Front Matter -- Processing and Fabrication--Oxide Systems. Processing and Properties of Ti-Base Intermetallic Particles Dispersed Tetragonal Zirconia / Norihito Tanaka, Tohru Sekino, Takafumi Kusunose, Tadachika Nakayama, Koichi Niihara -- In-Situ Synthesis of Oxide/Oxide Composites / Zhong-Chun Chen, Toshihiko Okazawa, Keisuke Ikeda -- Fabrication and Characterization of Zirconia-Based Composites Containing Dispersed Monazite Particles / A Hirvonen, R Ramaseshan, T Kusunose, T Sekino, K Niihara -- Monazite Fiber Coatings for Oxide Composites / Emmanuel E Boakye, Pavel Mogilevsky, Randall S Hay, Michael K Cinibulk -- Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Leucite-Containing Alumina Ceramics / Fumiharu Sato, Shinobu Hashimoto, Sawao Honda, Hideo Awaji -- Mo-SiO Functionally Graded Materials for High Intensity Discharge Lamp / Ayumu Umemoto, Koichi Hayashi, Kunihiko Nakashima, Noritaka Saito, Kenji Kaneko, Keisaku Ogi -- Densification of AlO-SiO-TiO-Based Ceramic Coating Film by Grain Size Control / Y Muroya, K Shimanoe, Y Teraoka, N Yamazoe, Y Haruta -- Processing and Fabrication-Non-Oxide Systems. Grain Growth of [beta]- Silicon Nitride in Re-Mg-Si-O-N Liquid / Noritaka Saito, Daiji Nakata, Kunihiko Nakashima, Ayumu Umemoto -- Preparation of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide using a Chemical Vapor Reaction / H Tsuda, H Mabuchi-Nakatani, K Okamura -- Microstructural and Thermal Characterization. In-Situ Observation of Structural Transition in Rare Earth Manganites by Tem / Hiromi Nakano, Nobuo Ishizawa, Naoki Kamegashira -- Thermal Expansion of Nickel/Samarium-Doped Ceria Cermet / Soichiro Sameshima, Yoshihiro Hirata, Keisuke Higashinakagawa -- The Effect of Crystal Phase Formation on Leachability of Pb from Glass Ceramics Prepared from Industrial Zinc Waste / Bussaraporn Patarachao, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, Parjaree Thavorniti, Sitthisuntorn Supothina -- Thermomechanical Characterization. Effect of Fluoride Additives on the Hydroxyapatite Laminate Composites / Sung-Hwan Kim, Sang-Yeup Park -- Effect of h-BN on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Machinability of SiN-Based Ceramic Composites / Z H Piao, W S Cho, J H Lee, M W Cho, C Cho, Z A Munir -- Weight Fraction Effects of Nanoparticle Inclusion on Mechanical Performance of Continuous Fiber Ceramic Nanocomposites / Vamshi M Gudapati, Vinod P Veedu, Anyuan Cao, Mehrdad N Ghasemi-Nejhad -- Increase of Structual Integrity Machined Alumina/SiC using Crack-Healing / Kotoji Ando, Masato Ono, Wataru Nakao, Koji Takahashi, Shinji Saito -- Influence of Geometrical Irregularities on the Creep Behaviour of Ceramic Fibres / Ian J Davies, Rodney D Entwistle -- Influence of Oxidation on the Micro-Mechanical Properties of a 3-D Woven SiC/SiC Composite Tested in Air at 1100 ʻC / Ian J Davies, Sorn Sieng, Toshio Ogasawara, Takashi Ishikawa -- Influence of EBC Coating on Tensile Properties of MI SiC/SiC Composites / Ramakrishna T Bhatt, Gregory N Morscher, Kang N Lee -- Design Concepts, Test Methods, and Standards. A Material Design Concept for Toughened Ceramics / Hideo Awaji, Takuya Matsunaga, Seong-Min Choi -- Crack-Healing + Proof Test: A New Methodology to Guarantee the Reliability and the Quality of a Ceramic Component / Masato Ono, Wataru Nakao, Koji Takahashi, Kotoji Ando, Masahiko Nakatani -- Development of Elevated Fracture Toughness Testing Method Standard for Advanced Ceramics / Michael G Jenkins, Jonathan A Salem -- Comparison of Static Fatigue SCG Models for Dense Ceramics / Michael G Jenkins, Jonathan A Salem -- Next Generation Nuclear Power and the Need for Test Standards, Design Codes, and Data Bases for Ceramic Matrix Composites / Michael G Jenkins -- Component Development and Industrial Applications. Development of Strong Photocatalytic Fiber with Surface Gradient Structure / Toshihiro Ishikawa -- Hot Section SiN Materials Development for Advanced Microturbines Applications / Vimal K Pujari, Ara M Vartabedian, William T Collins -- Development of SOFC Stack at Kist Using 10x10 cm Anode Supported Cells / Hae-Weon Lee, Hwa-Young Jung, Ji-Won Son, Joosun Kim, Jong-Ho Lee -- Engineered Refractories for Slagging Gasifiers / Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Rick Krabbe, Hugh Thomas, Cynthia Powell -- Author Index.