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
Honors and Awards
- Life Raft Award Winner, Engineering Sustainability, UB Honor’s College Annual Faculty Competition (2021)
- Best Young Professional Paper in “Sustainability, Climate Change, Resource Conservation, and Waste Management,” Air & Waste Management Meeting (2019)
- UB Experiential Learning Network Faculty Fellow (2018-2019)
- UB School of Engineering and Applied Science Early Career Teacher of the Year (2017)
- Best Paper in “Adsorbent Materials” Session at AIChE Annual Meeting (2017)
- Outstanding Director – Air & Waste Management Association, Niagara Frontier Section (2016-2017)
- Best Undergraduate Mentor – UB LSAMP Program’s “Mister Miyagi Award” (2015)
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors – National Science Foundation CAREER Workshop Travel Award (2015)
- Air & Waste Management Association Ph.D. Dissertation Award – 2nd Place (2014)
- UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (2010, CEE 446)
- American Carbon Society Mrozowski Oral Presentation Award – Finalist (2010)
- Air & Waste Management Association M.S. Thesis Award – 1st Place (2010)
- Air & Waste Management Association Poster Presentation Award – 1st Place (2009)
- UIUC Environmental Engineering Esmilla Scientific Writing Award – 1st Place (2008)
- UIUC Arthur R. Matheson Undergraduate Excellence in Chemistry Award (2006)