Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Auatralia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

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GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS

Properties of Granite Powder Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer 3
Daniel S. Roper, Gregory P. Kutyla, and Waltraud M. Kriven

Ceramic Felt Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 11
Elias C. Koehler and Waltraud M. Kriven

Ammonia-Borane Geopolymer (AB-G) Composite 21
Lars Schomborg, Zeina Assi, J. Christian Buhl, Claus H. Rüscher, and Michael Wark

Monitoring the Structural Evolution during Geopolymer Formation by 27Al NMR 37
Ameni Gharzouni, Emmanuel Joussein, Isabel Sobrados, Jesus Sanz, Samir Baklouti, Basma Samet, and Sylvie Rossignol

Recycled Geopolymer on New Formulations 49
N. Essaidi, L. Vidal, F.Gouny, E. Joussein, and S. Rossignol

Impact of Alkaline Solution and Curing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Activated Blast Furnace Slag 61
Elodie Prudhomme, Jean Ambroise, and Marie Michel

Long-Term Development of Mechanical Strengths of Alkali-Activated Metakaolin, Slag, Fly Ash, and Blends 77
F. Jirasit, C. H. Rüscher, L. Lohaus, and P. Chindaprasirt

Preparation of Geopolymer-Type Mortar and Light-Weight Concrete from Copper Floatation Waste and Coal Combustion By Products 89
J. Temuujin, A. Minjigmaa, B. Davaabal, Ts. Zolzaya and U. Bayarzul, Ts.Jadambaa, and C. H. Rüscher

Portland Cement with Luffa Fibers 103
H. A. Colorado, S. A. Colorado, and R. Buitrago-Sierra

VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME

Two-Phase Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth using Q-State Monte-Carlo 115
J. B. Allen

First Principles Calculations of Dopant Effects in Boron Suboxide 131
J. S. Dunn, A. B. Rahane, and Vijay Kumar

Composition Dependent Hardness of Covalent Solid Solutions and Its Electronic Structure Origin 143
Qing-Miao Hu, Rui Yang, Börje Johansson, and Levente Vitos

Experimental and Numerical Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Freeze Cast MMC with Different Lamellae Orientation 153
Matthias Merzkirch, Yuri Sinchuk, Kay André Weidenmann, and Romana Piat

Doping of CeO2 as a Tunable Buffer Layer for Coated Superconductors: A DFT Study of Mechanical and Electronic Properties 169
Danny E. P. Vanpoucke

Quantitative Analysis of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98MnO3± Electronic Conductivity using CALPHAD Approach 179
Shadi Darvish, Surendra K, Saxena, and Yu Zhong

ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS

The Effects of Ni3Al Binder Content on the Electrochemical Response of TiC-Ni3Al Cermets 193
M. B. Holmes, A. Ibrahim, G. J. Kipouros, Z. N. Farhat, and K. P. Plucknett

A Study of a NiAl Bondcoat Deposited onto CMSX-4 Superalloy for Thermal Barrier Applications 203
A. D. Chandio, X. Zhao, Y. Chen, M. Bai, and P. Xiao

Mechanical Properties of Air Plasma Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coating (EBC) Systems: Preliminary Assessments 219
Bradley T. Richards, Dongming Zhu, Louis J. Ghosn, and Haydn N. G. Wadley

Iron-Copper Nitride Thin Films Fabricated by Sputtering 239
Xingwu Wang, James P. Parry, Hrishikesh Kamat, Ruikun Pan, and Hao Zeng

MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES

Influence of Nitrogen Pressure on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AlN Powders 253
L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M. M. Buko

Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Coatings for Environmental Protection of Cf/SiC Composites 261
Franziska Uhlmann, Christian Wilhelmi, Steffen Beyer, Stephan Schmidt-Wimmer, and Stefan Laure

MATERIALS DIAGNOSTICS AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF CERAMIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS

Nanomonitoring of Ceramic Surface 275
V. A. Lapina, P. P. Pershukevich, T. A. Pavich, S. B. Bushuk, and J. Opitz

Semi-Automated Inspection Unit for Ceramics 283
Christian Wolf, Andreas Lehmann, and Gregor Unglaube

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE PROCESSING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ROOT TECHNOLOGY

Modelling of Fluid Flow in Tape Casting of Thin Ceramics: Analytical Approaches and Numerical Investigations 291
Masoud Jabbari and Jesper Hattel

2ND EUROPEAN-USA ENGINEERING CERAMICS SUMMIT AND 4TH GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FORUM

Wettability and Reactivity of Y2O3 with Liquid Nickel and Its Alloys 309
N. Sobczak, R.M. Purgert, R. Asthana, J.J. Sobczak, M. Homa, R. Nowak, G. Bruzda, A. Siewiorek, and Z. Pirowski

Computational Materials Science: Where Theory Meets Experiments 323
Danny E. P. Vanpoucke

Author Index 335