This proceedings contains a collection of 23 papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 41st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 22-27, 2017. This issue includes papers presented in the following symposia:

•             Symposium 1     Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics and Composites

•             Symposium 2     Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications

•             Symposium 4     Armor Ceramics: Challenges and New Developments

•             Symposium 5     Next Generation Bioceramics and Biocomposites

•             6th Global Young Investigators Forum