Previous Scholars
Amirhossein Rezaei Adaryani
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2016
Biodegradation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern by White-rot Fungi in Municipal Leachate
Rarosue Amaraibi
University of South Florida, MS
EREF Scholar 2018
Optimization of Biogas Production by Improving the Amount of Surface Area within a Digester
Vinny Anderson
2016 Carl J. Apicella Scholarship
An Integrated Forward Osmosis-Membrane Distillation Membrane Process for Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment
Shahzeen Attari
2005 Fiessinger Scholarship
Global Climate Change and Human Behavior: Decreasing Energy Consumption
Nicole Berge
2004 Fiessinger Scholarship
Full-Scale Management of Nitrogen at a Bioreactor Landfill
Ashley Berninghaus
Oregon State University, Ph.D.
Evergreen Surety Bond Scholar 2019
Anaerobic Co-digestion of Organic Solid Waste for Increased Methane Production
Annesh Borthakur
2021 EREF Scholarship
Polymer Modified Expanded Clays for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate
Sampurna Datta Bhattacharya
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2017
Transformative Shift of Landfills from Containment Facility to Energy Harvesting
Kyle Bibby
2009 EREF Scholarship
Using Molecular Techniques to Determine the Fate of Pathogens (e.g. viruses) in Landfill Leachates and Source Material
Stephanie Bolyard
2012 EREF Scholarship
Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill
Lori Clark
SUNY Stony Brook, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2015
A Novel Treatment to Hydrogen Sulfide Contaminated Landfill Gas
Riley Coulthard
2016 Fiessinger Doctoral Scholarship
Carbon Nanotube Enabled Technology for Reclamation of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues
Mohan B. Dangi
2007 Fiessinger Scholarship
Assessing Municipal Solid Waste Streams to Illustrate Waste Composition and Generation Patterns Solid Waste Management in Kathmandu, Nepal
Monica N. Danon-Schaffer
2005 EREF Scholarship
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Landfills from Electronic Waste
Tristanne Davis
2014 Carl J. Apicella Scholarship
Evolving Role of Business in Solid Waste Management
Susan DeLong
2006 Fiessinger Scholarship
Development of a Targeted Method for Sequencing Biodegradation Genes
Xunchang Fei
2013 EREF Scholarship
Paradigm for Solid Waste Containment to Active Treatment and Energy Recovery
Kurt F. Flor
2008 PTR Scholarship
Using Business to Spur Waste-to-Energy Technologies in Developing Countries
Matthew Gozun
Purdue University, MS
DCA Scholar 2021
US Household Management of Electronic Waste
Emma Guertin
North Carolina State University, MS
EREF Scholar 2021
Developing High-Yield Resilient and Robust Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Municipal Solid Waste
Sarah Gustitus-Graham
University of Virginia, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2017
Determining the Service Life of Bentonite-Polymer Geosynthetic Clay Liners Permeated with Aggressive Leachates
Carrie Harns
2010 SCS Scholarship
Mechanistic Assessment of the Mobility of Titanium Dioxide and Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles through Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Clay Liners
Morgan Higman
Florida State University, Ph.D.
Robert J. Riethmiller/PTR Baler and Compactor Scholar 2019
Evaluating Local Management Strategies for Post-disaster Waste Collection
Richard Hilliard
Oregon State University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2017
Applying the Simultaneous Anammox and Denitrification (SAD) to Landfill Leachate
Shakira Hobbs
2016 EREF Scholarship
Strategic Sustainability Assessment of Enhanced Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion of Food and Bioplastic Waste for Municipalities
Troy Hottle
2014 EREF Scholarship
Optimizing Disposal Options for Plastic Biopolymers
Nicholas Hotzelt
2015 EREF Scholarship
Landfill Leachate Valorization for Commodity Methane Generation
Syeed Md Iskander
Virginia Tech, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2016
An Integrated Leachate Treatment System for Removing Contaminants and Recovering Resources
Gomathy Radhakrishna Iyer
University of Texas at Arlington, Ph.D.
