Tatsuki Ohji is a Prime Senior Research Scientist of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and a Designated Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, Japan. He has authored or coauthored more than 330 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters, edited 30 book volumes, chaired or co-chaired more than 30 international conferences and symposia, and hold more than 40 patents. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Ceramic Society and ASM International, and Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, he has received numerous awards including ECD Bridge Building Award of the American Ceramic Society, Academic Achievement Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan, IIM Lectureship Award of ASM International, Lee Hsun Lecture Award of IMR Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy.

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ADVANCED PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING

Development of High Temperature Joining and Thermomechanical Characterization Approaches for SiC/SiC Composites 3
Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Jerry Lang

Microstructural Observation of Interfaces in Diffusion Bonded Silicon Carbide Ceramics by TEM 13
Hiroshi Tsuda, Shigeo Mori, Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Rajiv Asthana

Preparation and Characterization of Rb-SiC Ceramics Fabricated from Phenolic Resin/SiC 21
Akihiro Shimamura, Mikinori Hotta, Tatsuki Ohji, and Naoki Kondo

New Combined Method of MPS and FEM for Simulating Friction Stir Processing 27
Hisashi Serizawa and Fumikazu Miyasaka

Novel Visualizing Technique of the Tips of the Cracks for Indentation Fracture Resistance Method 37
H. Miyazaki and Y. Yoshizawa

Slip-Casting by Water-Absorbing Resin Mold Enables Crack-Free Ceramic Molding System and Products with Partially Different Thicknesses 45
Akio Matsumoto

Influence of Lanthanoid Dopant and N/O Substitution on the Electronic Structure and Luminescent Properties of Lanthanum Silicon Oxynitride Phosphors  55
I.A.M. Ibrahim, Z. Len éš, L. Benco, and P. Šajgalík

Effect of Ti3SiC2 Particulates on the Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Sn Matrix Composites 65
T. Hammann, R. Johnson, M. F. Riyad, and S. Gupta

Field Assisted Sintering of Silicate Glass-Containing Alumina 75
Mattia Biesuz and Vincenzo M. Sglavo

Modeling the First Activation Stages of the Fe(hfa)2TMEDA CVD Precursor on a Heated Growth Surface 83
Gloria Tabacchi, Ettore Fois, Davide Barreca, Giorgio Carraro, Alberto Gasparotto, and Chiara Maccato

Development of High Aspect Ratio Hexagonal Boron Nitride Filler by Mechanical Exfoliation 91
Yuichi Tominaga, Kimiyasu Sato, Daisuke Shimamoto, Yusuke Imai, and Yuji Hotta

Preparation and Characterization of Nanostructured Films: Study of Hydrophobicity and Antibacterial Properties for Surface Protection 101
M. Barberio, S. Veltri, E. Sokullu, F. Xu, M.A. Gauthier, and P. Antici

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND 3D PRINTING

3-D Printing and Characterization of Polymer Composites with Different Reinforcements 115
Anton Salem, Mrityunjay Singh, and Michael C. Halbig

Additive Manufacturing of Drainage Segments for Cooling System of Crucible Melting Furnaces 123
Miranda Fateri, Andreas Gebhardt, and Georg Renftle

Additive Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide-Based Ceramics by 3-D Printing Technologies 133
Shirley X. Zhu, Michael C. Halbig, and Mrityunjay Singh

Additive Manufacturing of Light Weight Ceramic Matrix Composites for Gas Turbine Engine Applications 145
Mrityunjay Singh, Michael C. Halbig, and Joseph E. Grady

Application of Selective Separation Sintering in Ceramics 3D Printing 151
J. Zhang and B. Khoshnevis

Contour Crafting of Advanced Ceramic Materials 159
Mahmood Shirooyeh, Mohammadaref Vali, David Shackleford, Payman Torabi, Paul W. Rehrig, Oh-Hun Kwon, and Behrokh Khoshnevis

Author Index 169

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