New Advances in Materials Technologies

Hossein Hariri Asli is a currently research scholar and PhD candidate at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA. He has over 50 publications in international journals and has authored several books. His research activities include flood monitoring and mapping using the Internet of Things, networked sensors, and GIS in Southeast Texas. He is sharing his elevation and water stage data with federal agencies, including the Texas Department of Transportation, Houston TranStar, and the National Weather Service. Ali Pourhashemi, PhD, is a Professor in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Dr. Pourhashemi’s primary teaching areas include process design, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, ChE thermodynamics, and the unit operations laboratory courses. He has authored and edited several books and research publications in chemical engineering, materials sciences, and related areas and has been involved with various packaging projects. Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Kerala, India. She has expertise at several reputed national institutes and formerly served as Assistant Professor and Examiner at Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India. A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, she has published many research papers and book chapters and edited more than 25 books. A. K. Haghi, PhD, has published over 250 academic research-oriented books as well as over 1000 research papers in journals and conference proceedings. He has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering as well as Polymers Research Journal. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC) and the Research Chemistry Centre, Coimbra, Portugal.

PART I: INNOVATIVE MODELS AND PRACTICES FOR ENGINEERING 1. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Based on Geospatial Information System (GIS) and Networked Sensors Modelling 2. Mathematical Modeling of Rogue Waves in a Multi-Ion Cometary Plasma to Study the Effect of Heavier Ions and Dust 3. Modelling in Fluid Mechanics: Atmospheric Modelling Using Navier Stokes Equation 4. Deformations in a Nonlocal Isotropic Thermoelastic Material with Two Temperatures Due to Ramp Type Heat Source Using Memory Dependent Derivatives 5. Mechanical and Tribological Characteristics of Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials PART II: ENERGY MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES 6. Conjugated Polymers as Active Layers in Organic Solar Cells 7. Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Storage Applications 8. Inorganic Nanomaterials in Organic Solar Cells: A Renewable Energy Application PART III: SELECTED TOPICS AND CURRENT TRENDS 9. Metal Carbon Mesocomposites Synthesis in Polymeric Matrixes: Uniquely Structured Composites 10. Optical Properties and Applications of Rare Earth Elements in Solid Materials 11. Smart Materials-Based E-Nose Technology: Fundamentals and Emerging Applications