August 08, 2024: Shubham Garg started as a PhD Candidate in CEME department. Welcome Aboard!

June 23, 2024: Our lab moved to the CEME department at University of Miami, FL.

May 05, 2024: Amanda Knopps started as PhD candidate in CEME. Welcome aboard!

May 30, 2022: Amanda Knopps joins the group as an URA. Welcome Amanda!

April 30, 2022: Collin gets elected as President of AIChE UTK Student chapter. Congrats Collin!

June 23, 2021: Collin Farrell joins the group as an URA. Welcome Collin!

May 7, 2021: Erick's work gets featured on the front cover of Catalysis Sci. & Tech. (RSC)! Congrats Erick!!

May 1, 2021: Dibs wins grant award from DoD's Office of Naval Research (ONR)!

Apr. 27, 2021: Dibs win the prestigious DURIP (Defense University Research Instrumentation Program) from Air Force Office of Scientific Research for instrumentation development for Programmable-LASiS (Pro-LASiS)! See the Article HERE

June 26, 2020: Erick Ribeiro successfully defends his PhD dissertation! Congrats Dr. Ribeiro!!

May 4, 2020: Ravi Pamu successfully defends his PhD dissertation! Congrats Dr. Pamu!!

Aug. 1, 2019: Elijah Davis joins the group on an AFOSR (DoD) project. Welcome Elijah!

June 12, 2019:  Tyler Bennett successfully defends his PhD dissertation! Congrats Dr Bennett!!

Jan. 2, 2019:  We are selected for the Front Cover of Nanoscale Advances (RSC)! Congrats Tyler !!

Dec. 4, 2018:  Dibs is invited for a 1-day symposium to present nbml-E3's work on energetic nano-materials at Eglin Air Force Base (AFRL), Eglin, FL on Dec. 04, 2018.

July 3, 2018:  We are selected for the Front Cover of J. Materials Chem. A (Link)! Congrats Dr Niroomand!!

March 2, 2018:  Seyyed Ali Davari successfully defends his PhD dissertation! Congrats Dr Davari!!

Feb. 16, 2018:    Dibs is called as an invited lecturer for the "Nano-alloys: Theory, Synthesis & Characterization" symposium at the XXVII International Materials Research Congress hosted by MRS in Cancun, Mexico on August 19-24, 2018.