This book contains chapters on cutting-edge developments presented at the TMS annual conference of 2012.? Topics include: Advances in Surface Engineering: Alloyed and Composite Coatings; Mechanical Behavior Related to Interface Physics; Nanocomposites; New Advances in Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Layered Double Hydroxides; Randall M. German Honorary Symposium on Sintering and Powder-Based Materials; Recent Developments in Biological, Electronic, Functional and Structural Thin Films and Coatings; Science and Engineering of Light Metal Matrix Nanocomposites and Composites; Titanium: Advances in Processing, Characterization and Properties; Wettability and Interfacial Phenomena between Metals and Ceramic/Refractory Materials