Evergreen Surety Bond Scholarship Scholar 2016
Development of Landfill Bio Covers from Yardwaste to Oxidize Methane Escaping Landfill
Arlene Janousek
2015 EREF Scholarship
Comparing Waste Management Impacts on Conventional vs. Organic Food Supply Chains
Megan Jaunich
North Carolina State University, Ph.D.
Lonnie C. Poole Jr./Waste Industries Scholar 2013
Developing an LCA Model for Residential/Commercial MSW Collection
Hongyue Jin
Purdue University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2016
Value Recovery of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets: Economic and Environmental Impacts and Associated Pricing Strategy
Ryan Joslyn
University of Central Florida, MS
Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Master’s Scholar
Field Investigation of an Elevated Temperature Florida Landfill
Olga Kachook
2015 EREF Scholarship
Integrating Zero Waste and Extended Producer Responsibility Practices into Corporate Waste
Koichi Kanaoka
2017 Robert J. Riethmiller/PTR Baler and Compactor Scholar
Opportunities, Challenges and Benefits of Increasing Waste Recovery Rates in U.S. Cities
Seth Kane
Montana State University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2020
Treatment of Plastic Waste for Concrete Reinforcement to Increase Viability of Plastic Recycling in Rural Areas
Richa Karanjekar
2011 EREF Scholarship
An Improved Model for Estimating Methane Generation Rates from Landfills Based on Waste Composition, Rainfall and Ambient Temperature
Ella Kim
2013 Fiessinger Scholarship
Renewable Natural Gas from Anaerobic Digestion Processes
Junbeum Kim
2007 EREF Scholarship
Sustainable System Design for Collection and Recycling of E-waste in the United States
Kameron King
EREF Scholar 2020
Co-Digestion of Food Waste and the Aqueous Phase from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Mixed MSW
Laura Knudsen
2009 PTR Scholarship
Electronic Waste Issues and Solutions
Stephanos Koullias
2014 EREF Scholarship
Path-Dependent Nature of Waste Management and Environmental Justice Impacts
Tim Kramer
2008 SCS Scholarship
How Improved Waste Management Practices Can Tie into Carbon Markets and Create Emission Reductions
Marija Krstic
The City College of New York, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2016
Recycled Glass as a Supplementary Cementitious Material in High Performance Concrete
Girish Kumar
University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2018
Numerical Modeling of Temperature Effects on Geosynthetic Interfaces in Landfill Liners
Caroline Larose
2016 Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Master’s Scholarship
Material Flows: Strategies to reduce Ann Arbor’s municipal solid waste and improve diversion
Judd Larson
University of Wyoming, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2015
Stimulating Autoinduction of Biofilm Growth to Enhance Cellulose Stabilization
Tessa Lee
Yale University, MS
Apicella Scholar 2021
LCA of Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies to Direct R&D Funds to Improve Environmental Performance
James W. Levis
2009 Fiessinger Scholarship
The Effects of Climate Change Legislation on Solid Waste Management Operations
Vanessa Maldonado
2020 EREF Scholarship
Destructive Technologies for the Degradation of Per- and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Laura Mast
2015 EREF Scholarship
Chelant-Enhanced Selective Leaching and Capture of Rare Metals from Coal Ash
Kat McCarthy
2015 SCS Scholarship
A Strategy for Organics Diversion
Theodore McMahan
2011 SCS Scholarship
Evaluating Torrefaction as a Process to Convert Organic Waste to Energy
Marcos Miranda
Ohio State University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2020
Changing the Narrative Around Industrial Solid Waste By-Products
Daniel Moccia-Field
Yale University, MS
EREF Scholar 2017
Closing Resource Loops in Institutional Food Waste
Syed Muaaz-Us-Salam
Cardiff University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2016
Enhanced Deligninification and Methane Generation in Waste Repositories through In-Situ Techniques – Overcoming Heterogeneity
Mira Stone Olson
2003 Fiessinger Scholarship
Bacterial Chemotaxis in Porous Media
Alexander Orlov
2001 Fiessinger Scholarship
Environmental Aspects of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis: Studies with Practical Catalysts and Model Systems
