Preface; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings; 1. From micro to nanometric grain size CVD diamond; 2. Fabrication of porous glass by hot isostatic pressing; 3. High-temperature oxidation resistant nanocoatings on austenitic stainless steels; 4. Hot deformation behhavior of low carbon advanced high strength steel (AHSS) microalloyed with boron; 5. Synthesis of fullerene by spark plasma sintering and thermomechanical transformation of fullerene into diamond on Fe-C composites; 6. Heat treatment effect on properties of Ni-P-Al2O3 composite coatings; 7. Thermomechanical method for coating AISI 316L stainless steel with Ti; 8. Titanium coatings on AISI 316L stainles steel formed by thermal decomposition of TiH2 in vacuum; 9. Effect of annealing on the magnetic properties of a cold rolled non-oriented electrical steel; 10. Influence of cyclodextrin in the synthesis of magnetite; 11. Synthesis of functional materials by means of nitriding in salts of Al2O3-A1, Al2O3-Ti and Al2O3-Fe cermets; 12. Alumina extraction from Mexican fly ash; 13. Rheological characterization and tape casting of aqueous zircon slips; 14. Thermoelectric power changes of low strength steel induced by hydrogen embrittlement tests; 15. Effect of hot band annealing on microstructure of semi-processed non-oriented low carbon electrical steels; 16. Influence of grain interaction on the mechanical behavior in shape memory material in flexion test; 17. Inter laboratory comparison and analysis on mechanical properties by nanoindentation; 18. Synthesis and characterization of polyurethane scaffolds for biomedical applications; 19. Glass-ceramics of the wollastonite - tricalcium phosphate-silica system; 20. Synthesis and mechanical characterization of aluminium based composites prepared by powder metallurgy; 21. Microstructural characterization of multi-component systems produced by mechanical alloying; 22. On the solidification and feeding of a ductile iron casting; 23. Physical modeling of gas jet-liquid free surface in steelmaking processes; 24. Metallurgical effects of solution heat treatment temperatures of alloy HaynesTM HR-120TM for land-based turbine application; Author index; Subject index.