Prof. Yanchun Zhou headed the delegation from IMR (Prof. Jingyang Wang, Mr. Bin Liu, Mr. Jiemin and Ms. Jingjing Li and Ms. Ying Liang) to attend the “34th International Conference And Exposition On Advanced Ceramics And Composites” held in Daytona Beach, FL, USA during Jan. 24-29, 2010. He received the “Global Star Award”, and also served as organizer of the focused session 3: computational design, modeling, simulation and characterization of ceramics. The authors and the titles of presentations are:

　　1. Yanchun Zhou and Lingfeng He “New carbides in Zr-Al(Si)-C and Hf-Al(Si)-C system for ultrahigh temperature applications” (invited)

　　2. Yanchun Zhou and Ziqi Sun “Slip casting and pressureless sintering of Ti3AlC2” (invited)

　　3. Jingyang Wang and Yanchun Zhou “Design new layered ternary carbides by control of bonding heterogeneity” (invited)

　　4. Zhijun Lin, Yanchun Zhou, Lingfeng He, Meishuan Li and Jingyang Wang “Atomic-scale characterization of layered ceramics” (invited)

　　5. Bin Liu, Jingyang Wang and Yanchun Zhou “Theoretical investigation of point defect and oxygen diffusion in yttrium silicates” (oral)

　　6. Jiemin Wang,Jingyang Wang, Yanchun Zhou, Ting Liao “First-principles modeling of defects in MAX phases” (oral)

　　7. Ying Liang, Xiaoxia Liu, Yanchun Zhou “Electrophoretic deposition of Ti3Si(Al)C2 from aqueous suspension” (oral)

　　8. Aijun Li, Yanchun Zhou “Joining Ti-Al-C ceramics and fabricating Ti-Al-C/Al2O3 laminated composites by preferential oxidation at low oxygen partial pressure” (oral)

　　9. Jiemin Wang, Jingyang Wang, Yanchun Zhou, Fangzhi Li “Development of new layered ternary nitrides, Hf3AlN and Zr3AlN, from experimental and theoretical investigations” (oral)

　　10. Bin Liu, Jingyang Wang and Yanchun Zhou “Atomic-scale studies of native point defect and nonstoichiometry in silicon oxynitride” (poster)