University of Tennessee
Materials Science & Engineering Department



Dami Akamo's PhD Defense
Knoxville, TN, April 3, 2023




Damilola Akamo successfully defended his PhD dissertation in the Energy Science & Engineering major at the University of Tennessee. The subject of his research was the investigation of phase change materials in building construction to reduce the amount of energy it takes for heating and cooling.


Dami is pictured here with his dissertation committee, (from left to right), Dr. Kyle Gluesenkamp, Prof. Kate Page, Prof. David Harper and Prof. David Keffer.


Dami pursued his degree through the Bredesen Center, with co-advisors Kyle Gluesenkamp, a staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and David Keffer, a professor at the University of Tennessee.

A pdf of the defense announcement is here.

More photos on the Keffer research group site.