Dr. Bryan Morreale is the acting Materials Science and Engineering focus area lead within the Office of Research and Development at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Dr. Morreale leads activities across a diverse research portfolio related to both structural and functional materials for advanced energy conversion applications, specifically focused on advanced gasification, advanced combustion, and minimizing environmental impacts. Dr. Morreale’s tenure at NETL began in 1999, where he supports the NETL Office of Research and Development as well as the NETL Strategic Center for Coal. Connections he has made over his twelve years at NETL will ease coordination of this book, because he can rely on contributors among those he knows in the industry worldwide.