Contributor: Dr Gareth Evans

Dr Gareth Evans , Environmental Biotechnology ,University of Durham

Dr Gareth Evans

Dr Gareth Evans spent nearly twenty years, developing and implementing commercial R&D, waste/water recycling and pollution control programmes, gaining experience in land and wetland management, project management and pilot plant design/commissioning. He was also responsible for feasibility studies for European 5th framework programme and involved as a consultant on a projects in the UK, Europe, Turkey and Tasmania.

A member of the European Federation of Biotechnology, he was then approached to lead the Environmental Biotechnology teaching at the University of Durham. He now writes extensively on environmental, scientific and technical subjects in a variety of international magazines and online media.

Storm Shadow – ushering in a new era of British procurement ideology
Storm Shadow - the RAF's conventionally armed stand-off missile (CASOM) - has been lauded as a consummate example of collaborative procurement. But is it proof that multinational co-operation...

Sixth sense: Asia’s race for early warning missile detection capabilities
Concern over missile launches from countries such as North Korea is heating demand for early warning aircraft in Asia. Dr Gareth Evans reports on how the race for modern early warning solutions...

Flying fraudulently – how a weak supply chain became the USAF's worst enemy
Results of a year long investigation uncovered more than a million bogus parts destined for use by the US Air Force. With so many fake parts finding their way untried and untested into...

Air force innovation: leaning on the private sector
With recession-struck governments slashing spending, the private sector has become the lynchpin of the military aerospace sector. Dr Gareth Evans looks at the vital role of...

Deployable air traffic control – from off the radar to off the shelf
Derailed by major budget cuts in 2011, the US Air Force's Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) system is back on track. Dr Gareth Evans reports on how the decision to adopt a...