He runs advanced composite materials, which makes a kind of artificial diamond used to cut and shape jet engine parts.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.4%, and China's Shanghai Composite advanced 0.6%.
China's Shanghai Composite advanced 2% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average gained 0.8%.
The Nasdaq composite advanced 25.37 points to 2, 935.69.
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Samsung Electronics gained 0.7% in Seoul and South Korea's Kospi Composite which advanced 0.5% to 2020.74.
The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 58.13 points, or 2%, to 2967.90.
The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index advanced 0.6 percent to 923.59.
The agreement contains FS-X technology flow-back guarantees, including U.S. participation in the manufacture and testing of new technology components such as advanced co-cured composite wings, new avionics, and phased-array radar.
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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner combines a 50 percent carbon-composite structure with advanced engines, aerodynamics and other improvements to save one-fifth of its fuel at no extra cost.
The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, advanced 35.78 points, or 1.11%, to 3269.33.
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Boeing said the plane, built largely of composite materials, would leapfrog advanced technologies at Airbus.
New technologies, including composite airframes, lighter engines and advanced avionics and design systems, are bringing a huge new generation of giants to life.
More impressively, thanks to its advanced lithium-ion batteries and lightweight carbon-composite construction, the Tesla Roadster has a range of 200-250 miles from an overnight charge.
Elsewhere in the region India's Sensex was flat, the Philippines' PSE Composite rose 0.4%, Indonesia's JSX advanced 0.4% and Thailand's SET index gained 0.2%.
Elsewhere in the region India's Sensex was down 0.1% at 19460.57, the Philippines' PSE Composite was nearly flat at 6458.01, Indonesia's JSX advanced 0.3% to 4503.25 and Thailand's SET index fell 0.6% to 1489.11.
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