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.