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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  • Mousania, Z., Atkinson, J.D. (2025). "A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of multilayer plastic film food packaging materials, comparing to a paper-based alternative." Waste Management, Vol 200, 114747
  • Keane, S., Yang, J., Atkinson, J.D. (2025). "Relationship Between Object Sentimentality and Hypothetical Distance to Climate Change." Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol 151 (1), 04024069
  • Garg, S., Atkinson, J.D., Bae, S., Chen, B., Deng, Y., Hashisho, Z., Liu, H., Radjenovic, J., Shuai, D., Tong, M. (2024). "A Guide for JHM Authors Focusing on Advanced Oxidation and Reduction Processes for Environmental Applications." Journal of Hazardous Materials, 135263
  • Mousania, Z., Angulo, A.V., Poon, J.P.H., Atkinson, J.D. (2024). "Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Transportation for Plastic Film Packaging End-of-Life: Landfill, Incineration, Physical Recycling, or Chemical Recycling." Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol 207, 107681
  • Poon, J.P.H., Peng, P., Atkinson, J.D. (2024). "Industrial and Textile Waste Trade: Multilayer Network and Environmental Policy Effects." Waste Management, Vol 177, 146-157
  • Mousania, Z., Rafiee, R., Moeinaddini, M., Atkinson, J.D. (2024). "Anaerobic Digestion of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste in a Simulation Bioreactor to Improve Predictive Modeling of Landfill Systems." Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Vol 13, 100396
  • Sharma, P., Bano, A., Singh, S.P., Atkinson, J.D., Lam, S.S., Lgbal, H.M.N., Tong, Y.W. (2024). "Biotransformation of Food Waste into Biogas and Hydrogen Fuel: A Review." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol 52, 46-60
  • Mousania, Z., Kayastha, D., Rimmer, R.A., Atkinson, J.D. (2024). "A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment of the Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Considering Materials, Energy, and Waste." International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology
  • Hashisho, Z., Atkinson, J.D. (2023). "Advances in Air Pollution Research: Measurement, Sensing, and Control." Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol 452, 131335-131335
  • Sharma, P., Bano, A., Singh, S.P., Atkinson, J.D., Lam, S.S., Lgbal, H.M.N., Tong, Y.W. (2022). "Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Photocatalysts Used for Bioenergy and Biohydrogen Production from Waste Toward a Sustainable Environment." Fuel, Vol 329, 125408
  • Rocha-Santos, T., Rodrigues, D.F., Atkinson, J.D., Lin, A.Y.C., Blaney, L. (2022). "Emerging Contaminants: JHM Current and Future Trends." Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol 438, 129496
  • Hernandez-Maldonado, DF., Hashisho, Z., Saleh, N., Deng, Y., Bae, S., Frank, F., Georgi, A. (2022). "Current and Future Trends in Adsorption for Environmental Seperations." Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol 433, 128776-128776
  • Meert, J., Izzo, A., Atkinson, J. (2021). "Impact of Plastic Bag Bans on Retail Return Polyethylene Film Recycling Contamination Rates and Speciation." Waste Management, Vol 135, 234-242
  • Hsu, C.J., Atkinson, J.D., Chung, A., Hsi, HC. (2021). "Gaseous Mercury Re-emission from Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Aeration Basins: A Review." Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol 420, 126546
  • 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 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, Vol 306, 772-776.