University of Tennessee
Materials Science & Engineering Department



Photos from the Harper-Keffer Research Group
Knoxville, TN, March 31, 2025




At the Monday group meeting, members of the Harper-Keffer research group gathered at the Center for Renewable Carbon to share their weekly progress reports. On this particular Monday, the undergraduate researchers rehearsed six(!) posters they are preparing for the upcoming EURēCA competition. (left to right: Prof. David Harper, MSE PhD student, Cece Grubb, MSE senior, Fabriana Prawiranata, MSE PhD student Mohsen Samandari, MSE freshman Callie Jee, MSE junior Mohammad Husein, CBE senior Mariana Milano-Benitez, MSE junior Jocelyn Hess, researcher and lab manager extraordinaire Kendhl Seabright, MSE senior Jakob Scroggins, MSE PhD student Cotton Pekol, CBE UG Ronan Tollefsen & MSE freshmen Ayush Joshi.) (not pictured: CBE PhD student Jonah Brown, MSE PhD student Chris Webb & ESE PhD student Amy Kurr).


We also celebrated the successful PhD defenses of Dr. Cotton Pekol and Dr. Cece Grubb.


Prof. Keffer likes to contribute t-shirts printed with results from their dissertation work.

More photos on the Keffer research group site.