.Dr. Antonio Contreras Cuevas received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1994, and the master’s degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science at Universidad Michoacana, México in 1997. In 2002, he obtained his Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), researching metal matrix composites. Since 2003, he has been a pipeline materials researcher for the Mexican Petroleum Institute. He is a member of NACE and the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. His main research areas include stress corrosion cracking (SCC), pipeline integrity, root cause analysis (RCA), materials characterization and synthesis and characterization of composite materials. He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers related to materials characterization by different techniques.Dr. José Egberto Bedolla Becerril obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering (1974)at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Newcastle University, U.K. in 1980. He has published more than 120 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings. His areas of expertise include pyrometallurgical processing and the synthesis and characterization of composites materials. He is a member of the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, México.Dr. Melchor Salazar Martínez obtained his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in metallurgy and materials science at the Metallurgy and Materials Research Institute of Universidad Michoacana, México, in 1997 and 2002 respectively. He carried out postdoctoral work in at the Mexican Petroleum Institute. Since 2003, he has been a researcher at Mexican Petroleum Institute in a number of programs including Pipeline Integrity and the Exploitation of Fields in Deep Waters. His research areas are materials for offshore and deep-water applications, sulphide stress corrosion cracking (SSCC), hydrogen induced cracking (HIC), and prevention and analysis of failure. He is the author of more than 25 scientific papers.Dr. José Lemus-Ruiz obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Physics and Mathematics (1991) and Master degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science (1994), both at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science at McGill University, Canada in 2000. Topics of expertise include: similar and dissimilar joining by liquid and solid diffusion bonding, metal/ceramic interactions, synthesis and characterization of ceramics, and metal matrix composites. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, and currently he is making a visting researcher at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.  He has published more than 70 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings.

• Introduction.- Wettability.- Composites fabrication techniques.- Fabrication and characterization of composites.- Joining of composites.- Corrosion of composites.- Wear of composites.- Author index.- Subject index.

.Dr. Antonio Contreras Cuevas received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1994, and the master’s degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science at Universidad Michoacana, México in 1997. In 2002, he obtained his Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), researching metal matrix composites. Since 2003, he has been a pipeline materials researcher for the Mexican Petroleum Institute. He is a member of NACE and the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. His main research areas include stress corrosion cracking (SCC), pipeline integrity, root cause analysis (RCA), materials characterization and synthesis and characterization of composite materials. He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers related to materials characterization by different techniques.Dr. José Egberto Bedolla Becerril obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering (1974)at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Newcastle University, U.K. in 1980. He has published more than 120 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings. His areas of expertise include pyrometallurgical processing and the synthesis and characterization of composites materials. He is a member of the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, México.Dr. Melchor Salazar Martínez obtained his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in metallurgy and materials science at the Metallurgy and Materials Research Institute of Universidad Michoacana, México, in 1997 and 2002 respectively. He carried out postdoctoral work in at the Mexican Petroleum Institute. Since 2003, he has been a researcher at Mexican Petroleum Institute in a number of programs including Pipeline Integrity and the Exploitation of Fields in Deep Waters. His research areas are materials for offshore and deep-water applications, sulphide stress corrosion cracking (SSCC), hydrogen induced cracking (HIC), and prevention and analysis of failure. He is the author of more than 25 scientific papers.Dr. José Lemus-Ruiz obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Physics and Mathematics (1991) and Master degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science (1994), both at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science at McGill University, Canada in 2000. Topics of expertise include: similar and dissimilar joining by liquid and solid diffusion bonding, metal/ceramic interactions, synthesis and characterization of ceramics, and metal matrix composites. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, and currently he is making a visting researcher at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.  He has published more than 70 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings.

• Introduction.- Wettability.- Composites fabrication techniques.- Fabrication and characterization of composites.- Joining of composites.- Corrosion of composites.- Wear of composites.- Author index.- Subject index.

.Dr. Antonio Contreras Cuevas received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1994, and the master’s degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science at Universidad Michoacana, México in 1997. In 2002, he obtained his Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), researching metal matrix composites. Since 2003, he has been a pipeline materials researcher for the Mexican Petroleum Institute. He is a member of NACE and the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. His main research areas include stress corrosion cracking (SCC), pipeline integrity, root cause analysis (RCA), materials characterization and synthesis and characterization of composite materials. He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers related to materials characterization by different techniques.Dr. José Egberto Bedolla Becerril obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering (1974)at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Newcastle University, U.K. in 1980. He has published more than 120 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings. His areas of expertise include pyrometallurgical processing and the synthesis and characterization of composites materials. He is a member of the Mexican Materials Society, and he belongs to the National Research System Level 2. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, México.Dr. Melchor Salazar Martínez obtained his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in metallurgy and materials science at the Metallurgy and Materials Research Institute of Universidad Michoacana, México, in 1997 and 2002 respectively. He carried out postdoctoral work in at the Mexican Petroleum Institute. Since 2003, he has been a researcher at Mexican Petroleum Institute in a number of programs including Pipeline Integrity and the Exploitation of Fields in Deep Waters. His research areas are materials for offshore and deep-water applications, sulphide stress corrosion cracking (SSCC), hydrogen induced cracking (HIC), and prevention and analysis of failure. He is the author of more than 25 scientific papers.Dr. José Lemus-Ruiz obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Physics and Mathematics (1991) and Master degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science (1994), both at Universidad Michoacana in Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science at McGill University, Canada in 2000. Topics of expertise include: similar and dissimilar joining by liquid and solid diffusion bonding, metal/ceramic interactions, synthesis and characterization of ceramics, and metal matrix composites. He is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Metallurgical and Materials Research at Universidad Michoacana, and currently he is making a visting researcher at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.  He has published more than 70 scientific papers in international journals and symposia proceedings.

• Introduction.- Wettability.- Composites fabrication techniques.- Fabrication and characterization of composites.- Joining of composites.- Corrosion of composites.- Wear of composites.- Author index.- Subject index.