David Evans

David Evans is Chairman at DSEA (Discover Science, Engineering, and Arts). He won the 2022 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Education and Outreach Individual.
 
Dave’s lifelong quest to push the limits of human potential has fueled an unorthodox engineering career devoted to advancing society both on Earth and in space.
 
After serving in the British Army, as a Combat Medic and witnessing humanity’s capacity for both war and peace, Dave set his sights on the stars, driven by a belief in progress through science, understanding and reason, not just for a select few but for all of mankind.
 
After serving as a combat medic, Dave pivoted successfully to aerospace engineering. He studied aerospace engineering, and design, where his innovative thinking shone. Dave has collaborated with organizations worldwide on bold projects including conceptualizing the space elevator and supporting designs for the first lunar settlements.
 
He believes that humanity’s quest for the stars is, at its core, a humanitarian endeavour, and that the technology that’s being built to take us to new horizons also brings with it humanity’s hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Those who go to these new frontiers will eventually take with them our dreams, hopes, and aspirations. Our fundamental reason for venturing out is a humanitarian one.
 
Some would argue that he is the living ancestor of Montgomery “Scotty” Scott but Dave is not only an engineer and dreamer of audacious dreams. He is above all a humanitarian who believes deeply in uplifting the vulnerable and forgotten.
 
In recent years, he has focused his engineering, and managerial talents on serving marginalized communities globally. He has spearheaded educational programs that have reached thousands of children in conflict zones in the Middle East, providing STEM resources for schools, Teddy Bears for refugee children, and inspiration where few dare to venture.
 
Dave is one of the few British citizens honoured with both the prestigious Sir Arthur Clarke Education Award and the British Citizen Award for these humanitarian efforts. Aside from his work in engineering, Dave has also worked on movies, TV shows, animations, writing, and digital archaeology.
 
While charting humanity’s path to the stars, Dave never loses sight of people’s capacity for compassion. He firmly believes that engineering exists not only to push scientific limits but to lift up people worldwide through knowledge and empowerment.
 
Dave exemplifies an unyielding faith that progress in space and on Earth can uplift humanity together. His humanitarian spirit endures regardless the challenges he faces, from his deployments in the Army to the cosmos he continues to explore.
 
Dave continues to explore new frontiers. What the future holds for him is unknown except that he “can not change the laws of physics” but we can bend them to build the impossible.
 
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