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Mark C. Thies, Ph.D., P.E. -- Presentations

INVITED SPEAKER SEMINARS

“The Molecular Design and Characterization of Carbonaceous Pitches for Advanced Materials Applications”. Invited Lecture. Carbon Structure, Synthesis, and Properties Workshop, State College, PA., October 16-17, 2006.

"Dense-Gas Fractionation of Petroleum Macromolecules". VIP delegate and invited lecture. 12th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery. Kazan, Russia. 8-10 September 2003.

"Carbonaceous Pitches: Their Fractionation, Characterization, and Phase Behavior". Invited Plenary Lecture. The Pennsylvania State University, Energy Institute (May 2003).

"Mixtures of Petroleum Macromolecules: Their Fractionation, Characterization, and Phase Behavior". Invited Plenary Lecture. Equifase 2002. VI Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria for Process Design, Foz de Iguazú, Brazil, October 12-16, 2002.

"Fractionation and Characterization of Petroleum Pitches". Invited Presentation. Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (September 2001).

"Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction: Experiment, Prediction, and Economic Analysis". Invited Plenary Lecture. 2nd Int'l Symposium on High Pressure Chemical Engineering, Hamburg, Germany (March 2001).

"The Continuous-Flow Apparatus as a Tool for Phase Equilibrium Measurements", inivited presentation at the Dow Corning Corp. Seminar Symposium, Midland, MI (Nov 2000).

"Processing Carbonaceous Pitches in Dense Supercritical Fluids: Opportunities and Challenges," Invited Plenary Lecture at Carbon '99: 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC (July 1999).

"Fluid Phase Equilibria for Model Fischer-Tropsch Waxes with Supercritical Solvents," Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (October 1998).

"Hot, Compressed Liquid Water: An Extractive Solvent, a Reaction Medium, or Both?", School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA (November 1996).

"Education and Research in Chemical Engineering at Clemson University," University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany (June 1995).

"Herstellung von Mesophasen-Pech durch Überkritische Extraktion: Eine Studie in Bereich der Flüssigkeit-Flüssigkeits-Gleichgewichte," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (May 1995).

"Separation of Tocopherols and Fatty Acids with Hot, Compressed, Liquid Water," Hoffman-LaRoche, Baasel, Switzerland (March 1995).

"Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Petroleum Pitch-Toluene Mixtures at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures," Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (January 1995).

"Supercritical Fluid Extraction: Preparing a Superior Precursor for Carbon Fibers," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, KY (February 1992).

"The Phase Behavior of Heavy Alkanes in Near and Supercritical Water," Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (January 1992).

"Preparation of Mesophase by SCF Extraction," AFOSR Advanced Fuels Workshop, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH (September 1991).

"Solvent Extraction of CTO with Compressed Liquid Water at Elevated Temperatures," Pulp Chemicals Association Inc. Spring Technical Meeting, Panama City, FL (March 1991).

"Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA (February 1991).

"Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by SCF Extraction," Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea (December 1990).

"Supercritical Fluid Extraction: Processing Pitch to Produce Carbon Fibers," Thirteenth Asilomar Conference on Polymeric Materials, Pacific Grove, CA (January 1990).

"Processing Pitch to Produce High-Performance Carbon Fibers," Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, AL (January 1989).

"Dehydration of Organic-Water Mixtures with Supercritical Fluid Solvents," Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA (April 1988).

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Thies, M. C.; Burgess, W. A. SAFT–LC: Predicting Mesophase Formation from a Statistical Mechanics-Based Equation of State. PPEPPD 2007 [CD-ROM]; Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 2007, paper MOD27.

O’Connell, J. P.; Murphy, J.; Gorensek, M.; Thies, M.; Crosthwaite, J. Thermodynamic Analysis and Properties Modeling of the S–I Process for Massive Hydrogen Production. PPEPPD 2007 [CD-ROM]; Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 2007, paper HYD1.

Burgess, W.A.; Thies, M.C. Predicting Mesophase Formation from a Statistical-Mechanics-Based Equation of State. Presented at Carbon 2006. An International Conference on Carbon [CD-ROM]; The Robert Gordon University: Aberdeen, Scotland, July 2006; Paper SA-494.

