Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Auatralia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

• Preface ix Introduction xiGEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICSProperties of Granite Powder Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer 3Daniel S. Roper, Gregory P. Kutyla, and Waltraud M. KrivenCeramic Felt Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 11Elias C. Koehler and Waltraud M. KrivenAmmonia-Borane Geopolymer (AB-G) Composite 21Lars Schomborg, Zeina Assi, J. Christian Buhl, Claus H. Rüscher, and Michael WarkMonitoring the Structural Evolution during Geopolymer Formation by 27Al NMR 37Ameni Gharzouni, Emmanuel Joussein, Isabel Sobrados, Jesus Sanz, Samir Baklouti, Basma Samet, and Sylvie RossignolRecycled Geopolymer on New Formulations 49N. Essaidi, L. Vidal, F.Gouny, E. Joussein, and S. RossignolImpact of Alkaline Solution and Curing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Activated Blast Furnace Slag 61Elodie Prud’homme, Jean Ambroise, and Marie MichelLong-Term Development of Mechanical Strengths of Alkali-Activated Metakaolin, Slag, Fly Ash, and Blends 77F. Jirasit, C. H. Rüscher, L. Lohaus, and P. ChindaprasirtPreparation of Geopolymer-Type Mortar and “Light-Weight Concrete” from Copper Floatation Waste and Coal Combustion By Products 89J. Temuujin, A. Minjigmaa, B. Davaabal, Ts. Zolzaya and U. Bayarzul, Ts.Jadambaa, and C. H. RüscherPortland Cement with Luffa Fibers 103H. A. Colorado, S. A. Colorado, and R. Buitrago-SierraVIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOMETwo-Phase Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth using Q-State Monte-Carlo 115J. B. AllenFirst Principles Calculations of Dopant Effects in Boron Suboxide 131J. S. Dunn, A. B. Rahane, and Vijay KumarComposition Dependent Hardness of Covalent Solid Solutions and Its Electronic Structure Origin 143Qing-Miao Hu, Rui Yang, Börje Johansson, and Levente VitosExperimental and Numerical Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Freeze Cast MMC with Different Lamellae Orientation 153Matthias Merzkirch, Yuri Sinchuk, Kay André Weidenmann, and Romana PiatDoping of CeO2 as a Tunable Buffer Layer for Coated Superconductors: A DFT Study of Mechanical and Electronic Properties 169Danny E. P. VanpouckeQuantitative Analysis of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98MnO3± Electronic Conductivity using CALPHAD Approach 179Shadi Darvish, Surendra K, Saxena, and Yu ZhongADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGSThe Effects of Ni3Al Binder Content on the Electrochemical Response of TiC-Ni3Al Cermets 193M. B. Holmes, A. Ibrahim, G. J. Kipouros, Z. N. Farhat, and K. P. PlucknettA Study of a NiAl Bondcoat Deposited onto CMSX-4 Superalloy for Thermal Barrier Applications 203A. D. Chandio, X. Zhao, Y. Chen, M. Bai, and P. XiaoMechanical Properties of Air Plasma Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coating (EBC) Systems: Preliminary Assessments 219Bradley T. Richards, Dongming Zhu, Louis J. Ghosn, and Haydn N. G. WadleyIron-Copper Nitride Thin Films Fabricated by Sputtering 239Xingwu Wang, James P. Parry, Hrishikesh Kamat, Ruikun Pan, and Hao ZengMATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDESInfluence of Nitrogen Pressure on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AlN Powders 253L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M. M. BukoUltra High Temperature Ceramic Coatings for Environmental Protection of Cf/SiC Composites 261Franziska Uhlmann, Christian Wilhelmi, Steffen Beyer, Stephan Schmidt-Wimmer, and Stefan LaureMATERIALS DIAGNOSTICS AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF CERAMIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMSNanomonitoring of Ceramic Surface 275V. A. Lapina, P. P. Pershukevich, T. A. Pavich, S. B. Bushuk, and J. OpitzSemi-Automated Inspection Unit for Ceramics 283Christian Wolf, Andreas Lehmann, and Gregor UnglaubeADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE PROCESSING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ROOT TECHNOLOGYModelling of Fluid Flow in Tape Casting of Thin Ceramics: Analytical Approaches and Numerical Investigations 291Masoud Jabbari and Jesper Hattel2ND EUROPEAN-USA ENGINEERING CERAMICS SUMMIT AND 4TH GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FORUMWettability and Reactivity of Y2O3 with Liquid Nickel and Its Alloys 309N. Sobczak, R.M. Purgert, R. Asthana, J.J. Sobczak, M. Homa, R. Nowak, G. Bruzda, A. Siewiorek, and Z. PirowskiComputational Materials Science: Where Theory Meets Experiments 323Danny E. P. VanpouckeAuthor Index 335