John A.ÌýEvans
- Associate Professor
- Jack Rominger Faculty Fellow
- SMEAD AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SCIENCES

³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
3775 Discovery Drive, Room 361
Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
Focus Area
Computational Mechanics
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Dynamics, and Fluid-Structure InteractionÌý•ÌýComputationalÌýAcoustics and ElectromagneticsÌý•ÌýStructure-Preserving DiscretizationsÌý•ÌýIsogeometric, Finite Element, and Spectral Element MethodsÌý•ÌýMultiscale/Stabilized MethodsÌý•ÌýTurbulence Modeling and Simulation •ÌýReduced-Order Modeling •ÌýComputational Design Optimization
Educational Background
Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin, 2011
M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin, 2008
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006
B.S., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006
Professional Background
September 2015 to Present: Affiliated Faculty, Applied Mathematics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
August 2022Ìýto Present: Associate Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
August 2013 to August 2022: Assistant Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
June 2013 to August 2013: Visiting Assistant Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
January 2012 to August 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin
Selected Awards
Educator of the Year (College/³Ô¹ÏÍø),ÌýRocky Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2021
Gallagher Young Investigator Medal,ÌýUnited States Association for Computational Mechanics, 2021
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award,ÌýDepartment of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder, 2020
Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Simons Visiting Professor, Oberwolfach Research Institute, 2019
Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Among Top 1% Worldwide in Computer Science Citations), 2016, 2017,Ìý2018, 2019
Jack Rominger Faculty Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied Science, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder, 2017 - Present
United States Oberwolfach Fellow, 2016
Senior Member, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012 - 2013
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, 2006 - 2010