Professor C. Suryanarayana received his B.Sc. degrees in Science from Andhra University, Waltair, the B.E. degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Metallurgy from the Banaras Hindu University in Varansai, India. He was a faculty member at the Banaras Hindu University for 23 years and was a Senior Scientist/Visiting Professor at Oxford University (UK), Atomic Energy Establishment, Mol (Belgium), Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, Washington State University in Pullman, WA, and Chungnam National University in Taejon (Korea). Before joining his present position at the Colorado School of Mines, he was a Professor of Metallurgy and Associate Director of the Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Professor Suryanarayana has published more than 250 technical papers in the areas of rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, innovative synthesis/processing techniques, metallic glasses, quaiscrystals, and nanostructures and has authored/edited 10 technical books. The most recent one was an undergraduate textbook on "X-Ray Diffraction: A Practical Approach" being published by Plenum Publishing Corporation. The major emphasis of his research investigations has been on synthesis-structure-property relationships. He extensively makes use of transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction techniques for materials characterization. Professor Suryanarayana received numerous awards including the National Metallurgist's Day award of the Government of India, the Pandya Silver Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals, and the Young Scientist's Medal of the Indian National Science Academy. He is a Fellow of the ASM International, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, London (UK), a member of TMS, a Life Member of the Materials Research Society of India, a Life Member of the Electron Microscope Society of India, and

• Preface. Introduction (R.W. Cahn). Thermodynamics and kinetics of metastable phase formation (Keiichi N. Ishihara). Rapid solidification (H. Jones). Mechanical alloying (C. Suryanarayana). Laser processing (Kojiro F. Kobayashi). Thermal plasma processing (P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan, N. Venkatramani). Spray forming (Bing Li, E.J. Lavernia). Ion mixing (B.X. Liu). Physical vapor deposition (J.S. Colligen). Chemical vapour deposition (F. Teyssandier, A. Dollet). Combustion synthesis (S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri). Nanostructured materials (C. Suryanarayana, C.C. Koch). Powder consolidation (J.R. Groza). Bulk amorphous alloys (A. Inoue).

Professor C. Suryanarayana received his B.Sc. degrees in Science from Andhra University, Waltair, the B.E. degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Metallurgy from the Banaras Hindu University in Varansai, India. He was a faculty member at the Banaras Hindu University for 23 years and was a Senior Scientist/Visiting Professor at Oxford University (UK), Atomic Energy Establishment, Mol (Belgium), Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, Washington State University in Pullman, WA, and Chungnam National University in Taejon (Korea). Before joining his present position at the Colorado School of Mines, he was a Professor of Metallurgy and Associate Director of the Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Professor Suryanarayana has published more than 250 technical papers in the areas of rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, innovative synthesis/processing techniques, metallic glasses, quaiscrystals, and nanostructures and has authored/edited 10 technical books. The most recent one was an undergraduate textbook on "X-Ray Diffraction: A Practical Approach" being published by Plenum Publishing Corporation. The major emphasis of his research investigations has been on synthesis-structure-property relationships. He extensively makes use of transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction techniques for materials characterization. Professor Suryanarayana received numerous awards including the National Metallurgist's Day award of the Government of India, the Pandya Silver Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals, and the Young Scientist's Medal of the Indian National Science Academy. He is a Fellow of the ASM International, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, London (UK), a member of TMS, a Life Member of the Materials Research Society of India, a Life Member of the Electron Microscope Society of India, and

• Preface. Introduction (R.W. Cahn). Thermodynamics and kinetics of metastable phase formation (Keiichi N. Ishihara). Rapid solidification (H. Jones). Mechanical alloying (C. Suryanarayana). Laser processing (Kojiro F. Kobayashi). Thermal plasma processing (P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan, N. Venkatramani). Spray forming (Bing Li, E.J. Lavernia). Ion mixing (B.X. Liu). Physical vapor deposition (J.S. Colligen). Chemical vapour deposition (F. Teyssandier, A. Dollet). Combustion synthesis (S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri). Nanostructured materials (C. Suryanarayana, C.C. Koch). Powder consolidation (J.R. Groza). Bulk amorphous alloys (A. Inoue).

Professor C. Suryanarayana received his B.Sc. degrees in Science from Andhra University, Waltair, the B.E. degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Metallurgy from the Banaras Hindu University in Varansai, India. He was a faculty member at the Banaras Hindu University for 23 years and was a Senior Scientist/Visiting Professor at Oxford University (UK), Atomic Energy Establishment, Mol (Belgium), Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, Washington State University in Pullman, WA, and Chungnam National University in Taejon (Korea). Before joining his present position at the Colorado School of Mines, he was a Professor of Metallurgy and Associate Director of the Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Professor Suryanarayana has published more than 250 technical papers in the areas of rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, innovative synthesis/processing techniques, metallic glasses, quaiscrystals, and nanostructures and has authored/edited 10 technical books. The most recent one was an undergraduate textbook on "X-Ray Diffraction: A Practical Approach" being published by Plenum Publishing Corporation. The major emphasis of his research investigations has been on synthesis-structure-property relationships. He extensively makes use of transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction techniques for materials characterization. Professor Suryanarayana received numerous awards including the National Metallurgist's Day award of the Government of India, the Pandya Silver Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals, and the Young Scientist's Medal of the Indian National Science Academy. He is a Fellow of the ASM International, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, London (UK), a member of TMS, a Life Member of the Materials Research Society of India, a Life Member of the Electron Microscope Society of India, and

• Preface. Introduction (R.W. Cahn). Thermodynamics and kinetics of metastable phase formation (Keiichi N. Ishihara). Rapid solidification (H. Jones). Mechanical alloying (C. Suryanarayana). Laser processing (Kojiro F. Kobayashi). Thermal plasma processing (P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan, N. Venkatramani). Spray forming (Bing Li, E.J. Lavernia). Ion mixing (B.X. Liu). Physical vapor deposition (J.S. Colligen). Chemical vapour deposition (F. Teyssandier, A. Dollet). Combustion synthesis (S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri). Nanostructured materials (C. Suryanarayana, C.C. Koch). Powder consolidation (J.R. Groza). Bulk amorphous alloys (A. Inoue).