David Evans (mathematician)

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David Evans
Born
David V. Evans

(1940-10-27) 27 October 1940 (age 84)
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known forBristol cylinder (wave energy converter)
Children3; including Alice
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
Doctoral advisorFritz Ursell

David V. Evans (born 27 October 1940) is a British applied mathematician noted for his contributions to water waves and acoustics. He is the father of British actress Alice Evans.[citation needed]

Together with John Nicholas Newman, he initiated the International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies.[1] He is also known for the Bristol cylinder, a wave energy converter. He is currently an emeritus professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bristol.

Evans obtained his BSc in mathematics from the University of Manchester in 1962 and his PhD in 1966 under the supervision of Fritz Ursell.[2] After completing his PhD at the University of Manchester, Evans worked as a post-doc at the Stevens Institute of Technology and MIT before going back to Bristol.[3]

The 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies is dedicated to Evans on the occasion of his retirement.[4]

  1. ^ "About the IWWWFB". iwwwfb.org. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Peaks and troughs of wave energy: the dreams and the reality - speaker biographies". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ Newman, John (2006), Linton, C. M.; McIver, Phil; McIver, Maureen (eds.), Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (PDF), Loughborough University{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Linton, C. M.; McIver, Phil; McIver, Maureen, eds. (2006), Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (PDF), Loughborough University{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)