Dongming Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in 1996 and is a senior Materials Research Engineer at Army Research Laboratory at NASA Glenn Research Center. He has authored more than 100 archival publications and three patents. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society and ASM, International, has been a lead organizer for several International Symposia. He is currently the Chair-elect of the Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society, and an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.

• Preface. Introduction.DAMPING AND EROSION COATINGS.Coatings for Enhanced Passive Damping (Peter J. Torvik).Ceramic Damping Coatings: Evaluating Their Effectiveness and Predicting Added Damping (S. Patsias).Deterioration and Retention of Coated Turbomachinery Blading (Widen Tabakoff, Awatef A. Hamed, and Rohan Swar).Large Area Filtered Arc and Hybrid Coating Deposition Technologies for Erosion and Corrosion Protection of Aircraft Components (V. Gorokhovsky, J. Wallace, C. Bowman, P.E. Gannon, J. O’Keefe, V. Champagne, and M. Pepi).COATINGS TO RESIST WEAR AND TRIBOLOGICAL LOADINGS.Deposition and Characterization of Diamond Protective Coatings on WC-Co Cutting Tools (Y. Tang, S.L. Yang, W.W. Yi, Q. Yang, Y.S. Li, A. Hirose, and R. Wei).Friction and Wear Behavior of Zirconia Ceramic Materials (C. Lorenzo-Martin, O.O. Ajayi, D. Singh. and J.L. Routbort).NANOSTRUCTU R ED COATINGS.Cerium Oxide Thin Films via Ion Assisted Electron Beam Deposition (V. Dansoh, F. Gertz, J. Gurnp, A. Johnson, J. I. Jung, M. Klingensrnith, Y. Liu, Y.D. Liu, J.T. Oxaal, C.J. Wang, G. Wynick, D. Edwards, J.H. Fan, X.W. Wang, P. J. Bush, and A. Fuchser).Formation of Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films on Ti3SiC2 by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (S.L. Yang, Q. Yang, W.W. Yi, Y. Tang, T. Regier, R. Blyth, and Z.M. Sun).THERMAL BARRIER COATING PROCESSING, DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING.Process and Equipment for Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings (Albert Feuerstein, Neil Hitchman, Thomas A. Taylor, and Don Lernen).Corrosion Resistant Thermal Barrier Coating Materials for industrial Gas Turbine Applications (Michael D. Hill, Davin P. Phelps, and Douglas E. Wolfe).Damage Prediction of Thermal Barrier Coating by Growth of TGO Layer (Y. Ohtake).Young’s Modulus and Thermal Conductivity of Nanoporous YSZ Coatings Fabricated by EB-PVD (Byung-Koog Jang, Yoshio Sakka, and Hideaki Matsubara).Influence of Porosity on Thermal Conductivity and Sintering in Suspension Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings (H. KaOner, A. Stuke, M. Rodig, R. VaOen, and D. Stover).Numerical Investigation of Impact and Solidification of YSZ Droplets Plasma-Sprayed onto a Substrate: Effect of Thermal Properties and Roughness (N. Ferguen, P. Fauchais, A. Vardelle, and D. Gobin).Author Index.

Dongming Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in 1996 and is a senior Materials Research Engineer at Army Research Laboratory at NASA Glenn Research Center. He has authored more than 100 archival publications and three patents. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society and ASM, International, has been a lead organizer for several International Symposia. He is currently the Chair-elect of the Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society, and an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.

