J. P. Singh is the author of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.Narottam P. Bansal received his Ph. D. in 1973 and is a Senior Research Scientist in the Ceramic Branch, Materials and Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and is recipient of NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievements, R&D 100 Award and Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Society of India. Dr. Bansal is author/co-author of four books, six invited book chapters, three review articles, eight NASA Tech Briefs, and 215 research papers including 92 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been awarded seven U.S. Patents.Balakrishnan G. Nair is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.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.Antonio R. de Arellano Lopez is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.

• Novel Processing and Microstructure-Property Relationships. Effect of Aluminon Aqueous Solution Chemistry on the Homogeneity of Compacts by Colloidal Filtration of α-Al2 O3 Dispersions (K. Shqau, M.L. Mottern, D. Yu and H. Verweij).HfC Structural Foams Synthesizing from Polymer Precursors (H. Fan, N.K. Ravala, H.C. Wikle III and B.A. Chin).Adhesion-Non Adhesion Behavior of Non-Polar Solvent Based SiC Slurries for Electro-Photographic Solid Freeform Fabrication Applications (N.J. Manjooran, G.R. Pickrell and W.M. Sigmund).Advanced Robot Assisted Process for the Series Production of Optimized Oxide Ceramic Coatings on Texile Surfaces (R. Gadow, K. von Niessen and A. Candel).Electrophoresis.Engineering the Composition Profile in Functionally Graded Materials Processed by Electrophoretic Deposition (G. Anné, J. Vleugels and O. Van der Biest).Fabrication of Colored Glasses by Incorporation of a Secondary Nanosized Phase into a Silica Green Body by Means of Reactive Electrophoretic Deposition (REPD) (J. Zeiner and R. Clasen).Mechanisms and Kinetics of Processes.Microstructural Evolution and Creep Properties of Plasma Sprayed Nanocomposite Zirconia-Alumina Materials (A. Petersson, H. Keshavan and W.R. Cannon).Densification of Single-Grain vs. Multi-Grain Zirconia Powders (C. Auechalitanukul and W.R. Cannon).Measurement of the Internal Pressure in Green Multilayer Ceramic Bodies During Binder Removal (Z.C. Feng, S.W. Ha, S.J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, D.S. Krueger and P.J. Scheuer).Reaction Forming.Infiltration and Reaction-Formation Mechanism and Microstructural Evolution of Biomorphic SiC Fabricated by Si-Melt Infiltration (F.M. Varela-Feria, J. Ramírez-Rico, J. Martínez-Fernández, A.R. de Arellano-López and M. Singh).Chemical Reactivity: In Search of Better Processing of HfB2/SiC UHTC Composites (Y.D. Blum, S. Young and D. Hui).Low Cost Preparation of High Quality Aluminum Nitride Powders and Whiskers (H. Wang and D.O. Northwood).In-Situ and Porous Composites.In-Situ Synthesis and Characterization of SiC-Al2 O3 Composites (L.N. Satapathy, P.D. Ramesh, D. Agrawal and R. Roy).A New Family of Uniformly Porous Composites with 3-D Network Structure (UPC-3D): Progress and Perspective (Y. Suzuki, P.E.D. Morgan and S. Yoshikawa).

J. P. Singh is the author of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.Narottam P. Bansal received his Ph. D. in 1973 and is a Senior Research Scientist in the Ceramic Branch, Materials and Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and is recipient of NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievements, R&D 100 Award and Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Society of India. Dr. Bansal is author/co-author of four books, six invited book chapters, three review articles, eight NASA Tech Briefs, and 215 research papers including 92 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been awarded seven U.S. Patents.Balakrishnan G. Nair is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.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.Antonio R. de Arellano Lopez is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.

