Preface vii

Introduction ix

ENGINEERING SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

New Materials for Energy and Biomedical Applications 3
Alejandra Hortencia Miranda Gonzalez, Claudio Machado Junior, Bruna Andressa Bregadiolli, Natalia Coelho de Farias, Paulo Henrique Perlatti D'Alpino, and Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Graeff

Ceramic Gas-Separation Membranes for Advanced Energy Applications 15
C. A. Lewinsohn, J. Chen, D. M. Taylor, P. A. Armstrong, L.L. Anderson, and M. F. Carolan

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY GENERATION AND RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE

Li-Ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes 27
A. Rost, J. Schilm, M. Kusnezoff, and A. Michaelis

Sodium Iron Phosphate Na2FeP207 Glass-Ceramics for Sodium Ion Battery 33
Tsuyoshi Honma, Takuya Togashi, Noriko Ito, and Takayuki Komatsu

Heterogeneous Manganese Oxide-Encased Carbon Nanocomposite Fibers for High Performance Pseudocapacitors 41
Qiang Li, Karen Lozano, Yinong Lü, and Yuanbing Mao

The Effect of Geometric Factors on Sodium Conduction: A Comparison of Beta- and Beta"-Alumina 57
Emma Kennedy and Dunbar P. Birnie III

ADVANCED CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGY

Effect of Porosity on the Efficiency of DSSC Produced by using Nano-Size Ti02 Powders 67
N. Bilgin, J. Park, and A. Ozturk

Evaluation of Compression Characteristics for Composite- Antenna-Structures 79
Jinyul Kim, Dongseob Kim, Dongsik Shin, Weesang Park, and Woonbong Hwang

Design and Fabrication of Smart-Skin Structures with a Spiral 87
Antenna Dongseob Kim, Jinyul Kim, and Woonbong Hwang

ADVANCED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES FOR SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY AND FUSION ENERGY

Comparison of Probabilistic Failure Analysis for Hybrid Wound Composite Ceramic Assembly Tested by Various Methods 95
James G. Hemrick and Edgar Lara-Curzio

Strength-Formulation Correlations in Magnesium Phosphate Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation 107
W. Montague, M. Hayes, and L. J. Vandeperre

Test Methods for Hoop Tensile Strength of Ceramic Composite Tubes for Light Water Nuclear Reactor Applications 119
Michael G. Jenkins and Jonathan A. Salem

Test Methods for Flexural Strength of Ceramic Composite Tubes for Small Modular Reactor Applications 131
Michael G. Jenkins and Thomas L. Nguyen

Effects of Size and Geometry on the Equibiaxial Flexural Test of Fine Grained Nuclear Graphite 141
Chunghao Shih, Yutai Katoh, and Takagi Takashi

High Temperature Steam Corrosion of Cladding for Nuclear Applications: Experimental 149
Kevin M. McHugh, John E. Gamier, Sergey Rashkeev, Michael V. Glazoff, George W. Griffith, and Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton

Author Index 161

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