F. H.(Sam) Froes;C. Suryanarayana;and D. Mukhopadhyay (Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes (IMAP), University of Idaho,Moscow, ID 83844-3026, USA)C-G. Li(BlM, P.O. Box 81 , Beijing, 100095, P.R. CHINA)K. Brand(On leave from Institut fur Werkstoffwissenshaft,Technische Universitst Dresden,07062 Dresden, Germany, at IMAP)