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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.

Preface vii

Introduction ix

Contribution to the Understanding of the Microstructure of First Generation Si-C-O Fibers 1
Francis Teyssandier, Geraldine Puyoo, Stephane Mazerat, Georges Chollon, Rene Pailler, and Florence Babonneau

The Control of Interphases in Carbon and Ceramic Matrix Composites 11
Gerard Vignoles, Rene Pailler, and Francis Teyssandier

High Volume Production for High Performance Ceramics 25
William J. Walker, Jr.

Low Pressure Injection Molding of Advanced Ceramic Components with Complex Shapes for Mass Production 35
Eugene Medvedovski and Michael Peltsman

Ceramic Injection Molding Using a Partially Water-Soluble Binder System: Effect of Back-Bone Polymers on the Process 53
Oxana Weber and Thomas Hanemann

Green-Conscious Ceramic Injection Molding 63
Oxana Weber and Thomas Hanemann

Shaping of Large-Sized Sputtering Targets 73
Alfred Kaiser

TEM Observation of the Ti Interlayer between SiC Substrates during Diffusion Bonding 81
H. Tsuda, S. Mori, M. C. Halbig, and M. Singh

Joining of Alumina by Using of Polymer Blend and Aluminum 91
Ken'ichiro Kita, Naoki Kondo, Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa Izutsu

Diffusion Bonding of Rigid Alumina Pieces using Porous Alumina Interlayers 99
Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Mikinori Hotta and Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa Izutsu

Influence of Joining Pressure and Surface Roughness on Flexural Strength of Joined Boron Carbide Ceramics 105
Kiyoto Sekine, Takeshi Kumazawa, Wu-Bian Tian, Hideki Hyuga, and Hideki Kita

Laser Machining of Melt Infiltrated Ceramic Matrix Composite 113
D. C. Jarmon, G. Ojard, and D. Brewer

Fabrication of Dendritic Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by using Micro Stereolithography 123
Naoki Komori, Satoko Tasaki, and Soshu Kirihara

Ion-Exchange Properties of Nano Zeolite a Prepared by Bead Milling and Post-Milling Recrystallization Method 129
Toru Wakihara, Ryuma Ichikawa.Junichi Tatami, Katsutoshi Komeya, Takeshi Meguro

The Role of Milling Liquids in Processing of Metal-Ceramic-Precursor Powders 135
Nadja 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 147
G. L. Vignoles, W. Ros, G. Chollon, F. Langlais, and C. Germain

Numerical Analysis of Fracture Behavior in Anisotropic Microstructures 159
Hisashi Serizawa, Seigo Tomiyama, Tsuyoshi Hajima, and Hidekazu Murakawa

Author Index 169