Dr. John W. Evans is currently the agency lead for Reliability and Maintainability at NASA HQ, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance in Washington, D.C. Dr. Evans has over 30 years of experience and has held positions in industry and academia, in addition to positions at NASA. As a senior NASA Engineer, he has worked on the development of the James Webb Space Telescope and many other NASA projects and research efforts. Dr. Evans has been a consultant in systems and reliability engineering to major companies worldwide, having worked throughout Asia and Europe. Dr. Evans holds the Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and has authored or co-authored 80 technical publications and 3 books. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD.
