Ryan Evans, Principal Engineer, Timken Company
“Surface Engineering Opportunities for Engineered Bearings and Industrial Motion Components”
Biography
Dr. Ryan Evans is the Director of R&D at The Timken Company, where he is the global lead for research and development activities for the Engineered Bearings business. He leads teams to identify and develop new products, materials, and manufacturing technologies. He joined Timken more than 20 years ago as a researcher in the field of advanced materials and made significant contributions in the areas of thin film coatings, lubrication, advanced materials characterization, and tribology. He has more than 70 technical publications and 14 patents in these fields. He earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and is a Fellow of both ASM International and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). He recently completed a term as STLE President in 2022-23.