This publication, Recent Advances in Composites in the UnitedStates and Japan, contains papers presented at the UnitedStates/Japan Symposium on Composite Materials which was held inHampton, Virginia, 6-8 June 1983. The symposium was sponsored byASTM Committees D30 on High Modulus Fibers and Their Composites andE09 on Fatigue in cooperation with the National Aeronautic andSpace Administration. Jack R. Vinson and Minoru Taya, University ofDelaware, served as symposium chairman and secretary, respectively.Jack R. Vinson and Minoru Taya are editors of this publication.