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<p><b>Proceeding of the 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 39, Issue 3, 2018</b></p> <p>Jingyang Wang, Waltraud Kriven, Tobias Fey, Paolo Colombo, William J. Weber, Jake Amoroso, William G. Fahrenholtz, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Michael Halbig, Soshu Kirihara, Yiquan Wu, and Kathleen Shurgart, Editors</p> <p>Valerie Wiesner and Manabu Fukushima, Volume Editors</p> <p>This proceedings contains a collection of 22 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2018. This issue includes papers presented in the following symposia:</p> <ul> <li>Advancing Frontiers of Ceramics for Sustainable Societal Development – International Symposium in Honor of Dr. Mrityunjay Singh</li> <li>Symposium 9: Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications</li> <li>Symposium 10: Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome</li> <li>Symposium 12 Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) and Nano-laminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases)</li> <li>Symposium 13 Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear Fission and Fusion Energy</li> <li>Symposium 14 Crystalline Materials for Electrical, Optical and Medical Applications</li> <li>Symposium 15 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies</li> <li>Symposium 16: Geopolymers, Inorganic Polymers and Sustainable Materials</li> <li>Focused Session 1: Bio-inspired Processing of Advanced Materials</li> <li>7th Global Young Investigator Forum</li> </ul>