Official Biography
Gary A. Evans was born in Omak, Washington in 1948 and received the BSEE (1970) from the University of Washington and an MSEE (1971) and PhD (1975) from the California Institute of Technology. He taught at the University of Washington and worked at the Aerospace Corporation and TRW before joining the David Sarnoff Research Center (formerly RCA Laboratories) in 1984. Since 1992 he has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Evans is a licensed professional engineer and has served on numerous professional committees. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, co-edited the Academic Press book Surface Emitting Semiconductor Lasers and Arrays, and has coauthored over 170 journal and conference publications. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to the development, fabrication, and understanding of semiconductor lasers.
Comments/Questions?
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Miscellaneous
When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time at my father's auto repair shop. I still have my first car, a 1954 Hudson Hornet (which I surreptitiosly mentioned in an article in the June 1989 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics). I also have a 1951 Pontiac (so does Jay Kirk, the Laboratory Manager for the EE department at SMU), a 1956 Studebaker pickup, and a 1967 AMC Marlin. Some day, I hope to be able to afford a car as nice as those driven by SMU students. In fact, my son and daughter, David and Alana (this links to something resembling a home page) are SMU students. Another daughter, Jana, is in the 10th grade. My wife Judy grew up in Brewster, Washington. When she took driver's training in high school, her class would drive 30 miles to Omak to practice at Okanogan county's only stop-and-go light.
Courses
I have taught the following courses at SMU:
EE 2352 Circuits Analysis II
EE 3311 Solid State Devices
EE 5303 Fiber Optics Telecommunication
EE 5312 Semiconductor Processing Laboratory
EE 6390 Optical Waveguides