Hamarz Aryafar

Dr. Hamarz Aryafar is Element 16’s Chief Technology Officer. Hamarz was previously a Professor in the Electromechanical Engineering Technology department at Cal Poly Pomona and a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA. As a post-doc, Hamarz led the successful demonstration effort of a thermochemical hydrogen energy storage technology, backed by a $1.6M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ARPA-E program. Hamarz has multiple pending patents and dozens of peer reviewed journal articles. Hamarz has also served as lead engineer in a hybrid thermal and compressed air energy storage startup. Hamarz Aryafar received his fluid dynamics Ph.D. from UCLA in 2008.