The High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (HTCMC) conference series was initiated by Prof. Roger Naslain, Honorary professor of University of Bordeaux, in 1993 in Bordeaux (France), and then in Santa Barbara (USA, 1995), Osaka (Japan, 1998), Munich (Germany, 2001), Seattle (USA, 2004), New Delhi (India, 2007) and Bayreuth (Germany, 2010). HTCMC-8 Conference was hold in Xian (China, 2013). ... After a peer-review process, 78 papers are accepted for inclusion in this proceedings."--Page xv.