Following a career start at CMU, Hani joined the University of Alberta in 1989. His research areas include rapid solidification, additive manufacturing, pipeline steels, metal-matrix composites, thermophysical property determination, and solidification under micro-gravity conditions. He partners with industry in research and has extensive international collaborations. He has made numerous seminal contributions in over 480 publications, one patent, and several disclosures of inventions. Innovative contributions in teaching and mentoring include the development of case studies for the Materials Process Engineering Design Course and the creation of an international work abroad program for undergraduates in several high-quality engineering programs in Europe and Japan, placing over 100 students since 2002. In 2011, he formulated and oversees a Dual Degree MSc and, in 2022, a Dual Degree PhD with the Université de Lorraine. He received numerous distinctions including five best paper awards, the prestigious Killam Research Fellowship, the Metals Chemistry Award, the MetSoc Award for Research Excellence, the MetSoc Airey Award and the TMS Research to Industry Practice Award. He has been inducted as a Fellow of ASM International (US), CIM, the Canadian Academy of Engineers, TMS (US), and IOM3 (UK). In service, Hani served as the 1998 MetSoc of CIM President, Editor-in-Chief of CMQ, the 2014 TMS President, and the 2019 AIME President.