International Technical Advisory Committee
	Professor W. John Evans
		•	B.Sc Ph.D D.Sc. C. Eng FIMMM F.R.Eng
	Materials Research Centre
		School of Engineering Swansea University Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PD, UK
		Phone: +44 (01792) 295 537 Fax: +44 (01792) 295 693 Email: w.j.evans@swansea.ac.uk
	Research interests/Biography
	Professor Evans has worked for over 30 years in the gas turbine field focussing on fatigue, mechanical design and the application of high performance materials. He has developed an international reputation for work on the mechanical behaviour of titanium and nickel alloys and provided detailed insights and models into their fatigue response at ambient and elevated temperatures. Professor Evans is Director of the Rolls Royce University Technology Partnership in advanced materials at Swansea University and former Head of the Materials Research Centre in the School of Engineering.
	Following his PhD, Professor Evans joined the National Gas Turbine Establishment (Farnborough, UK) in 1969 where, in addition to developing a strong research base, he worked on a broad spectrum of design and procurement issues for the Ministry of Defence. These included mechanical design assessments of front line engine projects, expert design support of inservice problems that the RAF encountered in operational engines and management of multi-million pound advanced research projects to support engine requirements.
	On appointment to the lecturing staff in the Materials Engineering Department at Swansea University in 1985, Professor Evans expanded his research interests to include multiaxial fatigue, high temperature creep/fatigue/environmental damage and microstructural/texture modelling involving a wide range of high performance alloys including titanium and nickel systems, aluminium alloys and metal matrix composites. This work expanded publication levels to over 200 papers and resulted in invitations to lecture at a large number of international engagements, Professor Evans also gained wide experience as a consultant for a range of industrial sectors including aerospace, nuclear and automobile industries.
	Significant indicators of the achievements and expertise of Professor Evans are the on-going invitations to present advanced technology courses to front-line designers and engineers at various venues around the world (UK, USA, Canada, Portugal, Singapore). The courses, many presented for more than ten years, focus on principal engineering needs including advanced materials for gas turbines, engine mechanical design, component fatigue life prediction and fracture mechanics.
	In 2002 Professor Evans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FR.Eng). This national award was in recognition of the work carried out on advanced materials generally but the internationally recognised contributions made on titanium alloys were key considerations. In 2008, Professor Evans was awarded the Harvey Flower Titanium Prize for his work by the IOMMM.
	Selected publications
	1.	W.J. Evans & J.E. Screech, "Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Testing on INCO718", Int. Journal of Fatigue, 30, Issue 2, (2008), 257-267 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.041, 257-267, 2008).
	2.	P.J. Hurley & W.J. Evans, "A New Method for Predicting Fatigue Crack Propagation Rates", Materials Science and Engineering A, 466, Issues 1-2 (2007), 265-273 (doi:10.1016/j.msea.2007.02.045).
	3.	R.E. Johnston & W.J. Evans, "Freestanding abradable coating manufacture and tensile test development", Surf. Coat. Technol., 202, (2007), 725-729, doi: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2007.05.082.
	4.	P.J. Hurley & W.J. Evans, "A methodology for predicting fatigue crack propagation rates in titanium based on damage accumulation", Scripta Materialia, 56 (2007) 681-684 (doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.12.040).
	5.	W.J. Evans, M.T. Whittaker, D. Flynn & P.J. Hurley, "Prediction of notched behaviour at ambient and high temperatures in Ti6246", Int. Journal of Fatigue, 29, 2007, 1716-1725.
	6.	P.J. Hurley, M.T. Whittaker, P. Webster & W.J. Evans, "A new model for predicting fatigue crack growth rates in Ti6246", Int. Journal of Fatigue, 29, 2007, 1702-1710.
	7.	P.J. Hurley, M.T. Whittaker, S.J. Williams & W.J. Evans, "Prediction of fatigue initiation lives in notched Ti 6246 specimens", International Journal of Fatigue, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 June 2007.
	8.	W.J. Evans, M.T. Whittaker & J.P. Jones, "Torsion fatigue in near alpha and alpha-beta titanium alloys", 11th Int. Titanium Conf (Ti-2007), Japan, June 2007, 1333-1336.
	9.	W.J. Evans, M.T. Whittaker, J.P. Jones, D. Rugg & T. Jackson, "Effect of prestrain on ambient and high temperature creep in Ti834",11th Int. Titanium Conf (Ti-2007), Japan, June 2007, 1345-1348.
	10.	W.J. Evans, M. McElhone & D. Rugg, "Designing for variability in fatigue performance", 11th Int. Titanium Conf (Ti-2007), Japan, June 2007, 1337-1340.
	11.	R. Johnston & W.J. Evans, "Freestanding Abradable Coating Manufacture and Tensile Test Development", Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, April 23-27 2007, published as a C.D. Rom.
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