Particle orientation has a significant impact on composite properties due to anisotropy of magnetostriction in Terfenol-D. The importance of crystal orientation in Terfenol-D arises due to the large increase of magnetostriction along [111] directions as compared to [100] directions. For Terfenol-D, the constant that describes the magnitude of magnetostriction along the [111] direction, 111, is an order of magnitude larger than the constant that describes magnetostriction along [100] directions. Due to this effect, Terfenol-D is made commercially in a two-step process. First a polycrystalline block of material is prepared followed by a directional solidification step which textures the material along the [112] growth axis. Material produced in this way possesses improved magnetostriction over polycrystalline materials. The Goal of this research is to use this orientation effect to obtain improved magnetostriction performance from particulate composites.