Advances in Ceramics for Environmental, Functional, Structural, and Energy Applications II

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Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices

Effect of Atmosphere on Dielectric Properties of Calcium Copper Titanate Ceramics 3
Disna P. Samarakoon, Nirmal Govindaraju, and Raj N. Singh

Integrated Piezoelectric and Thermoelectric Sensing and Energy Conversion 15
Bryan Gamboa, Maximilian Estrada, Albert Djikeng, Daniel Nsek, Shuza Binzaid, Samer Dessouky, Amar S. Bhalla, and Ruyan Guo

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Stacked Piezoelectrics for Mechanical Energy Harvesting 23
Bryan Gamboa, Ruyan Guo, and Amar S. Bhalla

Temperature Dependent Measurements of Dielectric Properties for Sugary Carbonated Solutions Prepared in Various CO2 Pressure Conditions 31
Carlos Acosta, Amar Bhalla, and Ruyan Guo

Pyrolytic Graphite-Copper Thermocouple for Non-Invasive Direct Temperature Measurement 39
Abdul-Sommed Hadi, Jonathan Lann, Tyler Fricks, and Bryce E. Hill

Development of Ferroic and Multiferroic Nanomaterials for Drop-on-Demand Microfabrication 49
Brandon D. Young, Bryan Gamboa, Denise Alanis, Luiz Cotica, Amar Bhalla, and Ruyan Guo

Synthesis of High Curie Temperature La2Ti2O7 Piezoceramic by Mechanochemical Activation: A Preliminary Investigation 59
Kaustubh Ramesh Kambale, Ajit R. Kulkarni, Narayanan Venkataramani, Amruta Vairagade, and Sandeep Butee

Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites

Morphological Transition and Evolution of Shapes in Glassy State; Barium Strontium Titanate Dielectric Capacitor Material 69
N. B. Singh, Ching Hua Su, Fow-Sen Choa, Brad Arnold, Lisa Kelly, K. D. Mandal, Narayan Singh, S. Pandey, and Christopher Cooper

International Symposium on Ceramic Matrix Composites

Advanced Environmental Barrier Coatings for SiC CMCs 83
Larry Fehrenbacher, David Kroliczek, Jeffrey Kutsch, Igor Vesnovsky, Erik Fehrenbacher, Anindya Ghoshal, Michael Walock, Muthyvel Murugan, and Andy Nieto

Materials for Nuclear Energy Applications

Density Functional Theory Modeling of Cation Diffusion in Bulk Tetragonal Zirconia 97
Yueh-Lin Lee, Yuhua Duan, Dane Morgan, Dan C. Sorescu, Harry Abernathy, and Gregory Hackett

Identifying a First Principles Descriptor for Tritium Diffusivities in Lithium Metal Oxides for Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rod Applications 111
Yueh-Lin Lee, Caroline Fedele, Hari P. Paudel, Dan C. Sorescu, Yuhua Duan

Optimizing Processing Conditions for Thorium Dioxide Using Spark Plasma Sintering 121
Anil Prasad, Linu Malakkal, Lukas Bichler, and Jerzy Szpunar

Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare and Industry Applications

The Development and Characterization of Mechanically Exfoliated Graphite Based Counter Electrode for Natural Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) 135
M.U. Manzoor, M.T.Z. Butt, M.S. Dar, M.H. Ashraf, T. Ahmad, and M. Kamran

Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Ultrasound, Lasers, and Mechanical Work -- Rustum Roy Symposium

The Effects of Microwave Radiation on the Digestion of Gibbsite by Sodium Hydroxide 143
Ben Dillinger, Carlos Suchicital, David Clark, Andrew Batchelor, Chris Dodds, and Sam Kingman

Effects of Pore Size and Heating Method on Drying Porous Fused Silica 157
Peter W. Loomis and David E. Clark

Microstructure and Microtexture of Induction Sintered Copper-based Powder Metal Parts 167
Daudi Waryoba

Interpreting Non-Thermal Microwave Effects on Materials Process Enhancements - A Straightforward Irreversible Thermodynamic Approach 181
Boon Wong

Biofilm Formation Behaviors Formed by E.Coli Under Weak Alternating Electromagnetic Fields 195
Hideyuki Kanematsu, Takaya Katsuragawa, Dana M. Barry, Keiya Yokoi, Senshin Umeki, Hidekazu Miura, Koji Suzuki, Akiko Ogawa, Nobumitsu Hirai, Takeshi Kougo, Daisuke Kuroda, and Stefan Zimmerman

Advances in Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Materials

Evaluation of Durability of Hydraulic Concrete with Colombian Aggregates: An Industrial Byproduct and a Mitigating Addition of The Reaction Alkali-Silica 213
Guilliana Agudelo, Carlos A. Palacio, and Henry A. Colorado

Mechanical and Physical Characterization of the Natural Fiber Luffa Cylindrica for Its Possible Use in Contact Sports Equipment: 1st Stage 225
Alejandro Restrepo Carmona, and Henry A. Colorado

Waste Tire Rubber in Calcium Phosphate Cement Blends 237
Carlos F. Revelo, and Henry A. Colorado

Fabrication by Additive Manufacturing of Clay with Electric Arc Furnace Steel Dust (EAF Dust) 249
Edisson Ordonez and Henry A. Colorado