Aimee Scheffer
  • Geochemistry
  • Bennett, CO

Aimee Scheffer Among Students Honored by Kansas Geological Survey

2012 Jun 11

Five University of Kansas students received outstanding achievement awards from the Kansas Geological Survey, based on KU's West Campus, including Aimee Scheffer, of Bennett, Colo.

Scheffer, a master's student in geology and a member of the KGS Energy Research section, won a Norman Plummer Outstanding Student Award. She was selected because of her work on the KGS's carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration project, a study to test the safety and efficacy of storing industry-emitted CO2 deep underground in south-central Kansas. As part of the large-scale, multi-year project, Scheffer collected and analyzed fluid, core and rock samples from a Survey well drilled in the Wellington oil field south of Wichita. Norman Plummer was a KGS staff member from 1936 to 1969.

Scheffer, a graduate of Bennett High School, is the daughter of Nicky and Jay Hopper.

The Kansas Geological Survey studies and provides information on the state's geologic resources and hazards, particularly ground water, oil, natural gas and other minerals. It employs approximately 35 students.

The recipients were presented cash awards and certificates in a ceremony on May 4.