Part 1. Aluminum and Lightweight Metal Matrix Composites -- Aluminum Matrix Composites 1970 to 2017 -- Development of an Electroless Plating Process for Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) to Improve Their Dispersion and Wettability in Molten Aluminum -- Part 2. Synthesis and Developments of Emerging Composites -- Study on Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Map of 20vol.%Al18B4O33w/2024 Composites -- Development and Characterization of In-situ Al-TiC Composites Prepared by Pneumatic Powder Injection Route -- Part 3. Basic History and Advances in Metal Matrix Composites -- Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Cryomilled Al-Mg Composites Reinforced with Nanometric Yttria Partially Stabilized Zirconia -- Fatigue Crack Growth Resistance of Titanium Metal Matrix Composites -- Experimental Optimization of Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Titanium Matrix Composites Using Taguchi Methods -- Model-based Algorithm for Damage Detection in Piezoelectric Fiber-based Composites -- Part 4. Mechanical Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites -- Effect of Matrix Properties and Sliding Counterface on the Wear Behavior of Magnesium Alloy-based Metal Matrix Composites -- Synthesis and Microstructural Development of Particulate Reinforced Metal-matrix Composites Using the Technique of Spray Atomization and Deposition -- Magnetically Induced Cavitation for the Dispersion of Particles in Liquid Metals -- An Engineered Magnesium Alloy Nanocomposite: Mechanisms Governing Microstructural Development and Mechanical Properties -- The Tensile Response and Fracture Behavior of a Copper-Niobium Microcomposite: Role of Surface Modification -- Fundamental Issues and Highlights of Reactive Wetting in Carbon-based Composites -- Part 5. Poster Session -- Influence of Graphene Nanoplatelet Reinforcements on Microstructural Development and Wear Behavior of An Aluminum Alloy Nanocomposite.