeter L. Pratt
Notable studentsKatherine Faber

Anthony Glyn Evans (December 4, 1942 in Porthcawl, Wales – September 9, 2009)[1] 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.[2]

Evans received a Ph.D. in metallurgy at Imperial College London.[1] 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, before returning to Santa Barbara as department chair of the Materials Department.

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,[3] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

  1. ^ a b Peters, Kristen (2009-09-17). "Engineering Professor Dies at 66". Daily Nexus. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  2. ^ "Anthony G. Evans, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials". University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. ^ Hutchinson, John W. (2022). "Anthony G. Evans. 4 December 1942—9 September 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 74 (74): 143–159. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0027. S2CID 253246981.