Hubert Roy Evans FRICE FIStructE

FLSW The Learned Society of Wales (Welsh: Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru) is a learned society and charity that exists to "celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines", and to serve the Welsh nation ...

is a Welsh

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

and academic. He is a native of

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, in

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. A graduate of

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

(Wales) he became Professor of Civil and Structural Engineering at

Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ...

, where he spent 26 years of his career. He won international recognition as a

, receiving numerous awards (including the

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in 1980) and became a

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of the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

in 1992. Evans was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

in 2002, for services to higher education. He served as Deputy Principal at

for four years before his appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the

University of Wales, Bangor , former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007) , image = File:Arms_of_Bangor_University.svg , image_size = 250px , caption = Arms ...

in 1995, retiring in 2004. He was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow of

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship S ...

for the academic year 1998/9. He is a Founding

Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales The Learned Society of Wales (Welsh: Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru) is a learned society and charity that exists to "celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines", and to serve the Welsh nation ...

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110608032613/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/VCDPost.php.en * https://web.archive.org/web/20110608020446/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/vccbe.php.en {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Roy Welsh scholars and academics Welsh civil engineers Alumni of Swansea University Academics of Bangor University Academics of Cardiff University Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from Ceredigion Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales