University of Tennessee Computational Materials Research Group

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Valerie García-Negrón defends her Master's Thesis Knoxville, TN, April 3, 2017 Valerie García-Negrón successfully defended her Master's Thesis in Materials Science and Engineering. Valerie was coadvised by Prof. David Harper (UT Center for Renewable Carbon, right center) and Prof. David Keffer (UT Materials Science and Engineering, far left). Dr. Orlando Rios (staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a UT joint professor, far left) served on the committee. For those interested, see below for the first of Valerie's published works stemming from this project. García-Negrón, V., Phillip, N.D., Li, J., Daniel C., Keffer, D.J., Rios, O., Harper, D.P., “Processing-Structure-Property Relationships for Lignin-based Carbonaceous Materials used in Energy Storage Applications” Energy Tech. 5 2017 pp. 1-12. doi: 10.1002/ente.201600646.