This proceedings contains a collection of 23 papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 41st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 22-27, 2017. This issue includes papers presented in the following symposia:

• Symposium 1 Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics and Composites

• Symposium 2 Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications

• Symposium 4 Armor Ceramics: Challenges and New Developments

• Symposium 5 Next Generation Bioceramics and Biocomposites

• 6th Global Young Investigators Forum