SYMPOSIUM 24 – Ceramic and Composite Materials and Systems for a Sustainable and Resilient Energy Future

The symposium aims to cover the role of ceramic and composites in advancing next-generation technologies for energy efficiency, and industrial innovation and enabling next generation energy technologies. Despite tremendous progress in the innovation of new materials, systems, and technologies, many challenges remain in achieving enhanced energy security and industrial competitiveness. Technical communities will collaborate to advance the ceramic and composite materials, components, processes, and systems that will strengthen the energy sector, optimize resource use, and develop practical solutions for emissions control, utilization, and valorization. The challenges relating to material systems, integration with energy and industrial platforms, performance under demanding conditions, and long-term durability will be discussed along with future research and development directions.

Session Topics:

General perspectives of a sustainable and resilient energy future
Role of ceramics and composites in manufacturing technologies for increased operational survivability, emission control, and energy system resilience
Ceramics and composites for various technologies, including electrochemical methods, for gas separation, carbon management, and emissions mitigation
Ceramics and composites for energy production, refining, chemical processing, and associated harsh environment survivability
Manufacturing and process control of battery-grade ceramics and composites
Role of ceramic processing for carbon dioxide mineralization, valorization, and utilization
Ceramic materials and processes in various infrastructures for carbon capture and reuse to strengthen domestic material supply chain.
Degradation issues for industrial and environmental applications
Recycling, sustainability, safety and reliability for energy material and systems
Advances in characterization tools and property evaluation techniques
Advances in computational methods and approaches, data science, and theoretical approaches for predictive design of novel high performance stable materials and components to address industrial challenges relating to sustainability
Perspectives for future R&D directions

Symposium Organizer(s):

Manoj Mahapatra, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
John S. Hardy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
James G. Hemrick, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Tianyu Zhu, Clemson University, USA

Point(s) of Contact:

Manoj Mahapatra; mkmanoj@uab.edu

Division Sponsor(s):

Basic Science Division
Electronics Division
Manufacturing Division