Background
Evans was born in Porthcawl, Wales, and received a Doctor of Philosophy in metallurgy at Imperial College London.
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Anthony Glyn 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 Company-Director for the Center for Collaborative Engineering Research and Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.
Career
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.
2008 – Fellow, Imperial College.
Achievements
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2008 – Fellow, Imperial College 2006 – Henry Marion Howe Medal (American Society for Microbiology 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 United States. Scientists (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) 2001 – Fellow Royal Society (London) 2001 – Mellor Memorial Lecturer (The Institute of Materials, United Kingdom) 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, United Kingdom) 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).
Membership
Royal Society.
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Died
September 9, 2009 (aged 66)