The 6th International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems was held in January 2012 during the 36th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites.

Preface vii Introduction ix Contribution to the Understanding of the Microstructure of First Generation Si-C-O Fibers 1Francis Teyssandier, Geraldine Puyoo, Stephane Mazerat, Georges Chollon, Rene Pailler, and Florence Babonneau The Control of Interphases in Carbon and Ceramic Matrix Composites 11Gerard Vignoles, Rene Pailler, and Francis Teyssandier High Volume Production for High Performance Ceramics 25William J. Walker, Jr. Low Pressure Injection Molding of Advanced Ceramic Components with Complex Shapes for Mass Production 35Eugene Medvedovski and Michael Peltsman Ceramic Injection Molding Using a Partially Water-Soluble Binder System: Effect of Back-Bone Polymers on the Process 53Oxana Weber and Thomas Hanemann Green-Conscious Ceramic Injection Molding 63Oxana Weber and Thomas Hanemann Shaping of Large-Sized Sputtering Targets 73Alfred Kaiser TEM Observation of the Ti Interlayer between SiC Substrates during Diffusion Bonding 81H. Tsuda, S. Mori, M. C. Halbig, and M. Singh Joining of Alumina by Using of Polymer Blend and Aluminum 91Ken'ichiro Kita, Naoki Kondo, Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa Izutsu Diffusion Bonding of Rigid Alumina Pieces using Porous Alumina Interlayers 99Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Mikinori Hotta and Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa Izutsu Influence of Joining Pressure and Surface Roughness on Flexural Strength of Joined Boron Carbide Ceramics 105Kiyoto Sekine, Takeshi Kumazawa, Wu-Bian Tian, Hideki Hyuga, and Hideki Kita Laser Machining of Melt Infiltrated Ceramic Matrix Composite 113D. C. Jarmon, G. Ojard, and D. Brewer Fabrication of Dendritic Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by using Micro Stereolithography 123Naoki Komori, Satoko Tasaki, and Soshu Kirihara Ion-Exchange Properties of Nano Zeolite a Prepared by Bead Milling and Post-Milling Recrystallization Method 129Toru Wakihara, Ryuma Ichikawa.Junichi Tatami, Katsutoshi Komeya, Takeshi Meguro The Role of Milling Liquids in Processing of Metal-Ceramic-Precursor Powders 135Nadja Holstein, Katharina Wiegandt, Florian Holleyn, Jochen Kriegesmann, Michael R. Kunze, Joachim Scholz, and Rolf Janssen Quantitative Validation of a Multi-Scale Model of Pyrocarbon Chemical Vapor Infiltration from Propane 147G. L. Vignoles, W. Ros, G. Chollon, F. Langlais, and C. Germain Numerical Analysis of Fracture Behavior in Anisotropic Microstructures 159Hisashi Serizawa, Seigo Tomiyama, Tsuyoshi Hajima, and Hidekazu Murakawa Author Index 169

Sets forth new processing and manufacturing technologies for the next generation of ceramics The 6th International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems was held in January 2012 during the 36th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites in Daytona Beach, Florida. This symposium examined progress resulting from the research and development of advanced processing and manufacturing technologies for a wide variety of non-oxide and oxide-based structural ceramics, particulate and fiber-reinforced composites, and multifunctional materials. Sixty-eight papers, including invited talks, oral presentations, and posters, were presented by researchers from around the world. This issue features seventeen of those papers, representing some of the most important developments in processing and manufacturing technologies, including: Green manufacturingSmart processingAdvanced composite manufacturingRapid processingJoining, machining, and net shape-forming technologies Readers will gain a solid foundation to support further development of processing and manufacturing technologies for the next generation of ceramic materials and systems. This issue represents one of nine CESP issues published from the 36th ICACC meeting. ICACC is the world's most prominent international meeting dedicated to advanced structural, functional, and nanoscopic ceramics, composites, and other emerging ceramic materials and technologies. ICACC has been organized each year by The American Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division since 1977.