Heather Sandefur
- Program Years: 2016-2020
- Academic Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Field of Study: Plasma Engineering
- Academic Advisor: Jean Allain
- Practicum(s):
Sandia National Laboratories, California (2017)
Sandia National Laboratories, California (2018) - Degree(s):
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019; M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2016
Current Status
- Research Area: Reactor Engineering
Publications
R. Rizkallah et al. (2018). Latest Results From the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (HIDRA). IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 2685-2690, July 2018.Sandefur, H.N., Asgharpour, M., Mariott, J., Gottberg, E., Vaden, J., Matlock, M., Hestekin, J. (2015). Recovery of nutrients from swine wastewater using ultrafiltration: applications for microalgae cultivation and biofuel production. Ecological Engineering. In Print.
Sandefur, H.N., McCarty, J.A., Boles, E.C., Matlock, M.D. (2015). Peanut Products as a Protein Source: Production, Nutrition, and Environmental Impact. Sustainable Protein Sources. Ed. Sudarshan Nadathur. Elsevier.
Johnston, R.Z., Sandefur, H.N., Bandekar, P., Matlock, M.D., Haggard, B.E., Thoma, G. (2015). Predicting changes in yield and water use in the production of corn in the United States under climate change scenarios. Ecological Engineering. 82:555-565.
Sandefur, H.N., Johnston, R.Z., Matlock, M., Adey, W., Costello, T., Laughinghouse IV, H. (2014). Hydrodynamic regime considerations for the cultivation of algae in two tertiary wastewater treatment systems. Ecological Engineering. 71:527-532.
Sandefur, H.N., Matlock, M.D., Johnston, R.Z. (2014). Comparison of Methods for Quantifying Carbon Sequestration in the North Little Rock Urban Forest. Biological Engineering Transactions. 6(4): 221-231.
Sandefur, H., Cummings, E., Johnston, R.Z., Matlock, M.D., Gustafson, D.I. (2014). Analyzing correlations between stream benthic macroinvertebrate community structure, water quality, and watershed land use in the continental United States. Biological Engineering Transactions. 7(4):169-182.
McCarty, J., Sandefur, H.N., Matlock, M.D., Thoma, G., Kim, D. (2014). Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Production and Consumption of Peanut Butter. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6):1-10.
Sandefur, H.N., Matlock, M.D., Costello, T.C., Adey, W., Laughinghouse IV, H.D. (2011). Seasonal productivity of a periphytic algal community for biofuel feedstock generation and nutrient treatment. Ecological Engineering. 37:1476-1480.
Awards
2016 DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Awardee.2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee.
2016 ASABE Superior Paper Award for "Analyzing Correlations between Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure, Water Quality, and Watershed Land Use in the Continental United States". Published in Biological Engineering Transactions.
2015 "Best Paper" Presenter for "Recovery of nutrients from wastewater using ultrafiltration: Applications for microalgae cultivation". American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.