This book explores the new materials and the resultant new field of piezotronics. The characterization of the piezotronic effect and how to distinguish it from other similar but, fundamentally different effect, like piezoresistive effect is also considered.

This book is an ensemble of six major chapters, an introduction, and a closure on modeling transport phenomena in porous media with applications. Examining the continuum formulation imparts rigor to the empirical porous media models, while the mesoscopic model focuses on the physical processes within the pores.

Presenting the fundamental concepts and methods of fracture mechanics and micromechanics, this book focuses primarily on the mechanical description of the fracture process, while still including material-specific aspects.

This textbook introduces students to mass and energy balances and focuses on basic principles for calculation, design, and optimization as they are applied in industrial processes and equipment.

This book illuminates advanced cutting and joining processes, what they are used for, and the capabilities of these manufacturing techniques, especially in micro- and nano-fabrication.