The Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding has been published by The American Ceramic Society since 1980. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e. , glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. The Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding has been published by The American Ceramic Society since 1980. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e. , glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Preface vii Introduction ix International Standards for Properties and Performance of Advanced Ceramics 1 Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, John Helfinstine, George D. Quinn, and Stephen T. Gonczy Tensile Creep and Rupture Behavior of Different Fiber Content and Type Single Tow SiC/SiC Minicomposites 11 Amjad Almansour, Emmanuel Maillet, and Gregory N. Morscher Optical Deformation Analysis of Alumina Based Wound Highly Porous CMCs 21 S. Hackemann and J. Wischek Electrical Resistance and Acoustic Emission during Fatigue Testing of SiC/SiC Composites 33 Zipeng Han and Gregory N. Morscher Ti-Based Ceramic Composite Processing using Hybrid Centrifugal Thermite Assisted Technique 41 Reza Mahmoodian, M.A. Hassan, and Mohd Hamdi Bin Abd Shukor Ceramic Matrix Composites: Residual Tensile Testing after Intermediate Temperature Oxidation 49 G. Ojard, I. Smyth, U. Santhosh, Y. Gowayed, and D. C. Jarmon Ceramic Matrix Composites: Effect of Defects on Fatigue and Nondestructive Evaluation 59 I. Smyth, G. Ojard, N. Magdefrau, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmad, and Y. Gowayed Effect of Particle Loading on Properties, Damping, and Wear of Al/SiC MMCs 65 S. Salamone, B. Givens, K. Kremer, and M. Aghajanian Novel Application of Fractal Analysis in Refractory Composite Microsturctural Characterization 73 Anja Terzi , Vojislav Miti , Ljubi a Koci , Zagorka Radojevi , and Sne ana Pa ali Hardmetals based on Niobium Carbide (NbC) versus Casted NbC Bearing MMCs 87 Mathias Woydt and Hardy Mohrbacher Weight Loss Mechanism of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98MnO3± during Thermal Cycles 93 Shadi Darvish, Ali Karbasi, Surendra K. Saxena, and Yu Zhong Engineering Application of Menger Sponge 101 R. Kitazawa Author Index 109