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'''Anthony Glyn Evans''' (born December 4, 1942, died September 9, 2009) |
'''Anthony Glyn Evans''' (born December 4, 1942, died September 9, 2009) 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]].<ref>[http://www.me.ucsb.edu/dept_site/people/evans_page.html University of California, Santa Barbara]</ref> |
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Evans was born in [[Wales]], and received a Ph.D in [[metallurgy]] at [[Imperial College London]]. |
Evans was born in [[Wales]], and received a Ph.D in [[metallurgy]] at [[Imperial College London]]. |
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Anthony Glyn Evans (born December 4, 1942, died September 9, 2009) 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.[1]
Evans was born in 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, 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 is a Fellow of the Royal Society, 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)