Tatsuki Ohji & Dileep Singh 
Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials III, Volume 30, Issue 8 [PDF ebook] 

Preface.
Introduction.
Solid-State Reactive Sintering of Polycrystalline Nd:YAG Ceramic
Laser Host Materials Using an 83GHz Millimeter Wave System.
Microwave Assisted Large Scale Sintering of Multi-Layer
Electroceramic Devices.
Influence of the Secondary Phase Composition on the Microwave
Sintering Process.
Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Rapid Debinding of CIM Parts
in Multi-Mode Applicators.
Characterization of a Potential Superplastic Zirconia Spinel
Nanocomposite processed by Spark Plasma Sintering.
Densification Enhancement of Alumina by Sandwich Process
Design.
Processing Factors Involved in Sintering B-SI3-N4 Based Ceramics
in an Air Atmosphere Furnace.
Pressureless Sintering of Boron Carbide in an Ar Atmosphere
Containing Gaseous Metal Species.
Strategy for Producing Ultra-Highly Porous Cordierite.
Issues in the Synthesis and Fabrication of Refractory Carbides,
Borides, Silicides and their Mixtures.
Shrinkage Reduction of Clay Through Addition of Alumina.
ITO Thin Film Coatings Obtained from Developed Ceramic Rotary
Sputtering Targets.
Ultrasonic Non Destructive Testing of Ceramic Sputtering
Targets.
Morphology Control of Metal Oxides for Environmental
Sensors.
Basic Study of Joint Interface Formation in Magnetic Pressure
Seam Welding.
Joining of Silicon Nitride by Slurry or Paste.
Segregation Mechanism in (M=Al, Ga) Zn 1-x Mx O Ceramics and Its
Influence on the Thermoelectric Properties.
Production of Novel Architectures Through Controlled Degradation
of Electrospun Precursors.
Millimeter Wave Properties of Titania Photonic Crystals with
Diamond Structures Fabricated by Using Micro-stereolithography.
Sintering Kinetic Study of 2Y-TZP/Al2O3 Composite during Initial
Stage of Sintering.
Investigations of Phenolic Resins as Carbon Precursors for
C-Fiber Reinforced Composites.
Aluminum Nitride Multi-Walled Nanotube (MWNTs) Nanocomposite by
Direct In-situ Growth of CNTs on Aluminum Nitride Particles.
Microstructural Characterization of C/C-Si C Composites after
Oxidation with Oxyacetylene Gas in Open Atmosphere.
The Effect of Interparticles Interactions on the Rheological
Properties of Paraffin-Wax Suspensions.
Preparation of Highly Concentrated Nanosized Alumina Suspensions
of Spray-Drying.
Author Index.

Tatsuki Ohji is a Prime Senior Research Scientist of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and a Designated Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, Japan. He has authored or coauthored more than 330 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters, edited 30 book volumes, chaired or co-chaired more than 30 international conferences and symposia, and hold more than 40 patents. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Ceramic Society and ASM International, and Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, he has received numerous awards including ECD Bridge Building Award of the American Ceramic Society, Academic Achievement Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan, IIM Lectureship Award of ASM International, Lee Hsun Lecture Award of IMR Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy.