This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the 5th International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems on topics such as Design-Oriented Manufacturing and Novel Forming and Sintering. Papers from a special session held in honor of Katsutoshi Komeya of Yokohama National University, Japan are also included.

Preface ix

Introduction xi

Seeds Innovation and Bearing Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics 1
Katsutoshi Komeya

Comparison of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria Doped Zirconia Ceramics and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Nanocomposites 17
Mark R. Towler, Stuart Hampshire, Colin J. Reidy, Declan J. Curran, and Thomas J. Fleming

Recent Developments in High Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nitride Ceramics 27
You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Hideki Hyuga, and Dai Kusano

Microstructure Maps for Unidirectional Freezing of Particle Suspensions 35
Rainer Oberacker, Thomas Waschkies, and Michael J. Hoffmann

Interactions of Si3N4-Based Ceramics in Water Environment Under Sub-Critical Conditions 45
Pavol Sajgalik, Dagmar Galuskovä, Miroslav Hnatko, and Dusan Galusek

Smart Recycling of Composite Materials 59
Makio Naito, Hiroya Abe and Akira Kondo, Masashi Miura and Norifumi Isu, and Takahiro Ohmura

High Thermal Conductivity and High Strength Sintered Reaction - Bonded Silicon Nitride Ceramics Fabricated by Using Low Grade Si Powder 67
Dai Kusano, Shigeru Adachi, Gen Tanabe, Hideki Hyuga, You Zhou, and Kiyoshi Hirao

Electrical Conductive CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics with Double Percolation Structure 77
Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Tomohiro Yamakawa, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro

Fabrication of CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics by Mechanical Dry Mixing Technique 83
Atsushi Hashimoto, Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro

Joining of Silicon Nitride Long Pipe by Local Heating 89
Mikinori Hotta, Naoki Kondo, and Hideki Kita

Joining of Silicon Nitride with Pyrex Glass by Microwave Local Heating 93
Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga, Mikinori Hotta, Hideki Kita, and Kiyoshi Hirao

Mechanical Properties of Chemical Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Fly Ash as Filler 97
H. A. Colorado, C. Daniel, C. Hiel, H. T. Hahn, and J. M. Yang

Ceramics Micro Processing of Photonic Crystals: Geometrical Patterning of Tiania Dispersed Polymer for Terahertz Wave Control 109
Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, Toshiki Niki, and Noritoshi Ohta

Intergranular Properties and Structural Fractal Analysis of BaTiO3-Ceramics Doped by Rare Earth Additives 121
V. V. Mitic, V. Pavlovic, V. Paunovic, J. Purenovic, Lj. Kocic, S. Jankovic, I. Antolovic, and D. Rancic

Development of Numerical Method for Evaluating Microstructural Fracture in Smart Materials 133
Hisashi Serizawa, Tsuyoshi Hajima, Seigo Tomiyama, and Hidekazu Murakawa

Fabrication of Ceramic Dental Crowns by Using Stereolithography and Powder Sintering Process 141
Satoko Tasaki, Soshu Kirihara, and Taiji Soumura

Large-Sized Structural Ceramic Manufacturing by the Shaping of Thixotropic Slurries 147
Eugene Medvedovski

Oriented Alumina Ceramics Prepared from Colloidal Processing in Magnetic Field 159
Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Makiya, and Keizo Uematsu

Densification Mechanisms of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Based Amorphous Powders by Electric Current Assisted Sintering Process 165
Tatsuo Kumagai and Kazuhiro Hongo

Microstructure Control of Si3N4 Ceramics Using Nanocomposite Particles Prepared by Dry Mechanical Treatment 177
Junichi Tatami, Makoto Noguchi, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro

Author Index 183

Tatsuki Ohji, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nagoya, Japan.

Mrityunjay Singh, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, USA.