Advances in ceramic armor XI : a collection of papers presented at the 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites January 25 30 2015 Daytona Beach Florida : [ICACC : 13th Armor Ceramics Symposium] TNOs Research on Ceramic Based Armor Erik Carton Geert Roebroeks Jaap Weerheijm André Diederen and Manfred Kwint Investigation of the Kinetic Energy Characterization of Advanced Ceramics Tyrone L. Jones Predicting the Light Transmittance of Multilayer Transparent Armor Brandon S. Aldinger Operator Training and Performance Measurement for Nondestructive Testing of Ceramic Armor K. F. Schmidt J. R. Little W. H. Green L. P. Franks and W. A. Ellingson From Micron Sized Particles to Nanoparticles and Nanobelts : Structural Non Uniformity in the Synthesis of Boron Carbide by Carbothermal Reduction Reaction Paniz Foroughi and Zhe Cheng Nanocrystalline Boron Carbide Powder Synthesized Via Carbothermal Reduction Reaction Said M. El Sheikh Yasser M. Z. Ahmed Emad M. M. Ewais Asmaa Abd El Baset Abd Allah and Said Anwar Synthesis and Crystallization Behavior of Amorphous Boron Nitride Metin Örnek Chawon Hwang Vladislav Domnich Steven L. Miller Willam E. Mayo and Richard A. Haber c BN Seeding Effect on the Phase Transition of a BN(OC) Compound Chawon Hwang Metin Örnek Vladislav Domnich William E. Mayo Steve L. Miller and Richard A. Haber Screening of Silicon Precursors for Incorporation into Boron Carbide Anthony Etzold Richard Haber and William Rafaniello Processing of Boron Rich Boron Carbide Tyler Munhollon Rich Haber and William Rafaniello Reaction Bonded SiC Diamond Composites : Properties and Impact Behavior in High Strain Rate Applications S. Salamone M. Aghajanian S.E Horner and J.Q. Zheng Influence of Powder Oxygen Content on Silicon Carbide Microstructure and Properties V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber Preparation Characterization and Development of TiB2 Hard Ceramic Materials Azmi Mert Celik Richard A. Haber Kanak Kuwelkar and William Rafaniello Improving Fracture Toughness of Alumina with Multi Walled Carbon Nanotube and Alumina Fiber Reinforcements J. Lo R. Zhang B. Shalchi Amirkhiz D.Walsh M. Bolduc S. Lin B. Simard K. Bosnick M. OToole A. Merati and M. Bielawski.