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
- 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.