14th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing: Application of Sustainable Materials for Functional Applications II
Sponsored by: ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division
Program Organizers: Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota; Mritunjay Singh, Ohio Aerospace Institute; Tatsuki Ohji, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; Hisayuki Suematsu, Nagaoka University of Technololgy; Enrico Bernardo, University of Padova; Rajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin; Yiquan Wu, Alfred University; Zhengyi Fu, Wuhan University of Technology; Allen Apblett, Oklahoma State University

Monday 2:00 PM
October 10, 2022
Room: 414
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center

Session Chair: Monica Ferraris, Politecnico di Torino - Italy; Lan Li, Boise State University; Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota


2:00 PM  Invited
Glasses as Energy Materials for a Sustainable Development: Monica Ferraris1; Milena Salvo1; Francesco Baino1; Federico Smeacetto1; 1Politecnico di Torino - Italy
    After more than three millennia of glassmaking, glasses are still not often considered as energy materials for a sustainable development. Due to their peculiar properties, they can be designed with a wide range of compositions and obtained with suitable thermal, chemical and mechanical properties to fit the application requests. This talk will show research done at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, on design, preparation and thermo-mechanical characterization of new glasses and glass-ceramics as coatings for thermo-electrics and sealants for solid oxide cells. Glasses can be also obtained by vitrification of municipal solid waste incinerator ashes, then used as supplementary cementitious materials or to obtain added value products by embedding in them other industrial waste or by foaming them to obtain porous glasses.

2:30 PM  
How to Start and Maintain a Low-cost Ceramic Water Filter Factory: Ian Nettleship1; 1University of Pittsburgh
    Low-cost ceramic water filters are a proven appropriate technology in the fight against waterborne diseases in marginalized communities around the world. They are an example of an appropriate technology, specifically designed to be manufactured from locally sourced clay and a waste material such as sawdust. The efficacy of low-cost ceramic filters has been demonstrated many times in terms of laboratory testing of bacteria removal and in terms of the reduction of disease burden on communities. This presentation will introduce the wider issues that complicate the practice of establishing and maintaining a water filter factory and limit the scaling the technology. It will also discuss contributions that the materials engineering community could make through collaborations that develop better engineering standards, improved manufacturing practices and enduring relationships that provide social capital to small-scale filter factories.

2:50 PM  Invited
On the Design of Radio Frequency Sensors Using Recyclable Materials: Sima Noghanian1; Ala Alemaryeen2; Surojit Gupta3; 1CommScope Ruckus Wireless; 2Tafila Technical University; 3University of North Dakota
     Every year, 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed of. Only 12.5% of e-waste is currently recycled [https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-e-waste]. Many electronics sensors are made using Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). The dielectric part is hard to recycle. Most of the non-metal wastes of printed circuit boards are therefore treated as landfills. Despite the challenges in recycling PCBs, we see an increase in the usage of electronics, such as wireless sensors. These sensors and antennas may be used for applications in the environment and agriculture, biomedical sensing and implants, smart homes, and structural health monitoring. The growing number of sensors poses the challenge of using recyclable materials and the design of non-conventical radio frequency devices. In this presentation, we review some of our wearable and implanted antennas using bio-friendly materials, such as textile, and PLA. We discuss the design practices related to the use of these materials.

3:20 PM Break

3:40 PM  
Potential of Matter Organic Non-glycerol (MONG) from Soy Biodiesel Plants In 3D Printing: Sreesha Malayil1; Athira Surendran1; Jagannadh Satyavolu1; Kunal Kate1; 1University of Louisville
    Matter organic non-glycerol (MONG) a significant waste output (20-25% of crude glycerol) generated from soy biodiesel plant is characterized and evaluated for potential use as a copolymer to reduce the synthetic polymer content of the natural fiber composites (NFC) with an intent to add value to MONG and redirect it from landfills. The general thermal behavior of the MONG is comparable to that of a thermoplastic polymer in composite applications, however its thermal behavior and performance in composite applications is dependent on the composition of the MONG, which is variable as a plant discharge waste. To improve the thermal stability of MONG we evaluated two pre-treatments methods which resulted in a stabilized paste form with decreased soap content, increased crystallinity, formation of low molecular weight small chain fatty acids, and a stable blend as a copolymer with a thermoplastic polymer.

4:00 PM  Invited
Machine Learning-driven Studies of Carbon Capture and Storage: Lan Li1; Surojit Gupta2; 1Boise State University; 2University of North Dakota
    We will present different types of carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods and how machine learning advances the development of those methods. Machine learning has been utilized in different segments to enhance the efficiency. This presentation will summarize the machine learning methods commonly used in the CCS and some recommendations for future research in consideration of machine learning models, experiment-modeling-data science-machine learning collaboration, and holistic approach rather than a competing attitude for rapid commercialization of low carbon technologies.

4:30 PM  
In-situ Observation of Evolution of Internal Structure of Alumina Slurry During Drying by Optical Coherence Tomography: Hiromasa Kuroda1; Junichi Tatami1; Motoyuki Iijima1; Takuma Takahashi2; 1Yokohama National University; 2Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    In the wet-shaping process of ceramics, it is significant to understand the change in the internal structure of the slurry during drying to suppress the cracking and deformation of green bodies. In this study, the evolution in the internal structure of ceramic slurry during drying was clarified using optical coherence tomography (OCT), which can visualize the inside of opaque objects with high speed and high resolution. OCT observation of sheets prepared using dispersed and agglomerated slurries was carried out during drying by heating with infrared lamps. In the early stage of drying, the OCT signal of the dispersed slurry was fluctuating because of Brownian motion, and its sheet shrunk homogeneously, while the agglomerated slurry showed large regions were observed moving in different directions during drying and shrank inhomogeneously. Cracking in the final stage of drying was probably caused by non-uniform stress, considering the inhomogeneity of the OCT images.

4:50 PM  Invited
Mesoporous TiO2 as an Alternative Anode for Fast Chargeable Lithium-ion Battery: Palani Balaya1; 1National University of Singapore
    State-of-the-art battery systems are not able to meet requirements for transportation and grid technologies. Battery technology seeks new concepts in materials design to overcome current limitations of performance and lifetime. Commercial lithium-ion battery uses graphite anode which is unsafe during fast-charging. Currently, industries provide fast chargeable battery technology using Li4Ti5O12 assuring safety. However, Li4Ti5O12 anode has limited storage capacity (170 mAh/g). Inexpensive TiO2 has relatively higher storage capacity (335 mAh/g). In this talk, we present our work on soft-template synthesized mesoporous TiO2 (meso-TiO2). Meso-TiO2 mixed with 15% carbon shows enhanced storage capacity of 265 and 107 mAh/g at C/5 and 30C respectively and appreciable storage performance without additive carbon. We discuss the cause for the observed enhanced storage behavior in meso-TiO2 in terms of (a) formation of conducting surface layers due to LixTiO2 upon Li insertion and (b) accumulation of electrons at the interfaces in dense packed pristine meso-TiO2.