Bio
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 received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University in 2019, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor at McMaster University from 2019 to 2022 working on industrial applications of additive manufacturing. His current research program focuses on the development of process-driven solutions for additive manufacturing of next-generation materials, such as high-performance alloys, high-temperature materials, and alloys containing rare-earth elements and critical minerals. His research interests include Laser Additive Manufacturing, Powder Atomization, Laser-Material Interactions, Process-Structure-Property Relationships, and In-situ Monitoring and Control for Additive Manufacturing. Dr. Yakout is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in both Alberta and Ontario (Canada), and he is an Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. 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 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, ASM International, and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).
