Advanced Ceramics

Shadia J. Ikhmayies had received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the physics department in theUniversity of Jordan in 1983 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. in producingCdS/CdTe thin film photovoltaic solar cells from the same department and thesame university in 2002. She worked as a member of the academic staff inseveral universities in Jordan. Her research is focused on producing andcharacterizing semiconductor thin films and thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells.Besides, she works in characterizing different materials by computation. Shepublished 59 research papers in international scientific journals, 86 researchpapers in conference proceedings, and 3 chapters in books. She is the editor inchief/editor of several books, the guest editor, and a member of the editorialboard of several journals including JOM and the Journal of ElectronicMaterials. Shadia is a reviewer in 24 international journals and severalinternational conference proceedings. She got several international awards fromwhich are the TMS Frank Crossley Diversity Award 2018 and World RenewableEnergy Congress 2018 Pioneering Award. Shadia is a member of the minerals, metals, and materials society (TMS) where she was thechair of the characterization committee of TMS 2016, 2017, and the leadingorganizer of three symposiums, Solar Cell Silicon 2017-2020, MechanicalCharacteristics and Application Properties of Metals and Non-metals forTechnology: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Donato Firrao, and Green MaterialsEngineering: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Sergio Monteiro. Shadia is also amember of the World Renewable Energy Network/Congress (WREN/WREC) 2010-present.She is a member of the international organizing committee and the internationalscientific committee in the European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems(ECRES2015-ECRES2023). Besides, Shadia was a plenary, keynote, or invitedspeaker in several international conferences.

• 1. Historical background of ceramics.- 2. Introductory remarks on ceramics.- 3. Classification of ceramics.- 4. Ceramics Processing.- 5. Novel processing ceramic techniques.- 6. Properties of Ceramics.