J. P. Singh is a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois. Currently, he is on assignment as a Program Manager with US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)/Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AOARD). He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Utah in 1979. Prior to joining Argonne in 1983, he held positions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He has worked in the area of structural ceramics and composites, high temperature superconductivity, solid oxide fuel cells, thermal and environment barrier coatings for advanced turbine systems, and refractories for coal gasifiers as well as steel and glass manufacturing. Dr. Singh has received numerous awards including the1988 R&D 100 Award for Neutron Stress Monitor for Composites Constituents, Argonne Director's Award (1991) for the fabrication of a first-of-a-kind high temperature superconducting current lead, 1992 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, and 2004 James Muller Memorial Award from the Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society. He was the chair (1997-1998) and counselor (1998-2000) of the Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society. His research interests include fracture and thermomechanical behavior of ceramics and composites. He has published more than 180 papers, edited over 20 books, holds 5 patents, and organized over 20 international conferences in the area of ceramics and composites. He is a fellow of the American Ceramics Society.
Tatsuki Ohji is a principal research scientist of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. He earned his BS and MS from Nagoya Institute of Technology in mechanical engineering and Ph. D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology in inorganic materials engineering. He was a visiting scientist at University of California, Berkeley during 1991-92. His research interests include mechanical and other characteristics of ceramics, ceramic composites and porous materials. Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and recipient of the Academy Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan, he has authored or coauthored more than 250 papers. He is serving as associate editors of Journal of the American Ceramic Society and International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. He is recognized as the most highly cited author who has published papers in Journal of the American Ceramic Society from 1999 to 2004.
Chemical Vapor Deposition
High Speed Deposition of YSZ Films by Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition, Teiichi Kimura, Takashi Goto 3
Preparation of Ru-C Nano-Composite Films and Their Electrode Properties for Oxygen Sensors, Teiichi Kimura, Takashi Goto 13
Combustion Synthesis
Synthesis of Sm[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]CoO[subscript 3-x] and La[subscript 0.6]Sr[subscript 0.4]CoO[subscript 3-x] Nanopowders by Solution Combustion Process, Narottam P. Bansal, Zhimin Zhong 23
Chemistry Purification of Titanium Diboride Powder Synthesised by Combustion Synthesis Processes, Wang Weimin, Fu Zhengyi, Wang Hao 33
Reaction Forming
Fabrication of Silicon Carbide From Bamboo Carbon Templates, Yung-Jen Lin, Yi-Hsiang Chiu 45
Effects of Process Parameters on Post Reaction Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics, Toru Wakihara, Junichi Tatami, Katsutoshi Komeya, Meguro Takeshi, Hideki Kita, Naoki Kondo, Kiyoshi Hirao 57
Polymer Processing
Synthesis of Carbon/Fe-Ni-Cu Alloy Composite by Carbonization of Organometallic Polymers and Their Magnetic Properties, Yukiko Uchida, Makoto Nakanishi, Tatsuo Fujii, Jun Takada, Akinori Muto, Yusaku Sakata 67
Electochemical Deposition
Fabrication of YSZ Thin Films in an Aqueous Solution by Electro-Chemical Deposition, Atsushi Saiki, Hiroki Uno, Satoka Ui, Takashi Hashizume, Kiyoshi Terayama 77
Plasma Synthesis
Preparation and Characterization of Epitaxial Fe[subscript 2-x]Ti[subscript x]O[subscript 3] Solid Solution Films, Tatsuo Fujii, Hideki Hashimoto, Yusuke Takada, Makoto Nakanishi, Jun Takada 87
Solid Freeform Fabrication
Microtomography of Solid Freeform Fabrication, Jay C. Hanan, James E. Smay, Francesco DeCarlo, Yong Chu 97
Floc-Casting
Fabrication and Evaluation of Transparent Amorphous SiO[subscript 2] Sintered Body Through Floc-Casting, D. Hiratsuka, J. Tatami, T. Wakihara, K. Komeya, T. Meguro, M. Ibukiyama 107
Solution Deposition
Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films Formation From an Aqueous Solution by Mist Deposition, Atsushi Saiki, Yukimine Fujisawa, Takashi Hashizume, Kiyoshi Terayama 115
Nanopowders and Nanorods
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Nanoapatite Ceramics Powders for Biomedical Applications, Kanae Ando, Mizuki Ohkubo, Satoshi Hayakawa, Kanji Tsuru, Akiyoshi Osaka, Eiji Fujii, Koji Kawabata, Christian Bonhomme, Florence Babonneau 125
Novel Process of Submicron-Scale Ceramic Rod Array Formation on Metallic Substrate, Kazuya Okamoto, Satoshi Hayakawa, Kanji Tsuru, Akiyoshi Osaka 133
Coatings and Films
Novel Process for Surface Treatment of AIN - Characterization and Application, Takehiko Yoneda, Motonobu Teramoto, Kazuya Takada, Hiroyuki Fukuyama 141
Novel Process for Surface Treatment of AIN-High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of AIN, Hiroyuki Fukuyama, Tetsuharu Tanoue, Kazuhiro Nagata 149
MYCRONID Based Long-Lasting BN Hardcoating as Release Agent and Protection Against Corrosion for Aluminum Foundry Applications, Jochen Greim, Martin Engler, Krishna Uibel, Christoph Lesniak 159
Composites
A Study into Epoxy Composites for High-Voltage Device Encapsulation, Ammer K. Jadoon, John C. Fothergill, Andy Wilby 169
Geopolymers
Advances in Understanding the Synthesis Mechanisms of New Geopolymeric Materials, Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie, Dan Brew, Ross Fletcher, Catherine Nicholson, Raymond Vagana, Martin Schmucker 187
Author Index 201