Contains contributed 38 papers from the following seven symposia held during the 2012 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'12) meeting: * Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites * Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites * Solution Based Processing for Ceramic Materials * Novel Sintering Processes and News in the Conventional Sintering and Grain Growth * Nanotechnology for Energy, Healthcare and Industry * Dielectric Ceramic Materials and Electronic Devices * Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structure and Functional Nanomaterialsweiterlesen