This issue contains 31 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014. This issue includes papers presented in the following Symposia and Focused Sessions: Symposium 2 — Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications, Symposium 10 — Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome, Symposium 11 — Advanced Materials and Innovative Processing Ideas for the Industrial Root Technology, Symposium 12 — Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides, Focused Session 1 - Geopolymers and Chemically Bonded Ceramics, Focused Session 2 — Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy, Focused Session 3 — Rare Earth Oxides for Energy, Optical and Biomedical Applications, Focused Session 4 — Ion-Transport Membranes, 3rd Global Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit, and the 3rd Annual Global Young Investigator Forum
