Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is the Supervisor of the Electroactive Technologies Group at JPL, as well as a Senior Scientist there. He has (co) edited 10 books, co-authored over 390 publications, co-chaired 50 conferences, and has 36 registered patents. His books and other publications cover such topics as humanlike robots, biomimetics, nondestructive evaluation using ultrasonics and robotics and materials, etc. Business Week named him in 2003 as one of the five technology gurus who are "Pushing Tech's Boundaries." He is a NASA Fellow and Honors Award Winner, has two SPIE Lifetime Achievement Awards, and is the recipient of JPL's prestigious Magellan Award and many other honors and awards.

Introduction. High-Temperature Materials Chemistry and Thermodynamics. Refractory Metals, Ceramics, and Composites for High-Temperature Structural and Functional Applications. High-Temperature Adhesives and Bonding. Oxidation of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials. High-Temperature Materials Processing. Characterization of High-Temperature Materials. Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of High-Temperature Materials and Structures. High-Temperature Motors. High-Temperature Electromechanical Actuators. Thermoacoustic Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters. Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloys. Thermoelectric Materials and Generators: Research and Application. High-Temperature Drilling Mechanisms. High-Temperature Electronics. Ultra-High-Temperature Ultrasonic Sensor Design Challenges. High-Temperature Materials and Mechanisms: Applications and Challenges. Index.