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 Content: Preface ix  Introduction xi   GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS   Importance of Metakaolin Impurities for Geopolymer Based Synthesis 3  A. Autef, E. Joussein, G. Gasgnier, and S. Rossignol   Mechanical Strength Development of Geopolymer Binder and the Effect of Quartz Content 13  C. H. Riischer, A. Schulz, M. H. Gougazeh, and A. Ritzmann   The Role of Si02 and Al203 on the Properties of Geopolymers with and without Calcium 25  P. De Silva, S. Hanjitsuwan, and P. Chindaprasirt   Synthesis of Thermostable Geopolymer-Type Material from Waste Glass 37  Qin Li, Zengqing Sun, Dejing Tao, Hao Cui, and Jianping Zhai   The Effect of Curing Conditions on Compression Strength and Porosity of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymers 49  Bing Cai, Torbjorn Mellgren, Susanne Bredenberg, and Hakan Engqvist   Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Subject to Temperatures Up to 1000degree C 57  H. A. Colorado, C. Hiel, and J. M. Yang   Mechanical Properties of Geopolymer Composite Reinforced by Organic or Inorganic Additives 67  E. Prud'homme, P. Michaud, S. Rossignol, and E. Joussein   Evaluation of Geopolymer Concretes at Elevated Temperature 79  Kunal Kupwade-Patil, Md. Sufian Badar, Milap Dhakal, and Erez N. Allouche   Basic Research on Geopolymer Gels for Production of Green Binders and Hydrogen Storage 97  C. H. Ruscher, L. Schomborg, A. Schulz, and J. C. Buhl   Mechanical Characteristics of Cotton Fibre Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 115  T. Alomayri and I.M. Low   Green Composite: Sodium-Based Geopolymer Reinforced with Chemically Extracted Com Husk Fibers 123  Sean S. Musil, P. F. Keane, and W. M. Kriven   Optimization and Characterization of Geopolymer Mortars using Response Surface Methodology 135  Milap Dhakal, Kunal Kupwade-Patil, Erez N. Allouche, Charles Conner, la Baume Johnson, and Kyungmin Ham   Evaluation of Graphitic Foam in Thermal Energy Storage Applications 151  Peter G. Stansberry and Edwin Pancost    THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES   Q-State Monte Carlo Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth in Single Phase Materials 159  J. B. Allen, C. F. Comwell, B. D. Devine, and C. R. Welch    VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME   Numerical Calculations of Dynamic Behavior of a Rotating Ceramic Composite with a Self-Healing Fluid 173  Louiza Benazzouk, Eric Arquis, Nathalie Bertrand, Cedric Descamps, and Marc Valat   Explicit Modeling of Crack Initiation and Propagation in the Microstructure of a Ceramic Material Generated with Voronoi Tessellation 185  S. Falco, N. A. Yahya, R. I. Todd, and N. Petrinic   Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Cation Diffusion in Low-K Ceramics 197  Brian Good   Effective Thermoelastic Properties of C/C Composites Calculated using 3D Unit Cell Presentation of the Microstructure 213  Galyna Stasiuk, Romana Piat, Vinit V. Deshpande, and Puneet Mahajan   Inelastic Design of MMCS with Lamellar Microstructure 221  Yuriy Sinchuk and Romana Piat   Multi-Scale Modeling of Textile Reinforced Ceramic Composites 233  J. Vorel, S. Urbanova, E. Grippon, I. Jandejsek, M. Marsalkova, M. Sejnoha   Numerical Estimation of the Infiltrability of Woven CMC Preforms 247  G. L. Vignoles, W. Ros, and C. Germain   Multiscale Extraction of Morphological Features in Woven CMCs 253  C. Chapoullie, C. Germain, J-P. Da Costa, G. L. Vignoles, and M. Cataldi    MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES   Influence of Precursors Stoichiometry on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AIC Powders 265  L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M.M. Bucko   XRD and TG-DSC Analysis of the Silicon Carbide-Palladium Reaction 273  M. Gentile, P.Xiao, and T. Abram   Modelling Damage and Failure in Structural Ceramics at Ultra-High Temperatures 283  M. Pettina, F. Biglari, D. D. Jayaseelan, L. J. Vandeperre, P. Brown, A. Heaton, and K. Nikbin   Influence of Precursor Zirconium Carbide Powders on the Properties of the Spark Plasma Sintered Ceramic Composite Materials 297  Nikolai Voltsihhin, Irina Hussainova, Simo-Pekka Hannula, and Mart Viljus    SECOND ANNUAL GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATOR FORUM   Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Sr and La CO-Doped PZT Ceramics 311  Volkan Kalem and Muharrem Timucin   Author Index 321