Gareth Hatch is a Founding Principal of Technology Metals Research, LLC, a new start up focused on the development of market intelligence on critical and strategic materials, including rare earths, lithium, gallium and other technology metals. Gareth is interested in the analysis of the strategic challenges associated with the growing demand for these materials, and how those challenges affect market sectors throughout the entire technology supply chain. He is based in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois – USA.
For several years Gareth was Director of Technology at Dexter Magnetic Technologies, where he focused on the design & application of innovative magnetic materials, devices and systems, in order to solve real engineering problems. He led a stellar team of engineers who helped customers and clients in the aerospace, defense, medical, data storage, oil & gas, renewables and industrial sectors. Gareth continues to consult for Dexter on a range of special projects. He holds five US patents on a variety of magnetic devices.
Throughout his career, Gareth has been particularly interested in the strategic challenges faced by the permanent magnet industry and its supply chain, in the face of growing demand for rare earth elements, as well as the increased use of permanent magnets in the areas of renewable energy production and electric vehicles.
Gareth has a B.Eng. (Hons) in Materials Science & Technology and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy & Materials, both from the University of Birmingham in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, a Chartered Engineer, a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of ASTM Committee A06 on Magnetic Properties. Gareth is also a Chartered Scientist and a Chartered Physicist through the Institute of Physics, of which he is a Member.
Gareth is an Editor of the RareMetalBlog, Newsletter Editor and Chicago Chapter Chair of the IEEE Magnetics Society, and Founder of the Magnetism & Electromagnetics Interest Group and Strategic Materials Network, both at Linkedin.com. He is also a Member of the UK Magnetics Society, Institution of Engineering & Technology and the American Rock Mechanics Association. Gareth is an Advisor to Energy Scienomic, a non-profit organization focused on best practices and standardization of global energy production data and information.
Gareth can be reach via email at gareth -at- terramagnetica.com.
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