Koji Watari is a leader and senior research scientist in the Advanced Sintering Technology Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and guest professor of Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. His research focuses on low-energy processing of advanced ceramics with high performance. He received his BS, MS, and D.Eng in Materials Science and Engineering, all from NUT. After receiving his PhD, he worked at the National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya (NIRIN), Japan as a research scientist between 1990 and 2000, and also worked in the Materials Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA, from 1998 to 1999. Watari has authored more than 150 publications and holds 20 patents in materials engineering, and has organized six international symposia. He was chosed as Guest Editors; of MRS Bulletin, a member of the editorial board of the Advances in Technology of Materials and Materials Processing Journal (ATM), Journal of Ceramic Society of Japan, Bulletin of Ceramic Society of Japan and Material Integration since 2000. Watari has received the Young Scientist Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan in 1997, Academic Award of the Nagai Science and Technology Foundation in 2002 and six best paper awards from international conferences. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society, the Ceramic Society of Japan,the Material Research Society and Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties.
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Preparation of Sialon-Based Materials From Coal Fly Ash Using Carbothermal Reduction and Nitridation Method 1
Masahiro Kamiya, Ryo Sasai, and Hideaki Itoh
Aqueous Tape Casting of LZSA Glass Ceramics 9
CM. Gomes, F.N. Biscaia, J.T. Quinaud, O.R.K. Montedo, A.P.N. Oliveira, and D. Hotza
Direct Coagulation Casting of Aqueous Silicon Carbide Slurry by Addition of Boron Nitride 17
Seizo Obata, Naoyuki Kato, Osamu Sakurada, and Minoru Hashiba
Effect of Aqueous Based Fatty Acid Chain Length on the Thermal Decomposition and Rheological Properties of Extruded Thin Walled Pastes 29
C.R. August, R.A. Haber, and L.E. Reynolds
Gelcasting Process With Biopolymer in Natural Oil for Making Ceramic Sphere 39
Thammarat Panyathanmaporn, Rung-Arun Chumnanklang, Sitthisuntorn Supothina, and Angkhana Jaroenworaluck
Low-Temperature Sintered LZSA Cellular Glass Ceramics 49
E. Sousa, C.R. Rambo, D. Hotza, A.P. Novaes de Oliveira, and T. Fey
Low-Energy Synthesis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Micro-Wave Sintering 59
S. Takahashi, S. Suda, K. Jono, K. Kawahara, and A. Doi
Reduction of Carbon Dioxides Emission in the Ferrochrome Manufacturing with Aluminum 67
Hideya Matsumura, Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama
The Effect of Pretreatment on Hydrothermal Processing for Recycling of Zirconia Product 71
Tomohiko Ogata, Takuya Mastubara, Hiromi Nakano, Kazuyori Urabe, and Toshihiko Nishida
Development of Non-Heating Recycling Method for Used Lead-Glass 83
R. Sasai, H. Kubo, M. Kamiya, and H. Itoh
The Effect of Crystal Phase Formation on Leachability of Pb from Glass Ceramics Prepared from Industrial Zinc Waste 91
Bussaraporn Patarachao, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, ParjareeThavorniti, and Sitthisuntorn Supothina
High Percentages of Hydrometallurgical Zinc Waste Loading in Unglazed Tile Body 99
Laksana Kreethawate, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, Parjaree Thavorniti, and Sitthisunthon Supothina
Design and Development of Environmentally-Friendly Photocatalytic Eco-Materials Using Solar Energy 107
Masakazu Anpo and Masaya Matsuoka
Degradation of Benzene Using Photocalytic Ti02-Based Nano- Compounded Coatings 115
Huang Chen and Soo Wohn Lee
Understanding the Adsorption and Photoreaction of Oxalic Acid on Anatase Nanoparticles 121
Cecilia B. Mendive, Thomas Bredow, Miguel A. Blesa, and Detlef W. Bahnemann
Effects of Constituents in Photo/Biocatalytic Hydrogen Production System Using Experimental Design Tool 139
Hyunku Joo, Yongho Jang, Sangbong Lee, and Yong-gun Shul
Evaluation of Titania Photocatalyst Added Zirconia and Nitrogen by the Water Purification Performance 155
Eiji Watanabe, Mitsuharu Fukaya, and Hiroshi Taoda
Photocatalytic Properties of Ti02 and FE(lll)-, Z(II)- and Si(IV)-Doped Ti02 Nanopowders Synthesized By Sol-Gel 165
Qingfeng Li, Wei Yuan, Desheng Ai, Changsheng Deng, and Xiaming Dai
Study on Titanium Oxynitrides by Hydrothermal Method Using a Fractional Factorial Design and Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition (FB-CVD) 175
Hyunku Joo, Jaehyeon Park, Seung Yong Lee, and Jinwook Ha
Correlation Between Anatase-to-Rutile Phase Ratio to Photocatalytic Activity of Ti02 Obtained by Sol-Gel Method 187
Kannikar Juengsuwattananon, Supatra Jinawath, Sitthisuntorn Supothina, Angkhana Jaroenworaluck, and Thammarat Panyathammaporn
Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Water by UV- Irradiated ATa03 (A = Li, Na, K) Sol-Gel 197
Leticia M. Torres-Martinez, Lorena L. Garza-Tovar, and Eduardo M. Lopez R.
Application of Computational Ceramic Engineering to Photocatalytic Ti02, Defect Structures in Ti02, and Multidomain Ferroelectrics 213
J. Brandon Keith, H. Wang, Dorian M. Hatch, and James P. Lewis
Preparation of Ti02 Coating on Glass Substrate by Non-Aqueous Sol and Comparison of Controled Atmosphere and Microwave Drying Technique225
Boonchoy Soontornworajit, Thammarat Panyathanmaporn, Angkhana Jaroenworaluck, and Sitthisuntorn Supothina
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