Mostafa Yakout, PhD, PEng (Ontario, Alberta)

Area of Study / Keywords

Design And Manufacturing Mechanics And Materials Advanced Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing Small Modular Reactors Nuclear Energy Rare Earth Elements Critical Minerals CARDD-Tech Research Lead Advanced Manufacturing Sustainable Energy High-Performance Materials

About

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, McMaster University, Canada, 2019-2022
• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada, 2015-2019
• M.Sc. Production Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2011-2013
• B.Sc. Production Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2005-2010

Academic Appointments:

• Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 2026-Present
• University of Alberta Engineering Research Chair in Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Materials, 2026-Present
• Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 2022-2026
• Adjunct Research Professor, Western University, Canada, 2022-2025
• Sessional Instructor, McMaster University, Canada, 2019-2022
• Limited-Duties Assistant Professor, Western University, Canada, 2021
• Assistant Lecturer, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2014-2015

Professional Affiliations:

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
• Associate Editor, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
• Vice-Chair, ASTM Subcommittee F42.07.05 on Maritime
• Voting Member, ASTM Committees A01, D20, and F42
• Member, Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
• Member, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member, ASM International - International Metallographic Society (IMS)
• Member, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

Research

In my research group, we focus on developing process-driven solutions for additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic and ceramic materials, such as high-temperature materials, corrosion-resistant metals, materials containing rare-earth elements and/or critical minerals, and advanced ceramics. We currently study the following list of materials: Inconel 617, Inconel 625, Inconel 718, stainless steel 316L, stainless steel 316H, Al6061, AlCoCrFeMo high entropy alloy (HEA), special Al-Mg-Sc-Zr-Cr alloy, Cu-15Ni-8Sn, Nitinol (NiTi) shape memory alloy, silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics, and zirconia. We use numerical, analytical, and experimental methods to establish the process-structure-property-performance relationships for these materials. The group works with a number of national and international collaborators from industry, government, and academia to offer advanced manufacturing solutions for defence, nuclear, energy, aerospace, and space applications in Canada.

Research Interests:

• Additive manufacturing of high-performance metal alloys and advanced ceramics
• Additive manufacturing of alloys containing rare-earth metals and critical minerals
• Laser-material interactions, in-situ monitoring, and defect detection in additive manufacturing
• Multiphysics modelling of manufacturing processes
• Process-structure-property-performance relationships
• Hybrid additive manufacturing
• Layer-by-layer laser treatment of additive manufacturing parts and components

Teaching

I typically teach the following courses at the University of Alberta:

1. MEC E 364: Manufacturing Processes. Undergraduate students enrolled in this course gain knowledge and hands on experience in primary manufacturing processes including casting, forming, machining, powdered metallurgy and surface technology, interactions between design, materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites) and processes. Since 2022, I have redeveloped the course by incorporating new laboratory sessions and course projects that help students define the link between materials selection and manufacturing processes.
2. MEC E 665: Fundamentals and Materials Design in Additive Manufacturing. This course is the 1st graduate course on additive manufacturing (AM) offered in the Faculty of Engineering in 2023. The course provide graduate students in Mechanical Engineering with in-depth knowledge and technical aspects of processing metallic and ceramic materials using AM technologies with an emphasis on fundamentals of laser-material interactions, laser AM processes, process-structure-property relationships, and the multiphysics nature of AM processes. 

I have had the opportunity to teach diverse students for 13 years across four different universities: University of Alberta, McMaster University, Western University, and Alexandria University.  My teaching philosophy and strategy in these courses centers on three main aspects: student-instructor interaction, active learning, and real-world exposure.

MEC E 665 - Fundamentals and Materials Design in Additive Manufacturing

Fundamental aspects and recent developments in additive manufacturing (AM) of metallic and ceramic components, including materials for AM, standard processes for metals and ceramics, laser-material interactions, process modelling, process-structure-property relationships, design for AM, defects and performance evaluation, and applications in industry.

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