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Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a provider of nanomaterials technology and a manufacturer of nano-sized inorganic ceramic materials, announced that Jackie Y. Ying, a chemical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has joined the company's Technical Advisory Board. Ying, a leader in the fields of nanostructured materials and heterogeneous catalysts, worked previously with Altair Nanotechnologies to develop a reforming catalyst for its solid oxide fuel cell program.