• Preface. Introduction.DAMPING AND EROSION COATINGS.Coatings for Enhanced Passive Damping (Peter J. Torvik).Ceramic Damping Coatings: Evaluating Their Effectiveness and Predicting Added Damping (S. Patsias).Deterioration and Retention of Coated Turbomachinery Blading (Widen Tabakoff, Awatef A. Hamed, and Rohan Swar).Large Area Filtered Arc and Hybrid Coating Deposition Technologies for Erosion and Corrosion Protection of Aircraft Components (V. Gorokhovsky, J. Wallace, C. Bowman, P.E. Gannon, J. O’Keefe, V. Champagne, and M. Pepi).COATINGS TO RESIST WEAR AND TRIBOLOGICAL LOADINGS.Deposition and Characterization of Diamond Protective Coatings on WC-Co Cutting Tools (Y. Tang, S.L. Yang, W.W. Yi, Q. Yang, Y.S. Li, A. Hirose, and R. Wei).Friction and Wear Behavior of Zirconia Ceramic Materials (C. Lorenzo-Martin, O.O. Ajayi, D. Singh. and J.L. Routbort).NANOSTRUCTU R ED COATINGS.Cerium Oxide Thin Films via Ion Assisted Electron Beam Deposition (V. Dansoh, F. Gertz, J. Gurnp, A. Johnson, J. I. Jung, M. Klingensrnith, Y. Liu, Y.D. Liu, J.T. Oxaal, C.J. Wang, G. Wynick, D. Edwards, J.H. Fan, X.W. Wang, P. J. Bush, and A. Fuchser).Formation of Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films on Ti3SiC2 by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (S.L. Yang, Q. Yang, W.W. Yi, Y. Tang, T. Regier, R. Blyth, and Z.M. Sun).THERMAL BARRIER COATING PROCESSING, DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING.Process and Equipment for Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings (Albert Feuerstein, Neil Hitchman, Thomas A. Taylor, and Don Lernen).Corrosion Resistant Thermal Barrier Coating Materials for industrial Gas Turbine Applications (Michael D. Hill, Davin P. Phelps, and Douglas E. Wolfe).Damage Prediction of Thermal Barrier Coating by Growth of TGO Layer (Y. Ohtake).Young’s Modulus and Thermal Conductivity of Nanoporous YSZ Coatings Fabricated by EB-PVD (Byung-Koog Jang, Yoshio Sakka, and Hideaki Matsubara).Influence of Porosity on Thermal Conductivity and Sintering in Suspension Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings (H. KaOner, A. Stuke, M. Rodig, R. VaOen, and D. Stover).Numerical Investigation of Impact and Solidification of YSZ Droplets Plasma-Sprayed onto a Substrate: Effect of Thermal Properties and Roughness (N. Ferguen, P. Fauchais, A. Vardelle, and D. Gobin).Author Index.

Dongming Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in 1996 and is a senior Materials Research Engineer at Army Research Laboratory at NASA Glenn Research Center. He has authored more than 100 archival publications and three patents. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society and ASM, International, has been a lead organizer for several International Symposia. He is currently the Chair-elect of the Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society, and an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.

• Preface. Introduction.DAMPING AND EROSION COATINGS.Coatings for Enhanced Passive Damping (Peter J. Torvik).Ceramic Damping Coatings: Evaluating Their Effectiveness and Predicting Added Damping (S. Patsias).Deterioration and Retention of Coated Turbomachinery Blading (Widen Tabakoff, Awatef A. Hamed, and Rohan Swar).Large Area Filtered Arc and Hybrid Coating Deposition Technologies for Erosion and Corrosion Protection of Aircraft Components (V. Gorokhovsky, J. Wallace, C. Bowman, P.E. Gannon, J. O’Keefe, V. Champagne, and M. Pepi).COATINGS TO RESIST WEAR AND TRIBOLOGICAL LOADINGS.Deposition and Characterization of Diamond Protective Coatings on WC-Co Cutting Tools (Y. Tang, S.L. Yang, W.W. Yi, Q. Yang, Y.S. Li, A. Hirose, and R. Wei).Friction and Wear Behavior of Zirconia Ceramic Materials (C. Lorenzo-Martin, O.O. Ajayi, D. Singh. and J.L. Routbort).NANOSTRUCTU R ED COATINGS.Cerium Oxide Thin Films via Ion Assisted Electron Beam Deposition (V. Dansoh, F. Gertz, J. Gurnp, A. Johnson, J. I. Jung, M. Klingensrnith, Y. Liu, Y.D. Liu, J.T. Oxaal, C.J. Wang, G. Wynick, D. Edwards, J.H. Fan, X.W. Wang, P. J. Bush, and A. Fuchser).Formation of Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films on Ti3SiC2 by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (S.L. Yang, Q. Yang, W.W. Yi, Y. Tang, T. Regier, R. Blyth, and Z.M. Sun).THERMAL BARRIER COATING PROCESSING, DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING.Process and Equipment for Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings (Albert Feuerstein, Neil Hitchman, Thomas A. Taylor, and Don Lernen).Corrosion Resistant Thermal Barrier Coating Materials for industrial Gas Turbine Applications (Michael D. Hill, Davin P. Phelps, and Douglas E. Wolfe).Damage Prediction of Thermal Barrier Coating by Growth of TGO Layer (Y. Ohtake).Young’s Modulus and Thermal Conductivity of Nanoporous YSZ Coatings Fabricated by EB-PVD (Byung-Koog Jang, Yoshio Sakka, and Hideaki Matsubara).Influence of Porosity on Thermal Conductivity and Sintering in Suspension Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings (H. KaOner, A. Stuke, M. Rodig, R. VaOen, and D. Stover).Numerical Investigation of Impact and Solidification of YSZ Droplets Plasma-Sprayed onto a Substrate: Effect of Thermal Properties and Roughness (N. Ferguen, P. Fauchais, A. Vardelle, and D. Gobin).Author Index.