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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Latest News

  • John D. Atkinson, the Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability has been named associate editor with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’ Journal of Environmental Engineering. 

  • Awardees are recognized for advancing the fields of environmental science or environmental engineering within the last 12 months.

  • Phys.org, reported that on a study led by John Atkinson on quantifying the unintended consequences of New York State's Plastic Bag Waste Reduction Law and ways to address those consequences.
  • In a story on the future of plastics recycling, Food Packaging Forum reports on research by John Atkinson, Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, that explored how single-use plastic bag bans in New York have influenced retail return polyethylene (PE) film recycling.
  • Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability and Associate Professor John D. Atkinson, PhD will speak at The SUNY Distinguished Academy's Sustainability of Energy Resources Webinar on Friday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m. 

  • “Journal of Hazardous Materials has long been an important publication for environmental engineers and scientists.” Atkinson says. “I am excited to help sculpt our broader field by contributing to a journal that has been such an important vehicle for sharing my own work.”

  • Environmental engineer John D. Atkinson has been named the first Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability.