Departments: Biomedical | Civil & Environmental | Electrical & Computer | Mechanical

Heather Shipley , Ph.D.

Refereed Publications:

  • Cafer T. Yavuz, J. T. Mayo, William W. Yu, Arjun Prakash, Joshua C. Falkner, Sujin Yean, Lili Cong, Heather J. Shipley, Amy Kan, Mason Tomson, Douglas Natelson, Vicki L. Colvin.(2006) “Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanocrystals’ Science. 314: 964-967
  • Heather J. Shipley, Amy T. Kan, Gongmin Fu, Dong Shen, and Mason B. Tomson. “Effect of hydrate inhibitors on calcite, sulfates and halite scale formation” SPE Journal.  SPE 100522 (in press)
  • Melanie Auffan, Heather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan. Nano-Adsorbents. In Environmental Nanotechnolgy, Eds. Wiesner and Bottero, McGraw-Hill Publishing: New York, 2007; pp. 371-389.
  • J.T. Mayo, Cafer T. Yavuz, Sujin Yean, Lili Cong, Heather J. Shipley, William W.Yu, Joshua C. Falkner, A.T. Kan, M.B. Tomson, and V.L. Colvin. The Effect of Nanocrystalline Magnetite Size on Arsenic Removal, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 8: 71-75
  • M.B. Tomson, A.T. Kan, G. Fu, M. Al-Thubaiti, Dong Shen, Heather J. Shipley. (2006). “Scale formation and prevention in the presence of hydrate inhibitors” SPE Journal. 11(2): 248-258.
Invited Presentations and Publications:
  • Heather J. Shipley, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson “Metal Release during Sediment Dredging”, presented at EPA-TSP meeting, San Antonio, TX, October, 2005
  • Vicki Colvin, Pedro Alvarez, Michael Wong, Heather J. Shipley “Nano-engineered particles for water purification (arsenic) in the developing world”, Managua, Nicaragua, December, 2006
  • Heather J. Shipley, Amy T. Kan, Gongmin Fu, Dong Shen, and Mason B. Tomson. “Effect of hydrate inhibitors on calcite, sulfates, and halite scale formation”, (SPE 100522) presented at Society of Petroleum Engineers, Aberdeen, Scotland, May, 2006 (Young Professional Paper Award)
  • Heather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson “Research Opportunities with Nanotechnology: Removal of Arsenic with Magnetite Nanoparticles” CBEN short course, Rice University, March 2007
  • Heather J. Shipley, Cafer Yavuz, John Baker, Vicki Colvin “Nano-engineered particles for water purification (arsenic removal using magnetite nanoparticles)” NanoDays 2007 Columbia University (booth presentation)
  • Heather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson “Research Opportunities with Nanotechnology: Removal of Arsenic with Magnetite Nanoparticles” Seminar, Baylor University, April 2007

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations:

  • Heather J. Shipley, Yan Gao, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson “The Mobilization of Metals and Inorganic Compounds during Resuspension of Anoxic Sediments”, (talk/paper) presented at International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, NM, October 2004
  • Heather J. Shipley, Amy T. Kan, Gongmin Fu, Dong Shen, and Mason B. Tomson. “Effect of hydrate inhibitors on calcite, sulfates, and halite scale formation”, (talk/SPE 100522) presented at Society of Petroleum Engineers, Aberdeen, Scotland, May, 2006 (Outstanding student paper award)
  • Heather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson "Kinetics of Arsenate and Arsenite to nan-Magnetite (Fe3O4)”, (talk) presented at the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006
  • Heather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson “Magnetite Nanoparticles for Treatment of Arsenic from the Drinking Water”, (talk) presented at the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2007