Thies, M.C.; Cervo, E.G.; Edwards, W.F. Isolating Pitch Oligomers by Dense-Gas Fractionation. Presented at Carbon 2006. An International Conference on Carbon [CD-ROM]; The Robert Gordon University: Aberdeen, Scotland, July 2006; Paper SA-493.

Cervo, E.G.; Thies, M.C. Fractionation of carbonaceous pitches by molecular weight using dense-gas extraction. Presented at High Pressure Chemical Engineering [CD-ROM]; University of Erlangen: Erlangen, Germany, May 2006.

Burgess, W.A.; Thies, M.C. Prediction of Mesophase Formation in Carbonaceous Pitches. 231st ACS National Meeting, Chemistry of Carbon Materials and Nanomaterials Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March 2006; Paper 119.

Sane, A.; Thies, M. C. The Formation of Organic Nanoparticles by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions. ISSF2005. International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids [CD-ROM]; ISSF2005: Orlando, FL, May 1-4, 2005; Paper 318.

Edwards, W. F.; Thies, M. C. Dense-Gas Fractionation of Petroleum Pitches. ISSF2005. International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids [CD-ROM]; ISSF2005: Orlando, FL, May 1-4, 2005; Paper 311.

Edwards, W. F.; Thies, M. C. Dense-Gas Fractionation for the Molecular Characterization of Insoluble Petroleum Pitches. Carbon2004. An International Conference on Carbon at Brown University [CD-ROM];American Carbon Society:Brown University, Providence, RI, July 11-16, 2004.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L.-W.; Hammett, R.; Thies, M. C. MALDI-TOF-MS for the Characterization of Insoluble Carbonaceous Pitches. Carbon2004. An International Conference on Carbon at Brown University [CD-ROM];American Carbon Society:Brown University, Providence, RI, July 11-16, 2004.

Jin, L.-W.; Hurt, R. H.; Thies, M. C. An Equation of State for Predicting Mesophase Formation in Carbonaceous Pitches. Carbon2004. An International Conference on Carbon at Brown University [CD-ROM];American Carbon Society:Brown University, Providence, RI, July 11-16, 2004.

Blasig, A.; Thies, M. C. Rapid Expansion of Near and Supercritical Solutions Containing Cellulose Triacetate. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids ISSF [CD-ROM]; International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, France, 28-30 April, 2003.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L.; Thies, M. C. Mixtures of Petroleum Macromolecules: Their Fractionation, Characterization, and Phase Behavior. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids ISSF [CD-ROM]; International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, France, 28-30 April, 2003.

Zhuang, M. S.; Fail, A. W.; Thies, M. C. Multistage Fractionation of Petroleum Pitches with Supercritical Solvents. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2002, p 277-282.

Hu, Y.; Hurt, R. H.; Zhuang, M. S.; Thies, M. C. SAFT-LC: A New Equation of State for Predicting Mesophase Formation in Carbonaceous Materials. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2002, p 211-217.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L.; Bowers, G. S.; Thies, M. C. MALDI-TOF-MS for the Characterization of Polymerized Anthracene Pitches. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2002, p 66-72.

Zhuang, M.; Thies, M. C. Fractionation and Characterization of Heavy Petroleum Pitch Fractions. Carbon ’01. An International Conference on Carbon [CD-ROM];American Carbon Society:Lexington, KY, July 14-19, 2001.

Hu, Y.; Hurt, R. H.; Zhuang, M. S.; Thies, M. C. A Unified Model of Solvent Extraction and Mesophase Formation I: Pitch Materials. Carbon ’01. An International Conference on Carbon [CD-ROM];American Carbon Society: Lexington, KY, July 14-19, 2001.

Thies, M. C. “Superrcritical Fluid Extraction: Experiment, Prediction, and Economic Analysis”, 2nd Int’l Symposium on High Pressure Chemical Engineering [CD-ROM]; Hamburg, Germany (March 2001).

Thies, M. C., Zhuang, M. S., and Wince, J. E., “Extraction of Petroleum Pitch with Supercritical Toluene: Experiment and Prediction,” Fifth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Atlanta, GA, 28 (April 2000).

Blasig, A., Norfolk, C. W., Weber, M., and Thies, M. C., “Processing Polymers by RESS: The Effect of Concentration on Product Morphology,” Fifth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Atlanta, GA, 90 (April 2000).

Weber, M., and Thies, M. C., “Improving the Prediction of RESS Particle Sizes,” Fifth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Atlanta, GA, 60 (April 2000).

Beauharnois, M. E., Zhuang, M. S., Thies, M. C., and Edie, D. D., “Stabilization Behavior of Carbon Fibers Melt-Spun from Mesophase Pitch Mixtures,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon,Charleston, SC, 116-117 (July 1999).

Pigott, R. T., and Thies, M. C., “Economic Analysis of Mesophase Production by Supercritical Extraction,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 724-725 (July 1999).

Sheikh, S. Y., Zhuang, M. S., Thies, M. C., and Edie, D. D., “The Effect of Mesophase Composition on Rheology and Final Fiber Properties,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 484-485 (July 1999).

Thies, M. C., “Processing Carbonaceous Pitches in Dense Supercritial Fluids: Opportunities and Challenges,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 424-426 (July 1999).

Zhuang, M. S., and Thies, M. C., “Fractionation and Thermodynamic Modeling of Petroleum Pitch with Supercritical Toluene,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 298-299 (July 1999).

Roberts, G. W., Biales, J. M., Dodge, E. L., Kilpatrick, P. K., and Thies, M. C., “Separation of Fischer-Tropsch Wax Using Near-Critical Extraction,” In Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Inc. Preprints, 44(1), American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 65-68 (1999).

Joyce, P. C. and Thies, M. C., “Fluid Phase Equilibria for Model Fischer-Tropsch Waxes in Supercritical Hexane,” 8th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, The Netherlands (April 26 - May 1, 1998).

Dauché, F. M., Barnes, A. B., Gallego, N. C., Fain, C. C., Edie, D. D., and Thies, M. C., “High Thermal Conductivity Carbon Fibers from Supercritically Extracted Mesophase Pitch,” 23rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, Penn State, PA (1997).

Dauché, F. M., Gallego, N. C., Barnes, A. B., Fain, C. C., Edie, D. D., and Thies, M. C., “Carbon Fibers from Supercritically Extracted Mesophase Pitch,” The European Carbon Conference “Carbon 96”, Newcastle, UK, p. 391 (July 1996).

Dauché, F., Bolaños, G., and Thies, M. C., “Control of Mesophase Pitch Properties by Supercritical Fluid Extraction,” 22nd Biennial Conference on Carbon, San Diego, CA (July 1995).

Bolaños, G. and Thies, M. C., “Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Petroleum Pitch-Toluene Mixtures at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures,” 3rd International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Strasbourg, France (October 1994).

Bolaños, G., Davis, J. K., Liu, G.-Z., and Thies, M. C., “Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction: An Exploration of Operating Conditions,” 21st Biennial Conference on Carbon, p. 260, Buffalo, NY (June 1993).

Liu, G.-Z., McHugh, J. J., Edie, D. D., and Thies, M. C., "Processing Carbon Fibers from Three Sources of Mesophase Pitch," Carbon 92, p. 795, Essen, Germany (June 1992).

Bolaños, G., Hochgeschurtz, T., and Thies, M. C., "Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction," Twentieth Biennial Conference on Carbon, p. 164, Santa Barbara, CA (June 1991).

Bolaños, G., Hochgeschurtz, T., and Thies, M. C., "Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction," 2nd International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, p. 78, Boston, MA (May 1991).

Hutchenson, K. W., Roebers, J. R., Mullins, J. C., and Thies, M. C., "Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by SCF Extraction: Part I. Experimental and Predicted Phase Behavior of Pitch and Supercritical Toluene," Carbone 90, p. 300, Paris, France (July 1990).

Roebers, J. R., Hutchenson, K. W., Thies, M. C., and Lickfield, G. C., "Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by SCF Extraction: Part II. Quantitative Chemical Analysis of the Pitch Fractions," Carbone 90, p. 360, Paris, France (July 1990).

PRESENTATIONS (only listed if no Concurrent Proceedings)

Crosthwaite, J.M.; Edling, M.A.; Thies, M.C. Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Measurements for the Sulfur-Iodine Cycle; the Iodine-Water System. AIChE 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2006, paper 207e.

O’Connell, J. P.; Bellezza, K. P.; Murphy, J. E.; Gorensek, M. B.; Mathias, P. M.; Thies, M. C.; Crosthwaite, J. M. Investigation of the Reactive Distillation Separation for HI-I2-H2 in the S-I Process for Thermochemical Hydrogen Production. AIChE 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2006, paper 126e.

