| Research and Development Needs in Filtration and Dewatering N. C. Lockhart and R. Kern | 1241 |
| Research and Development Needs and Opportunities in Freeze Drying A. I. Liapis, M. J. Pikal and R. Bruttini | 1265 |
| R&D Needs-Drying of Ceramics Y. Itaya and M. Hasatani | 1301 |
| R&D Needs in the Drying of Coatings E. B. Gutoff and E. D. Cohen | 1315 |
| Predicting the Quality of Dehydrated Foods and Biopolymers - Research Needs and Opportunities S. Achanta and M. R. Okos | 1329 |
| Drying of Grains and Forages: A Brief Review of Recent Advances S. Sokhansanj and G.S.V. Raghavan | 1369 |
| Development of Solar Drying L. Imre and C. Palaniappan | 1381 |
| R&D Needs-Drying of Sludges T. Kasakura and M. Hasatani | 1389 |
| Hygrothermal and Quality Properties Applicable to Drying. Data Sources and Measurement Techniques V. T. Karathanos, Z. B. Maroulis, D. Marinos-Kouris and D. G. Saravacos | 1403 |
| Expanding Opportunities in Drying Research and Development I C. W. Hall | 1419 |
| Research Needs and Opportunities in the Dry Conservation of Fruits and Vegetables H. H. Nijhuis, E. Torringa, H. Luyten, F. Rene, P. Jones, T. Funebo and T. Ohlsson | 1429 |
| Innovation in Drying A. S. Mujumdar | 1459 |
| Some Perils to Ethical Creative Scientific Research in the Academia A. K. Vijh | 1477 |
| LETTER TO THE EDITOR | 1487 |
| SNIPPETS ON DRYING C. W. Hall | 1491 |
| BOOK REVIEW: Entropy Generation Minimization A. Bejan reviewer: Z.-X. Gong | 1495 |
| NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS | 1497 |