This issue contains 31 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014. This issue includes papers presented in the following Symposia and Focused Sessions: Symposium 2 – Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications;  Symposium 10 – Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome; Symposium 11 – Advanced Materials and Innovative Processing Ideas for the Industrial Root Technology; Symposium 12 – Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides; Focused Session 1 - Geopolymers and Chemically Bonded Ceramics; Focused Session 2 – Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy; Focused Session 3 – Rare Earth Oxides for Energy, Optical and Biomedical Applications, Focused Session 4 – Ion-Transport Membranes; 3rd Global Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit; and the 3rd Annual Global Young Investigator Forum

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Introduction xi GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS NaBH4 Geopolymer Composites 3 Lars Schomborg, Claus H. Rüscher, J. Christian Buhl, and Florian Kiesel In Situ Carbothermal Reduction/Nitridation Carbon-Nano Powder Added Geopolymer Composites 15 Cengiz Bagci, Greg Kutyla, and Waltraud M. Kriven Effect of Si/K Ratio Alkaline Solutions on Mechanical Properties of Geomaterial Compounds 29 A. Autef, E. Joussein, G. Gasgnier, and S. Rossignol Sodium Geopolymer Reinforced with Jute Weave 39 Kaushik Sankar and Waltraud M. Kriven Potassium Geopolymer Reinforced with Alkali-Treated Fique 61 Kaushik Sankar and Waltraud M. Kriven Design of Wool-Geopolymer Pots 79 A. Natali Murri, E. Papa, V. Medri, and E. Landi Rice Husk Ash as a Silica Source in a Geopolymer Formulation 87 Un Haeng Heo, Kaushik Sankar, Waltraud M. Kriven, and Sean S. Musil Alumina-Based Phosphate Cement 103 Henry A. Colorado and Jenn-Ming Yang Investigation of Ettringite Binder Hydration at Early Age for Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Application 111 Elodie Prud’homme, Ngoc Lam Nguyen, Marie Michel, Jean-François Georgin, and Jean Ambroise ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS Air Plasma Sprayed Catalytic Coatings for DeNOX Applications 127 A. Moscatelli, F. Cernuschi, M. Notaro, and S. Capelli Solid Particle Erosion of TBCs: Jet Tester Modeling and Erosion Forecasts 139 F. Cernuschi and L. Augello La2Zr2O7 (LZ) Coatings by Liquid Feedstock Plasma Spraying: The Role of Precursors 151 William Duarte, Sylvie Rossignol, and Michel Vardelle High Velocity Suspension Flame Spraying of Nano-Structured Materials and Related Industrial Applications 161 A. Killinger, A. Rempp, P. Müller, P. Krieg, and R. Gadow Microstructure and High-Strength Glass-Ceramic Coatings 169 Marcin Gajek, Janusz Partyka, and Jerzy Lis Investigation of Surface Geometry Thermal Barrier Coatings using Computed X-Ray Tomography 175 Navid Asadizanjani, Sina Shahbazmohamadi, and Eric H. Jordan Fabrication of Nanostructure Ba(1-x)Co(x)TiO3 Thin Films Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method for Patch Antenna Application 189 Huda Abdullah, Noor Atikah Abdullah, Mohd Syafiq Zulfakar, and Wan Nasarudin Wan Jalal ADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE PROCESSING FOR INDUSTRIAL ROOT TECHNOLOGY Fast Infiltration Process for In-Line Continuous Siliconization 203 M. Chiodi and M. Valle Preparation of CrN-Ni Composites by Hot Press Sintering 211 T. Fukushima, H. Asami, T. Suzuki, T. Nakayama, H. Suematsu, and K. Niihara Fabrication and Electrical Properties of Cup-Stacked Carbon Nanotubes/Polymer Nanocomposite Films as an Electrode Sensor for Brain-Wave Detection 219 Minh Triet Tan Huynh, Hong-Baek Cho, Tadachika Nakayama, Son Thanh Nguyen, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Weihua Jiang, and Koichi Niihara Peen Forming of Ceramics – A New Chipless Shaping Technique 229 Wulf Pfeiffer and Heiko Höpfel Differences in Pyrocarbon Matrices Made by FB-CVI with Organic Precursors 237 Inacio Regiani, Renan Lima Novais, and João Jorge Sousa dos Santos Optimization of the Industrial Synthesis of Silicon Carbide-Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride (SiC-RBSN) 245 Massimo Rosa, Francesco Casaril, Massimiliano Valle, and Stefano Poli MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES Comparison of the Oxidation Protection of HfB2 based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics by the Addition of SiC or MoSi2 261 C.M. Carney and T.S. Key Densification and Mechanical Properties of ZrB2-TiB2 Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composites 275 N. S. Karthiselva, B. S. Murty and Srinivasa Rao Bakshi VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth Subject to Thermal Gradients using Q-State Monte Carlo 289 J. B. Allen ADVANCED CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGY Highly Photosensitive Fiber Fabricated from Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass 305 Khawlah Al Yahyaei, Peter Hofmann, Clémence Jollivet, Amy Van Newkirk, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Daniel Ott, Marc SeGall, Ivan Divliansky, Larissa Glebova, Leonid Glebov, Alan Kost, and Axel Schülzgen RARE EARTH OXIDES Investigation of the Influence of CuO and SnO Doping on the Luminescence of Dy3+ Ions in Phosphate Glass 315 José A. Jiménez and Logan Haney ION-TRANSPORT MEMBRANES Manufacturing and Performance of Supported BSCF-Membranes for Oxygen Separation 325 Patrick Niehoff, Falk Schulze-Küppers, Stefan Baumann, Robert Vaßen, Hans-Peter Buchkremer, and Wilhelm A. Meulenberg 2nd PACIFIC RIM ENGINEERING CERAMICS SUMMIT Energy Efficiency Challenges Addressed Through the Use of Advanced Refractory Ceramic Materials 339 James G. Hemrick Challenges in Model Development for Estimating Internal Stress of Ceramic Laminates During Sintering 349 Kouichi Yasuda 3rd GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FORUM Mechanical Reinforcement of Copper Films with Ceramic Nanoparticles 361 Annika Leifert, Nasser Mohamed-Noriega, Andreas Meier, Giovanni Mondin, Susanne Dörfler, Julia Grothe, Stefan Kaskel, Benjamin Schumm, Christian Nowka, Silke Hampel, and E. López Cuéllar Author Index 367