Advanced Engineering Ceramics and Composites -- Committee Members and Preface -- Table of Contents -- Silicon Carbide and Composites -- Microstructure and Properties of Three Phase Carbon and Ceramic Matrix Composites -- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Joints in Sintered SiC Fiber-Bonded Ceramics -- New Technology with Porous Materials -- Progress in the Development of the Diesel Vehicle Business -- Oxidation Behavior of ZrB2-15vol.%SiC at an Oxygen Partial Pressure of 57 Pa -- Joining of SiC by Tape-Cast SiC-Al2O3-Y2O3 Interlayer -- Friction Surface Damage of Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Carbon-Silicon Carbide Composites (Cf/C-SiC) -- The Machinability of 3D-C/SiC Composites -- The SH - Synthesis of Ceramic Based on Titanium Carbide and Silicon Carbide Composite Materials -- Nitride Ceramics -- Silicon Nitride Grain Boundary Glasses: Chemistry, Structure and Properties -- The Effect of Heat-Treatment on Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nitride Ceramics -- Fabrication and Microstructure of Electrically Conductive AlN with High Thermal Conductivity -- Analyses of Microstructure and Oxygen Content Effects on Thermal Conductivity of AlN Ceramics by Using Slack's Plot -- Fabrication of Silicon Nitride-Based Nano/Nano-Composite -- Slip Casting of α-Sialon/AlN/BN Powder Carbothermally Prepared by Boron-Rich Slag-Based Mixture -- Mechanical Properties of Ceramics -- Impact Fracture Behavior of Ceramics and PE-Fiber-Reinforced Mortars -- Grain-Boundary Segregation and Phase-Separation Mechanism in Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal -- Strengthening Mechanism of High-Strength Reaction-Sintered Silicon Carbide -- Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio of Liquid Phase-Sintered Silicon Carbide -- Mechanical Properties of Alumina Matrix Composites due to a Combination of Sr- and Ca-Hexaluminates -- Sintering of Ceramics.

Grain Size Effect in the Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Functional Oxides through Pressure Modification of the Spark Plasma Sintering Method -- Sintering of Silicon Carbide Ceramics with Co-Addition of Gadrinium Oxide and Silica and their Mechanical Properties -- Densification, Phases, Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Liquid Phase-Sintered SiC -- WC/Ti Composite Material Enriched with CBN Particles Produced by Pulse Plasma Sintering (PPS) -- Fabrication of Transparent La2Zr2O7 by Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering -- Ceramics Coating -- Environmental Barrier Coatings for Silicon Nitride -- Optical and Tribological Properties of Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering -- Characterization of Thermal Properties of Micro-Sized Ceramic Powders for APS Deposition of Ceramic Layers -- Optimization of Alumina Slurry Properties and Drying Conditions in the Spray Drying Process and Characterization of Corresponding Coating Fabricated by Atmospheric Plasma Spray -- Fabrication of AlN/Al2O3 Coatings via Atmospheric Reactive Plasma Nitriding of Al2O3 Powders -- Effect of NH3 Atmosphere on Preparation of Al2O3-AlN Composite Film by Laser CVD -- Fabrication and Evaluation of Arrayed Needle-Like TiO2 Particle - Transparent Resin Composite Films -- Ternary Phase Relation on Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7-δ Films by Laser CVD -- Preparation of α-Al2O3/TiN Multilayer Coating on Ti(C,N)-Based Cermet by Laser CVD -- Processing of Functional Ceramics -- Microelectronics Package Design Using Experimentally-Validated Modeling and Simulation -- Hydroxyapatite Nano-Barium-Strontium-Titaniumoxide Composites -- Microwave-Accelerated Curing of Cement-Based Materials: Compressive Strength and Maturity Modeling -- Influence of Curing Age on Microstructure in Barium Titanate - Portland Cement Composites.

Optimisation of the Ceramic Phase for Ceramizable Silicone Rubber Based Composites - Microstructural Aspect -- Hybrid, Nano-Structurized Materials of Special Purpose on the Basis of Silicon Dioxide -- SHS - Synthesis of Ceramic Composite Materials on the Base of Zirconium Compounds -- Comparison of Recession Behavior between Lu2Si2O7 and Lu2SiO5 by High Speed Steam Jet at High Temperatures -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.