Dr. Mostafa Yakout
PhD, P.Eng. (Alberta), P.Eng. (Ontario), Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
Dr. Yakout is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, and the Director of the Alberta Next-Generation Additive Manufacturing (ANGAM) Laboratory. He holds the University of Alberta Engineering Research Chair (UAERC) in Additive Manufacturing (AM) of High-Performance Materials for Future Energy Systems and Dual-Use Applications (2025-2030). He is the Co-lead of the Manufacturing and Materials theme in the Centre for Applied Research in Defence and Dual-Use Technologies (CARDD-Tech) and serves as the Co-executive Director of the Alberta Advanced Manufacturing International (AbAMI) Hub. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in both Alberta and Ontario (Canada).
Dr. Yakout received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University in 2019, working on AM of metallic alloys for aerospace and nuclear applications. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor at McMaster University from 2019 to 2022. Dr. Yakout’s research program at the University of Alberta focuses on the development of process-driven solutions for additive manufacturing of next-generation materials, such as high-performance alloys, high-temperature materials, advanced ceramics, and materials containing rare-earth elements and critical minerals, for applications that require advanced functionality and performance in extreme environments in the nuclear, defence, energy, and aerospace sectors.
He is an active voting member of the ASTM Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and a member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the ASTM International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (ICAM). He serves as the vice-chair of ASTM F42.07.05 on Additive Manufacturing for Maritime. He is also an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing (MAM) Standards Committee, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Manufacturing Technical Committee, Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS), ASM International, and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).