**Meet the editor**

Dr. Kui Liu received his BEng and MEng degrees from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China in 1989 and 1996 respectively, and PhD degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2002. He worked as a lecturer at NUAA from 1989 to 1998 and was a postdoctoral fellow at NUS from 2002 to 2004. Currently he is a Team Leader and Scientist at

Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. His research interests include ultra-precision machining, nano/micro machining, ductile machining of brittle materials, ultrasonic vibration assisted machining, high speed machining and tool development. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 technical papers published in international journals and conferences. He is a member of SME, euspen and JSPE.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Chapter 1 **Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis** 

Chapter 2 **Spark Plasma Sintering of Ultrafine WC Powders:** 

A.K. Nanda Kumar and Kazuya Kurokawa

**to High Speed Steel Based Composites 57** 

**in Structural Oxide-Matrix Composites 81** 

**Direct Laser Deposited Tungsten Carbide 103**  Paweł Twardowski and Szymon Wojciechowski

Chapter 6 **Fabrication of Microscale Tungsten Carbide Workpiece by New Centerless Grinding Method 121** 

Chapter 3 **Tungsten Carbide as an Addition** 

Chapter 4 **Tungsten Carbide as an Reinforcement** 

Marcin Madej

Zbigniew Pędzich

Chapter 5 **Machining Characteristics of** 

Yufeng Fan

**of Ultrafine Tungsten Carbide Powders 1**  I. Borovinskaya, T. Ignatieva and V. Vershinnikov

**A Combined Kinetic and Microstructural Study 21** 
