this book provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers presented at the 6th pacific rim conference on ceramic and glass technology in september 2005. topics include combustion synthesis, reaction forming, polymer processing, solid freeform fabrication, chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical and solution depositions, plasma synthesis and floc-casting for fabrication of nanopowders, nanorods, electronic ceramics, composites, thin films, and coatings.