Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ENGINEERING SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS -- New Materials for Energy and Biomedical Applications -- Ceramic Gas-Separation Membranes for Advanced Energy Applications -- ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY GENERATION AND RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE -- Li-Ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes -- Sodium Iron Phosphate Na2FeP2O7 Glass-Ceramics for Sodium Ion Battery -- Heterogeneous Manganese Oxide-Encased Carbon Nanocomposite Fibers for High Performance Pseudocapacitors -- The Effect of Geometric Factors on Sodium Conduction: A Comparison of Beta- and Beta"-Alumina -- ADVANCED CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGY -- Effect of Porosity on the Efficiency of DSSC Produced by using Nano-Size TiO2 Powders -- Evaluation of Compression Characteristics for Composite- Antenna-Structures -- Design and Fabrication of Smart-Skin Structures with a Spiral Antenna -- 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 -- Strength-Formulation Correlations in Magnesium Phosphate Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation -- Test Methods for Hoop Tensile Strength of Ceramic Composite Tubes for Light Water Nuclear Reactor Applications -- Test Methods for Flexural Strength of Ceramic Composite Tubes for Small Modular Reactor Applications -- Effects of Size and Geometry on the Equibiaxial Flexural Test of Fine Grained Nuclear Graphite -- High Temperature Steam Corrosion of Cladding for Nuclear Applications: Experimental -- Author Index.