John D. Atkinson

PhD

John D. Atkinson.

John D. Atkinson

PhD

John D. Atkinson

PhD

Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability
Associate Professor
Director, Graduate studies, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Director, Engineering Science MS: Focus on Engineering Sustainability

Research Topics

Waste Management; Recycling; Plastics and Polymers; Environmental Engineering; Sustainability; Porous Materials; Carbon, Aerosol Science and Technology; Hazardous Materials

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  • Hsu, C.J., Cheng, Y.H., Huang, Y.P., Atkinson, J.D., and Hsi, H.C. (2021) A Novel Synthesis of Sulfurized Magnetic Biochar for Aqueous Hg(II) Capture as a Potential Method for Environmental Remediation in Water. Science of the Total Environment; 784:147240 (Impact Factor = 6.551, Citations = 0).
  • Kirtane, A., Atkinson, J.D., and Sassoubre, L. (2020) Design and Validation of Passive Environmental DNA Samplers Using Granular Activated Carbon and Montmorillonite Clay. Environmental Science & Technology; 54(19):11961-11970 (Impact Factor = 7.864, Citations = 2).
  • Niknaddaf, S., Atkinson, J.D., Gholidoust, A., Fayaz, M., Awad, R., Hashisho, Z., Phillips, J.H., Anderson, J.E., and Nichols, M. (2020) Influence of Purge Gas Flow and Heating Rates on Volatile Organic Compound Decomposition during Regeneration of an Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; 59(8):3521-3530 (Impact Factor = 3.573, Citations = 3).
  • McLean, E.V., Bagchi-Sen, S., Atkinson, J.D. and Schindel, A. (2019) Household Dependence on Solid Cooking Fuels in Peru: An Analysis of Environmental and Socioeconomic Conditions. Global Environmental Change; 58:101961 (Impact Factor = 10.466, Citations = 2).
  • Cui, Y. and Atkinson, J.D. (2019) Glycerol-Derived Magnetic Mesoporous Fe/Cs for Cr(VI) Removal, Prepared via Acid-Assisted One-Pot Pyrolysis. Chemosphere; 228:694-701 (Impact Factor = 5.778, Citations = 10).
  • Cui, Y., Masud, A., Aich, N., and Atkinson, J.D. (2019) Phenol and Cr(VI) Removal Using Materials Derived from Harmful Algal Bloom Biomass: Characterization and Performance Assessment for a Biosorbent, Porous Carbon, and Fe/C Composites. Journal of Hazardous Materials; 368:477-486 (Impact Factor = 9.038, Citations = 29).
  • Ghafari, M., Ghamkhar, R., and Atkinson, J.D. (2019) Assessing NO Oxidation Activity as a Function of Temperature and Moisture Concentration Using Tailored Porous Polymers. Fuel; 241:564-570 (Impact Factor = 5.578, Citations = 2).
  • Cui, Y., He, H., and Atkinson, J.D. (2018) Iron/Carbon Composites for Cr(VI) Removal Prepared from Harmful Algal Bloom Biomass via Metal Bioaccumulation or Biosorption. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering; 7(1):1279-1288 (Impact Factor = 7.632, Citations = 14).
  • McLean, E.V., Bagchi-Sen, S., Atkinson, J.D., Hewner, S., Ravenscroft, J., and Schindel, A. (2019) Country-Level Analysis of Household Fuel Transitions. World Development; 114:267280 (Impact Factor = 3.869, Citations = 8).
  • Hu, M.-M., Zhang, Z., Atkinson, J.D., Rood, M.J., Song, L., and Zhang, Z. (2019) Porous Materials for Steady-State NO Conversion: Comparisons of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Zeolites, and Activated Carbon Fibers. Chemical Engineering Journal; 360:89-96 (Impact Factor = 10.652, Citations = 11).
  • Ghafari, M., Cui, Y., Alali, A., and Atkinson, J.D. (2019) Phenol Adsorption and Desorption with Physically and Chemically Tailored Porous Polymers: Mechanistic Variability Associated with Hyper-Cross-Linking and Amination. Journal of Hazardous Materials; 361:162-168 (Impact Factor = 9.038, Citations = 29).
  • Shariaty, P., Atkinson, J.D., and Hashisho, Z. (2018) Tailoring the Electrical Resistivity of Zeolite Y by Carbon Addition to Allow Resistive Heating. Journal of Materials Chemistry A; 6:12082-12090.
  • Masud, A., Cui, Y., Atkinson, J.D., and Aich, N. (2018) Shape Matters: Cr(VI) Removal Using Iron Nanoparticle Impregnated 1-D vs 2-D Carbon Nanohybrids Prepared with Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis. Journal of Nanoparticle Research; 20:64.
  • Ghafari, M. and Atkinson, J.D. (2018) Impact of Styrenic Polymer Hyper-Cross-Linking on Volatile Organic Compound Adsorption and Desorption Capacity and Kinetics. Journal of Hazardous Materials; 351:117-123.
  • Cui, Y. and Atkinson, J.D. (2018) Hierarchical Porous Fe0 /C and FexOy/C Microspheres Prepared from Glycerol via Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis. Submitted as Communication to Materials Chemistry and Physics.
  • Ghafari, M. and Atkinson, J.D. (2018) Tailoring the Pore Size Distribution of Self-Cross-Linked 4,4’-Bis(Chloromethyl)-1,1’-Biphenyl Polymers Using Reactive and Non-Reactive Co-Solvents. Polymer; 143:331-335.
  • Ghafari, M. and Atkinson, J.D. (2017) One-Step Hyper-Cross-Linking of Styrenic Polymers Using Dichloroalkane Cross-Linkers to Maintain Hydrophobicity. Polymer; 116:278-286.
  • Cui, Y. and Atkinson, J.D. (2017) Tailored Activated from Glycerol: Role of Acid Dehydrator on Physiochemical Characteristics and Adsorption Performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A; 5:16812-16821.
  • Ji, D., Song, H., Chen, B., Yang, F., Cheney, A., Zhang, N., Atkinson, J.D., Zhou, C., Cartwright, A.N., and Gan, Q. (2017) Frozen “Tofu” Effect: Engineered Pore of Hydrophilic Nanoporous Materials. ACS Omega; 2(8):4838-4844.
  • Kamravaei, S., Shariaty, P., Jahandar-Lashaki, M., Atkinson, J.D., Hashisho, Z., Philips, J.H., Anderson, J.E., and Nichols, M. (2017) Effect of Beaded Activated Carbon Fluidization on Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; 56(5):1297-1305.
  • Gholidoust, A., Atkinson, J.D., and Hashisho, Z. (2017) Enhancing CO2 Adsorption via Amine Impregnated Activated Carbon from Oil Sands Coke. Energy & Fuels; 31(2):1756-1763.
  • Ahmadi, M.K., Ghafari, M., Atkinson, J.D., and Pfeifer, B.A. (2016) A Copper Removal Process for Water based upon Biosynthesis of Yersiniabactin, a Metal-Binding Natural Product. Chemical Engineering Journal; 306:772-776.