Jie Pan
2013 SCS Scholarship
Integrating E-Waste Recycling Workshops for Resource Recovery
Joo Young Park
2010 EREF Scholarship
Waste as Resources: Utilization of Coal Combustion By-products in the United States
Brent Perdue
2015 EREF Scholarship
Analysis of Municipal Landfill Diversion Ordinances
Jocelyn Plouffe
University of Manitoba, MS
SCS Scholar 2021
Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Landfill Cover Soil Under Extreme Seasonal Fluctuation
Serena Pozza
2016 GMI Scholarship
How Closed-loop Production Systems Can Reduce Waste
Dianjun Ren
2011 EREF Scholarship
Effect of AG Nanoparticles on Microbe Populations Found in Landfill and Ag-NP Transport through Liners
Kelsey Rodriguez
2020 EREF Scholarship
Electrochemical-based Degradation Technology for the Treatment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Landfill Leachates
Justin Roessler
2014 EREF Scholarship
Exploring Opportunities For The Beneficial Use of Waste to Energy Ash
Michael Sander
2003 Fiessinger Scholarship
Irreversibility of Organic Compound Sorption to Natural Organic Matter
Oral Saulters
Indiana University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2014
Sustainable Waste Management in Tribal Communities
Danni (McPherron) Schaust
Indiana University Bloomington, MS
EREF Scholar 2016
A Growing Food Waste Problem: Bridging the Gap Between Wasted Resources and Wasted Food
Sierra Schupp
North Carolina State University, MS
Carl J. Apicella Scholar 2019
Methane Production and Microbial Ecology of Solid Waste in Elevated Temperature Landfills (ETLFs)
Kaitlyn Sniffen
2012 PTR Baler Scholarship
Using Algae as a Biomass for Biofuel
Martina Soliman
The Pennsylvania State University, MS
Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Scholar 2019
Reclaimed Waste to Energy Aggregates as Lightweight Sand in Concrete Masonry Units
James Souder
Yale University, MS
Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability
Closing the Loop and Increasing Material Recovery in Supply Chains and Production Systems
Chad Spreadbury
University of Florida, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2018
Beneficial Use of Waste to Energy Ash in Roadway Construction
Bryan Staley
2004 Fiessinger Scholarship
Changes in Microbial Community Structure in Solid Waste Decomposition
Indu Venu Sabaraya
The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2018
Transport and Interactions of 2-Dimensional Nanomaterials through MSW Landfill Leachate
Paige Taber
Clemson University, MS
Carl J. Apicella Scholarship
Hydrogen Peroxide-Based Oxidation on the Removal of UV Quenching Substances
Ross Taggart
2014 EREF Scholarship
Recovering Strategic Metals from Fly Ash
Ryan Thomas
Florida Atlantic University, MS
EREF Scholar 2022
Waste-Derived Activated Carbon Materials for Landfill Gas Purification
Jillian Treadwell
2016 Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability Scholarship
Driving Factors for Organic Waste and Phosphorus Recycling: A quantitative analysis and scenario based model
Leandro Vigna
Yale University, MS
Robert J. Riethmiller/PTR Baler and Compactor Scholarship
Green Building Certifications and their Potential in Reducing Construction Waste in Developing Countries
Angel Villarruel-Moore
University of Central Florida, MS
DCA Scholar 2020
MSW Incinerator Ash Co-Disposal with Unburned Waste: Implications for Elevated Temperatures
Kien Vu
University of South Carolina, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2018
Interactions between Nanomaterials and HDPE Geomembranes Found in MSW and Leachate
Ying Wang
University of Miami, PhD
EREF Scholar 2021
Modification on Fly Ash Specifications to Allow the Reuse of Marginal and Unconventional Source Fly Ashes
Paige Wilson
2012 EREF Scholarship
Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes: The Impact of Operating Conditions on Hydrolysis Efficiency and Microbial Community Composition
Ming Xu
2008 EREF Scholarship
Quantifying Solid Waste Generated by Economic Activities
Ramin Yazdani
2008 EREF Scholarship
Factors Limiting Aerobic Degradation During Aerobic Bioreactor Landfilling
Anna Yip
University of California, Berkeley, MS
EREF Scholar 2020
UC-Berkeley Plastics System Analysis
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