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                SEMINAR OF THE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS GROUP
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
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            The Microwave Processing of Advanced Ceramics

                         W. Murray Black

              Electrical and Computer Engineering and
         Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
                    George Mason University

        Ceramic joining has become an area of widespread and increasing 
engineering importance as the aerospace, automotive,chemicals, metals 
and utilities seek improved performance at higher temperature and in 
more corrosive service environments. The brittle nature of ceramics, the 
difficulty of fabricating near net-shape components, the expense of 
ceramic machining (requiring diamond-tipped cutting tools), and the lack 
of reliable in-process nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods have
driven the development of a variety of joining techniques.  This talk 
will present recent advances in ceramic joining using microwave energy
as a fast, efficient means to obtain joints indistinguishable from 
as-received material.

                      Monday , February 6, 1995
                                5:30 pm
                      Room 206, Science & Tech. I
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