• Novel Processing and Microstructure-Property Relationships. Effect of Aluminon Aqueous Solution Chemistry on the Homogeneity of Compacts by Colloidal Filtration of α-Al2 O3 Dispersions (K. Shqau, M.L. Mottern, D. Yu and H. Verweij).HfC Structural Foams Synthesizing from Polymer Precursors (H. Fan, N.K. Ravala, H.C. Wikle III and B.A. Chin).Adhesion-Non Adhesion Behavior of Non-Polar Solvent Based SiC Slurries for Electro-Photographic Solid Freeform Fabrication Applications (N.J. Manjooran, G.R. Pickrell and W.M. Sigmund).Advanced Robot Assisted Process for the Series Production of Optimized Oxide Ceramic Coatings on Texile Surfaces (R. Gadow, K. von Niessen and A. Candel).Electrophoresis.Engineering the Composition Profile in Functionally Graded Materials Processed by Electrophoretic Deposition (G. Anné, J. Vleugels and O. Van der Biest).Fabrication of Colored Glasses by Incorporation of a Secondary Nanosized Phase into a Silica Green Body by Means of Reactive Electrophoretic Deposition (REPD) (J. Zeiner and R. Clasen).Mechanisms and Kinetics of Processes.Microstructural Evolution and Creep Properties of Plasma Sprayed Nanocomposite Zirconia-Alumina Materials (A. Petersson, H. Keshavan and W.R. Cannon).Densification of Single-Grain vs. Multi-Grain Zirconia Powders (C. Auechalitanukul and W.R. Cannon).Measurement of the Internal Pressure in Green Multilayer Ceramic Bodies During Binder Removal (Z.C. Feng, S.W. Ha, S.J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, D.S. Krueger and P.J. Scheuer).Reaction Forming.Infiltration and Reaction-Formation Mechanism and Microstructural Evolution of Biomorphic SiC Fabricated by Si-Melt Infiltration (F.M. Varela-Feria, J. Ramírez-Rico, J. Martínez-Fernández, A.R. de Arellano-López and M. Singh).Chemical Reactivity: In Search of Better Processing of HfB2/SiC UHTC Composites (Y.D. Blum, S. Young and D. Hui).Low Cost Preparation of High Quality Aluminum Nitride Powders and Whiskers (H. Wang and D.O. Northwood).In-Situ and Porous Composites.In-Situ Synthesis and Characterization of SiC-Al2 O3 Composites (L.N. Satapathy, P.D. Ramesh, D. Agrawal and R. Roy).A New Family of Uniformly Porous Composites with 3-D Network Structure (UPC-3D): Progress and Perspective (Y. Suzuki, P.E.D. Morgan and S. Yoshikawa).

J. P. Singh is the author of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.Narottam P. Bansal received his Ph. D. in 1973 and is a Senior Research Scientist in the Ceramic Branch, Materials and Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and is recipient of NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievements, R&D 100 Award and Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Society of India. Dr. Bansal is author/co-author of four books, six invited book chapters, three review articles, eight NASA Tech Briefs, and 215 research papers including 92 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been awarded seven U.S. Patents.Balakrishnan G. Nair is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.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.Antonio R. de Arellano Lopez is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites IX: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.

• Novel Processing and Microstructure-Property Relationships. Effect of Aluminon Aqueous Solution Chemistry on the Homogeneity of Compacts by Colloidal Filtration of α-Al2 O3 Dispersions (K. Shqau, M.L. Mottern, D. Yu and H. Verweij).HfC Structural Foams Synthesizing from Polymer Precursors (H. Fan, N.K. Ravala, H.C. Wikle III and B.A. Chin).Adhesion-Non Adhesion Behavior of Non-Polar Solvent Based SiC Slurries for Electro-Photographic Solid Freeform Fabrication Applications (N.J. Manjooran, G.R. Pickrell and W.M. Sigmund).Advanced Robot Assisted Process for the Series Production of Optimized Oxide Ceramic Coatings on Texile Surfaces (R. Gadow, K. von Niessen and A. Candel).Electrophoresis.Engineering the Composition Profile in Functionally Graded Materials Processed by Electrophoretic Deposition (G. Anné, J. Vleugels and O. Van der Biest).Fabrication of Colored Glasses by Incorporation of a Secondary Nanosized Phase into a Silica Green Body by Means of Reactive Electrophoretic Deposition (REPD) (J. Zeiner and R. Clasen).Mechanisms and Kinetics of Processes.Microstructural Evolution and Creep Properties of Plasma Sprayed Nanocomposite Zirconia-Alumina Materials (A. Petersson, H. Keshavan and W.R. Cannon).Densification of Single-Grain vs. Multi-Grain Zirconia Powders (C. Auechalitanukul and W.R. Cannon).Measurement of the Internal Pressure in Green Multilayer Ceramic Bodies During Binder Removal (Z.C. Feng, S.W. Ha, S.J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, D.S. Krueger and P.J. Scheuer).Reaction Forming.Infiltration and Reaction-Formation Mechanism and Microstructural Evolution of Biomorphic SiC Fabricated by Si-Melt Infiltration (F.M. Varela-Feria, J. Ramírez-Rico, J. Martínez-Fernández, A.R. de Arellano-López and M. Singh).Chemical Reactivity: In Search of Better Processing of HfB2/SiC UHTC Composites (Y.D. Blum, S. Young and D. Hui).Low Cost Preparation of High Quality Aluminum Nitride Powders and Whiskers (H. Wang and D.O. Northwood).In-Situ and Porous Composites.In-Situ Synthesis and Characterization of SiC-Al2 O3 Composites (L.N. Satapathy, P.D. Ramesh, D. Agrawal and R. Roy).A New Family of Uniformly Porous Composites with 3-D Network Structure (UPC-3D): Progress and Perspective (Y. Suzuki, P.E.D. Morgan and S. Yoshikawa).