Hyperion Metals Limited (ASX: HYM) has appointed Dr. Ali Yousefiani to Hyperion’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Board.
Dr. Yousefiani s a distinguished materials scientist and inventor with a track record of leading strategic investment decisions and commercialising new and disruptive technologies.
He has over 30 years’ of experience in the field of material science and is the holder of 22 patents. He is a Technical Fellow and the Chief Scientist for Metallic Materials Technology for Boeing Research & Technology.
Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and is one of the world’s largest consumers of titanium metal and products.
The appointment of Dr. Yousefiani is highly important for Hyperion Metals as he was a Co-Investigator for the U.S. Government funded ARPA-E development programme for the breakthrough HAMR and GSD titanium metal powder technologies.
He worked closely alongside Dr. Zak Fang and his team as they successfully developed the technologies from laboratory scale to pilot scale production.
I am delighted to join Hyperion Metals as an advisor to assist the team with the strategy to develop critical, low-to-zero carbon materials for high performance industries such as aeronautics and space exploration, which I have been deeply involved with for many years,” Dr. Yousefiani said.
“I am particularly enthusiastic about assisting the team with commercializing the breakthrough HAMR and GSD low-to-zero carbon titanium processing technologies, given the potentially transformational applications of low cost, low carbon titanium metal and powders.”
Dr. Yousefiani is responsible for programme execution and insertion of advanced metallic-based material technologies into current and future Boeing product platforms. He leads a wide range of cutting edge programs aimed at the maturation of durable, manufacturable, and commercially deployable metallic airframe structures.
Dr. Yousefiani currently leads the research and development of extreme environment heat exchangers and ultra-high performance turbine blades made from novel high entropy alloys produced using additive and traditional manufacturing methods.
Anastasios (Taso) Arima, CEO and Managing Director of Hyperion Metals said Dr. Yousefiani is a recognised global leader in the field of material sciences and advanced materials.
“Combined with the skills and experience of existing Advisory Board members Dr. Zak Fang & Dr. Kesh Keshavan, we have a world class team that will accelerate our plans to produce low cost, low carbon titanium metal and powders.
“The USA is 100% dependent on high carbon, expensive titanium primary metal imports.
“As the global industry leader in space, aerospace and defense this is not a sustainable position. Hyperion Metals intends to rectify this precarious dependency with our patented HAMR and GSD titanium technologies and we are making rapid progress towards our goal of commercial production of low cost, low carbon titanium metal and powder.
“The size of the opportunity is compelling. The total addressable market for low cost, low carbon titanium is over US$100 billion pa. Dr. Yousefiani has deep experience in commercialising new technologies and high-performance materials and we are delighted to apply his valued guidance and advice at Hyperion Metals.”