Crosthwaite, J.M.; Thies, M. C. Experimental Studies of the Iodine-Water System for the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle. AIChE 2006 Spring National Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 2006, paper 182b.

Burgess, W.A.; Thies, M.C. Prediction of Mesophase Formation in Carbonaceous Pitches. 231st ACS National Meeting, Chemistry of Carbon Materials and Nanomaterials Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March 2006; Paper 119.

Edwards, W. F.; Thies, M. C. Dense-Gas Fractionation of Petroleum Pitches. ISSF2005. International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids [CD-ROM]; ISSF2005: Orlando, FL, May 1-4, 2005; Paper 311.

Sane, A.; Thies, M. C. The Formation of Porphyrin Nanoparticles by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions. Presented at AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov 7-12, 2004; paper 207e.

Sane, A.; Taylor, S.; Sun, Y.-P.; Thies, M. C. Fluorinated Organic Nanoparticles by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions. Particles 2004: Particle Synthesis, Characterization, and Particle-Based Advanced Materials, Orlando, FL, March 6-9, 2004.

Hong, L; Thies, M. C.; Enick, R. M. Highly CO2 Soluble Solids that Melt in Dense CO2: A New Type of Phase Behavior. Presented at the AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003; paper 229g.

Sane, A.; Taylor, S.; Sun, Y.-P.; Thies, M. C. The Formation of Fluorinated Organic Nanoparticles by RESS. Presented at the AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003; paper 284e.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L. Thies, M. C. Dense-Gas Extraction: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations for the Fractionation of Oligomeric Materials. Presented at the AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003; paper 315f.

Blasig, A.; Harrison, G. M.; Thies, M. C. Explaining the Formation of RESS Product Morphologies Using Entanglement Theory and Intrinsic Viscosity. Presented at the AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003; paper 86d.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L.; Thies, M. C. Dense-Gas Fractionation of Petroleum Macromolecules. 12th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery [CD-ROM]; EAGE, 2003: Kazan, Russia, 8-10 September, 2003, ISBN 90-73781-30-2.

Blasig, A.; Thies, M. C. Rapid Expansion of Near and Supercritical Solutions Containing Cellulose Triacetate. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids ISSF [CD-ROM]; International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, France, 28-30 April, 2003.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin, L.; Thies, M. C. Mixtures of Petroleum Macromolecules: their Fractionation, Characterization, and Phase Behavior. Presented at the Gordon Conference on Hydrocarbon Resources, Ventura, CA, January 2003.

Blasig, A.; Thies, M. C. Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions Containing Cellulose Triacetate. Presented at the AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002; Paper 73d.

Sane, A.; Thies, M. C. A New Apparatus for Measuring the Solubility of Solids in Opaque Supercritical Solutions. Presented at the AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002; Paper 77e.

Thies, M. C.; Edward, W. F. Dense-Gas Extraction of Anthracene Pitches. Presented at the AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002; Paper 80d.

Edwards, W. F.; Jin. J.; Thies, M. C. Mixtures of Petroleum Macromolecules: Their Fractionation, Characterization, and Phase Behavior. Equifase 2002. VI Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria for Process Design [CD-ROM]; Foz de Iguazú, Brazil, October 12-16, 2002.

Thies, M. C.; Mullins, J. C.; Thiele, D. VLE Measurements and Modeling for Asymmetric Mixtures of Hydrocarbons. Presented at UCR Contractors Review Meeting, June 2002.

Majkrzak, B.; Bruce, D. A.; Thies, M. C. A Noninvasive Apparatus for Measuring the Solubility of PCB Congeners in Hot Water. Presented at the AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November 2001; Paper 130c.

Blasig, A.; Thies, M. C. Processing Polymers by RESS: The Effect of Concentration on Product Morphology. Presented at the AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November 2001; Paper 169a.

Matthews, M.A.; Weidner, J.W.; Thies, M.C.; Bruce, D.A.; Hamilton, E.A.; Oji, L., Pickett, J.; Lowery, N., "Extraction and Oxidation of PCBs from Mixed Low- Level Solid Waste at DOE Sites". 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2001.

