The Computational Materials Research Group (CMRG)
current members
current faculty collaborators
- David Keffer (associate professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Sandeep Agnihotri (assistant professor, civil & environmental engineering, UTK)
- Bob Compton (professor, chemistry, UTK)
- Pete Counce (professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Shengting Cui (research professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering)
- Brian Edwards (professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera (faculty, Joint Institute of Computational Science, UTK)
- Bamin Khomami (Armour T. Grainger and Alvin & Sally Beaman Professor and Head, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Jerzy Leszczynski (professor, chemistry, Jackson State University)
- James P. Lewis (professor, chemistry, West Virginia University)
- Don Nicholson (staff scientist, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- Stephen Paddison (associate professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Simioan Petrovan (research professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Petr Plechac (associate professor, mathematics, UTK)
- Claudia Rawn (assistant professor, materials science & engineering, UTK)
- Bill Steele (adjunct professor, chemical & biomolecular engineering, UTK)
- Brock Thomas (research scientist, Eastman Chemical Co.)
current post-doctoral researchers
- Shenghong Zhang (chemical and biomolecular engineering, advisors: Keffer & Paddison)
current graduate student researchers
- Jun Mo Kim (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Junwu Liu (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisors: Keffer)
- Ruichang Xiong (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Myvizhi Esai Selvan (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisors: Keffer)
- Qifei Wang (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisor: Keffer & Thomas)
- Nethika Suraweera (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisor: Keffer)
- Jared Johnson (Ph.D. student, chemical engineering, advisor: Counce & Keffer)
current undergraduate student researchers
- J.P. Luna (high school student, 2008-9 advisor: Keffer)
former members
former faculty collaborators
- Jamie Adcock (professor, chemistry, UTK)
- Hank Cochran (staff scientist @ Oak Ridge National Laboratory & adjunct professor, chemical engineering)
former post-doctoral researchers
- Jared Fern (chemical engineering, 2007-8, advisors: Keffer & Nicholson)
- Bangwu Jiang (chemical engineering, 2005-8, advisors: Keffer & Edwards)
- Carrie Y. Gao (chemical engineering, 2006-7, advisors: Keffer & Nicholson)
- Tudor Ionescu (chemical engineering, 2006, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Chunggi Baig, (chemical engineering, 2005-6, advisors Edwards & Keffer)
former graduate student researchers (in reverse chronological order of graduation)
- Jared Fern (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Joseph Rajkumar (M.S., chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Mohamad Kassaee (M.S., chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Tudor Ionescu (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2006, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Johanna Santiago (M.S., chemical engineering, 2006, advisors: Keffer & Edwards)
- Chao Li (M.S., chemical engineering, 2006, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Carrie Gao (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2005, advisor: Cochran)
- Prajakta Kamerkar (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2005, advisor: Edwards)
- Chunggi Baig (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2005, advisors: Cochran, Edwards & Keffer)
- Bangwu Jiang (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2005, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Austin Newman (M.S., chemical engineering, 2004, advisor: Keffer)
- Parag Adhangale (Ph.D., chemical engineering, 2003, advisor: Keffer)
- Jiandong Zhou (M.S., chemical engineering, 2007, advisor: Cochran)
- Mithun Kamat (M.S., chemical engineering, 2002, advisor: Keffer)
former undergraduate student researchers
- Rebecca Empting (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2006-8, advisor: Keffer)
- Ian Moore (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2006-8, advisor: Keffer)
- Lauren Johnson (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007-8, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Mark Hoffman (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Barrett Roden (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Opeoluwa Kolawole (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Febi Pangloli (B.S. student, chemistry, 2005-7, advisors: Steele & Keffer)
- Zhao Wang (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Keffer & Khomami)
- Anne Wells (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Matt Milazzo (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Hannah Bailey (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2007, advisors: Edwards & Keffer)
- Chris Otuonye (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2005-2006, advisor: Edwards)
- Oleg Melnichenko (B.S., chemical engineering, 2004, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Mohamad Kassaee (B.S., chemical engineering, 2004-2005, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Patrick Rockwell (B.S., chemical engineering, 2005, advisors: Keffer & Steele)
- Kevin Smith (B.S. student, chemical engineering, 2003, advisor: Edwards)
- Karen Williams (B.S. student, mechanical engineering, Vanderbilt, 2002, advisor: Edwards)
- Kevin Tucker Jr. (B.S. student, computer science, New Jersey Inst. Tech., 2002, advisor: Edwards)
- Chris Reneau (B.S., chemical engineering, 2002, advisor: Edwards)
- Nick Allred (B.S., chemical engineering, 2002, advisor: Edwards)
contact information:
Dr. David Keffer
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee
1512 Middle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
phone: (865) 974-5322
fax: (865) 974-7076
email: dkeffer@utk.edu
web: website
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