The effect of eight preparation control factors, i.e., atmosphere, sintering temperature, sintering time, CeO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , CaCO 3 , and H 3 BO 3 ratios, of Ca 2 Al 2 SiO 7 :Ce on mechanoluminescence ͑ML͒ intensity has been investigated by the design of experiments and the analysis of variance in order to increase the ML intensity. Consequently, it is proved statistically that the CaCO 3 , SiO 2 ratios, and the sintering temperature are significant control factors for the ML intensity. The CaCO 3 ratio is the most important control factor. On the other hand, the atmosphere, sintering time, CeO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , and H 3 BO 3 ratios are not statistically significant control factors, and the effect of these factors are on an error level. Moreover, a detailed investigation of the dependence of the ML intensity on the three important control factors was carried out to optimize the preparation conditions of Ca 2 Al 2 SiO 7 :Ce. The optimum conditions were that the CaCO 3 ratio was Ϫ5 mol %, the SiO 2 ratio was Ϫ5 mol %, and the sintering temperature was 1450°C. The ML intensity of Ca 2 Al 2 SiO 7 :Ce was increased twenty times by optimizing the preparation conditions.