Preface -- Materials for nuclear energy applications. Westinghouse accident tolerant fuel materials / Investigations of capacitor discharge welding for the attachment of endcaps to molybdenum-based nuclear fuel rod cladding / Evaluation of U₃Si₂ fuel pellets sintered in an argon vs. vacuum environment / Processing and performance of materials using microwaves, electric and magnetic fields, ultra-sound, lasers, and mechanical work: Rustum Roy Symposium. Microwave-augmented crystallization and decrystallization in ceramic processing: a phenomenology-based commentary / Effecs of elastic waves at several frequencies on biofilm formation in circulating types of laboratory biofilm reactors / Resilient graphitic carbons from electro-thermal fluidized bed reactor / Heavy clay body properties for hybrid microwave firing / Effective permittivity and microwave heating characteristics of electric conductor and insulator (dielectrics) mixtures / Porous ceramic/metal composite body for DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) and the microwave heating behavior / Construction and building materials for a better environment. Study on preparation of Portland cement by using coal fly ash / Corrosion behaviour of steel-reinforcement in C₃H--NO₂ S-admixed concrete immersed in saline/marine simulating-environment / C₄H₁₁NO performance on steel-rebar corrosion in industrial/microbial simulating environment / Innovative processing and synthesis of ceramics, glasses and composites. Numerical investigation of heat transfer and reaction kinetics during the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of silicon nitride / Synthesis of carbide ceramics from activated carbon precursors loaded with tungstate, molybdate, and silicate anions / Advances in dielectric materials and electronic devices. Observation of TI-TI bonding in TI/CU/PT-supported rutile TiO₂ (110) surface: AB initio calculations / Effect of processing conditions on electric and dielectric properties of polymer-derived SiC ceramics / The 9th International Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing. Study on energy utilization of high phosphorus oolitic hermatite by different ironmaking technologies / Nanotechnology for energy, environment, electronics, healthcare and industry applications. Nanosensors for detecting pollutants in water / Hybrid organic-inorganic materials for alternative energy. Electrodeposition of hybrid sol-gel glass coatings on 304 stainless steel for corrosion protection / Surface properties of biomaterials. Biofilm formation on titanium alloy surfaces in a laboratory biofilm reactor