This issue contains 31 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014. This issue includes papers presented in the following Symposia and Focused Sessions: Symposium 2 - Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications;  Symposium 10 - Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome; Symposium 11 - Advanced Materials and Innovative Processing Ideas for the Industrial Root Technology; Symposium 12 - Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides; Focused Session 1 - Geopolymers and Chemically Bonded Ceramics; Focused Session 2 - Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy; Focused Session 3 - Rare Earth Oxides for Energy, Optical and Biomedical Applications, Focused Session 4 - Ion-Transport Membranes; 3rd Global Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit; and the 3rd Annual Global Young Investigator Forum