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Miss Hannah Sargeant
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Professional biography
Having obtained a BSc in Physics at the University of Sheffield, I then completed my PGCE at Loughborough University where I became qualified to teach physics and maths. After working as a science and physics teacher I then went to the University of Leicester where I was awarded an MSc with distinction in Space Exploration Systems. I am now studying my PhD at the the Open University in water extraction from the lunar regolith.
I am a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and I was awarded the Amelia Earhart Fellowship in 2019.
Research interests
During my MSc I completed a 6 month international research project with other MSc students. The aim of the project was a pre-phase A study of a mission to Mars to establish a permanent infrastructure to support a series of crewed missions to the Martian surface, with a focus on ISRU. Personal contributions include a study of instruments past and present that are looking for water on Mars, and the selection of instruments required to conduct further analysis to determine a suitable landing site for ISRU facilities.
My current research focuses on the development of a breadboard model of the ProSPA instrument due to land near the lunar south pole in 2022 as part of a joint ESA/ROSCOSMOS mission. I am looking at In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) techniques to extract water from lunar regolith. In this project I have built a lab-bench model of the ProSPa instrument and I am performing experiments on ilmenite, lunar simulants, lunar meteorites, and Apollo samples to determine the feasibility of these experiments on the lunar surface.
Impact and engagement
I am a STEM ambassador and I won the 'I'm a Scientist, get me out of here!' national competition for the Space Exploration zone. I was also a national finalist in the 2018 Institute of Physics 3 Minute Wonder event. I enjoy visiting schools to run space balloon projects and deliver career talks. I also help to deliver science activities at STEM events.
External collaborations
In 2018 I was selected to take part in the Lunar and Planetary Institute 'Exploration Science Summer Intern Program'. With a team of 10 international graduate students we addressed planetary science questions that face NASA. The major theme of the project was utilizing images of lunar boulder tracks in previously unexplored regions of the Moon to determine how traversable they are. In particular we analyzed pyroclastic deposits and permanently shadowed regions. A number of conference items and published papers were produced from this work.
Publications
Journal articles
Bickel, V. T.; Honniball, C. I.; Martinez, S. N.; Rogaski, A.; Sargeant, H.M.; Bell, S. K.; Czaplinski, E. C.; Farrant, B. E.; Harrington, E. M.; Tolometti, G. D. and Kring, D. A.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124(5) (pp. 1296-1314)
Hydrogen reduction of ilmenite: Towards an in situ resource utilization demonstration on the surface of the Moon (2019)
Sargeant, H. M.; Abernethy, F. A. J.; Barber, S. J.; Wright, I. P.; Anand, M.; Sheridan, S. and Morse, A.
Planetary and Space Science, Article 104751 ((In Press))
Feasibility studies for hydrogen reduction of ilmenite in a static system for use as an ISRU demonstration on the lunar surface (2019)
Sargeant, H. M.; Abernethy, F. A. J.; Anand, M.; Barber, S. J.; Landsberg, P.; Sheridan, S.; Wright, I. and Morse, A.
Planetary and Space Science, Article 104759 ((Early Access))
Conference items
Sargeant, H. M.; Bickel, V. T.; Honniball, C. I.; Martinez, S. N.; Rogaski, A.; Bell, S. K.; Czaplinski, E. C.; Farrant, B. E.; Harrington, E. M.; Tolometti, G. D. and Kring, D. A.
In : Lunar ISRU 2019 (15-17 Jul 2019, Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Experimental Development and Testing of the Reduction of Ilmenite for a Lunar ISRU Demonstration with ProSPA (2019)
Sargeant, H. M.; Abernethy, F.; Anand, M.; Barber, S. J.; Sheridan, S.; Wright, I. and Morse, A.
In : Lunar ISRU 2019 (15-17 Jul 2019, Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Determining the Bearing Capacity of Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon using Boulder Tracks (2019)
Sargeant, H. M.; Bickel, V. T.; Honniball, C. I.; Martinez, S. N.; Rogaski, A.; Bell, S. K.; Czaplinski, E. C.; Farrant, B. E.; Harrington, E. M.; Tolometti, G. D. and Kring, D. A.
In : 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2019 (18-22 Mar 2019, Houston, TX)
Experimental Development and Testing of the Ilmenite Reduction Reaction for a Lunar ISRU Demonstration with ProSPA (2019)
Sargeant, H. M.; Abernethy, F.; Anand, M.; Barber, S. J.; Sheridan, S.; Wright, I. P. and Morse, A.
In : 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (18-22 Mar 2019, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA)
Hydrogen Reduction of Ilmenite in a Static System for a Lunar ISRU Demonstration (2018)
Sargeant, H. M.; Abernethy, F.; Barber, S. J.; Wright, I. P.; Sheridan, S.; Landsberg, P.; Morse, A. D.; Anand, M. and Reiss, P.
In : European Lunar Symposium (ELS) 2018 (14-16 May 2018, Toulouse, France)
ProSPA: the Science Laboratory for the Processing and Analysis of Lunar Polar Volatiles within PROSPECT (2017-03-20)
Barber, S. J.; Smith, P. H.; Wright, I. P.; Abernethy, F.; Anand, M.; Dewar, K. R.; Hodges, M.; Landsberg, P.; Leese, M. R.; Morgan, G. H.; Morse, A. D.; Mortimer, J.; Sargeant, H. M.; Sheard, I.; Sheridan, S.; Verchovsky, A.; Goesmann, S.; Howe, C.; Morse, T.; Lillywhite, N.; Quinn, A.; Missaglia, N.; Pedrali, M.; Reiss, P.; Rizzi, F.; Rusconi, A.; Savoia, M.; Zamboni, A.; Merrifield, J. A.; Gibson Jr., E. K.; Carpenter, J.; Fisackerly, R. and Houdou, B.
In : 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (20-24 Mar 2017, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas)
Hydrogen reduction of ilmenite as an ISRU demonstration for ProSPA (2017)
Sargeant, H.; Abernethy, F.; Wright, I. P.; Barber, S.; Sheridan, S.; Morse, A. and Anand, M.
In : European Lunar Symposium (ELS) 2017 (2-3 May 2017, Munster, Germany)
Water production from lunar samples and simulants ()
Sargeant, Hannah; Abernethy, Feargus; Anand, Mahesh; Barber, Simeon; Sheridan, Simon; Wright, Ian and Morse, Andrew
In : Space Resources Workshop (10-11 Oct 2019, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
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