Dr. Dinesh Agrawal, Professor of Materials, Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Director of Microwave Processing and Engineering Center gave an invited public lecture at Bangkok, Thailand on June 29, 2009. The lecture was jointly sponsored by the National Science & Technology Development Board, Thailand and Siam Cement Group Companies, Thailand. He also gave an invited talk at the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (IUMRS-ICA 2009) held at Singapore on “ Microwave High Temperature Materials Processing: A Global Perspective” on July 3, 2009.