This collection of papers describes the various innovative techniques and approaches for synthesis and processing of novel ceramics, glass, and composite materials and their fabrication in various forms, shapes, and complex structures. Special emphasis is given to state-of-the-art methods such as reaction bonding, microwave, CVD, CVI, electrophoresis, sol-gel, plasma, combustion, and more.

Proceedings of the symposium held at the 104th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 28-May1, 2002 in Missouri; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 135.

Narottam P. Bansal, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.

J. P. Singh is the editor of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites VI, published by Wiley.