Proceeding of the 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 39, Issue 3, 2018

Jingyang Wang, Waltraud Kriven, Tobias Fey, Paolo Colombo, William J. Weber, Jake Amoroso, William G. Fahrenholtz, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Michael Halbig, Soshu Kirihara, Yiquan Wu, and Kathleen Shurgart, Editors

Valerie Wiesner and Manabu Fukushima, Volume Editors

This proceedings contains a collection of 22 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2018. This issue includes papers presented in the following symposia:

* Advancing Frontiers of Ceramics for Sustainable Societal Development - International Symposium in Honor of Dr. Mrityunjay Singh

* Symposium 9: Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications

* Symposium 10: Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome

* Symposium 12 Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) and Nano-laminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases)

* Symposium 13 Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear Fission and Fusion Energy

* Symposium 14 Crystalline Materials for Electrical, Optical and Medical Applications

* Symposium 15 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

* Symposium 16: Geopolymers, Inorganic Polymers and Sustainable Materials

* Focused Session 1: Bio-inspired Processing of Advanced Materials

* 7th Global Young Investigator Forum