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