This volume is the amalgamation of papers presented at International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM 2018) which was held in National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India during 6th – 8th December 2018 and contains results of investigations in the fields of study properties of steel, alloys and composites, properties of materials for electronics, optoelectronics and for energy, nuclear, aviation and defense applications including materials processing and metal extraction technologies, microstructural characterization, materials surface modification, deposition of thin films and special coatings, corrosion, etc.