Weber, M., Boulware, K, Edwards, J. R., and Thies, M. C., "Application of RESS Model to the Subsonic and Supersonic Regions," AIChE 2000 Annual Meeting, paper 117h, Los Angeles, CA (November 2000).

Zhuang, M. S., Pigott, R. T., and Thies, M. C., "Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Extraction: Process Simulation and Economic Analysis,"AIChE 2000 Annual Meeting, paper 150e, Los Angeles, CA (November 2000).

Weber, M., and Thies, M. C., “Improving the Prediction of RESS Particle Sizes,” Fifth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Atlanta, GA, 60 (April 2000).

Matthews, M.A., Bruce, D., Thies, M. "Decontamination and Decommissioning of PCB Sites at DOE: Extraction, Electrokinetics, and Hydrothermal Oxidation", poster, EMSP National Workshop, Atlanta, GA, April 2000.

Blasig, A., Norfolk, C. W., and Thies, M. C., "Phase Behavior of a Fluoropolymer in Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," AIChE 2000 Spring National Meeting, paper 129c, Atlanta, GA (March 2000).

Zhuang, M. S., and Thies, M. C., "Extraction of Petroleum Pitch with Supercritical Toluene: Experiment and Prediction," ," AIChE 2000 Spring National Meeting, paper 129f, Atlanta, GA (March 2000).

Blasig, A., Weber, M., and Thies, M. C., "Processing Polymers by RESS: The Effect of Concentration on Product Morphology," AIChE 1999 Annual Meeting, paper 113f, Dallas, TX (November 1999).

Pigott, R. T., and Thies, M. C., “Economic Analysis of Mesophase Production by Supercritical Extraction,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 724-725 (July 1999).

Thies, M. C., “Processing Carbonaceous Pitches in Dense Supercritial Fluids: Opportunities and Challenges,” 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, Charleston, SC, 424-426 (July 1999).

Zhuang, M. S., and Thies, M. C., "Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch with Supercritical Toluene," AIChE 1999 Spring National Meeting, paper 61b, Houston, TX (March 1999).

Thies, M. C., "Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions for Fiber and Nanoparticle Formation," NATO Advanced Study Institute - Supercritical Fluids II, poster, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey (July 1998).

Blasig, A., Lee, Jr., C. T., and Thies, M. C., "The Phase Behavior of Cellulose Acetate in Supercritical fluid Mixtures Containing Carbon Dioxide and Acetone," AIChE 1998 Annual Meeting, paper 71e, Miami, FL (November 1998).

Joyce, P. C., Thies, M. C., Chapman, W. G., and Jog, P. K., "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for Long-Chain Alkanes in Supercritical Hexane," AIChE 1998 Annual Meeting, paper 88f, Miami, FL (November 1998).

Wince, J. E., Zhuang, M. S., and Thies, M. C., "Fractionation of Coal Tar and Petroleum Pitches by SCF Extraction," AIChE 1998 Annual Meeting, paper 141f, Miami, FL (November 1998).

Joyce, P. C. and Thies, M. C., "The Phase Behavior of Fischer-Tropsch Waxes in Supercritical Fluids," AIChE 1997 Spring National Meeting, paper 55h, Houston, TX (March 1997).

Dauché, F. M., Blasig, A., and Thies, M. C., "Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Petroleum Pitches in Aromatic Supercritical Solvents," AIChE 1996 Annual Meeting, paper 78f, Chicago, IL (November 1996).

Lee, C. T., Mullins, J. C., and Thies, M. C., "Measuring the Phase Behavior of Cellulose Acetate in Supercritical Fluid Mixtures Containing Carbon Dioxide and a Polar Solvent," AIChE 1995 Annual Meeting, paper 42h, Miami Beach, FL (November 1995).

Dauché, F., Bolaños, G., and Thies, M. C., “Control of Mesophase Pitch Properties by Supercritical Fluid Extraction,” 22nd Biennial Conference on Carbon, San Diego, CA (July 1995).

Liu, G.-Z., McHugh, J. J., Edie, D. D., and Thies, M. C., "Processing Carbon Fibers from Three Sources of Mesophase Pitch," Carbon 92, p. 795, Essen, Germany (June 1992).

Bolaños, G., Hochgeschurtz, T., and Thies, M. C., "Production of Mesophase Pitch by Supercritical Fluid Extraction," Twentieth Biennial Conference on Carbon, p. 164, Santa Barbara, CA (June 1991).

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