John Andrew Bergendahl
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Associate Professor
Affiliated Department or Office:
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director of the Environmental Engineering Program
Education:
BS Mechanical Engineering University of Connecticut
MS Environmental Engineering University of Connecticut
PhD Chemical Engineering University of Connecticut
John Bergendahl is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Environmental Engineering at WPI. John has six years’ experience as a practicing engineer in industry, and holds a BS in mechanical engineering, an MS in environmental engineering, and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He conducted postdoctoral research in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program at the University of Texas in Austin. His current research interests focus on increasing our knowledge of physical and chemical processes for enabling sustainable design of engineered systems.
Email
jberg@wpi.edu
Office Location
Kaven Hall 208
Contact
Phone:
+1 (508) 8315000 x5772
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Novel Physical and Chemical Processes for Water Treatment
Sustainable Engineering Design
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Industrial Waste Management
Scholarly Work
Effect of pH, Temperature, and Use of Synergistic Oxidative Agents on the Ultrasonic Degradation of Tris-2-Chloroethyl Phosphate, Gemfibrozil, and 17b Estradiol in Water, J. of Environmental Chemical Engineering, J.R. Alvarez Corena and J. Bergendahl, 9, 105005 - 2021
Identification and Quantification of Wide Variety of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Municipal Wastewater, J. of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, Y. Chen and J. Bergendahl, 25(4), 04021030 - 2021
Treatment System Hydraulics, ASCE Press - 2008
“COVID-19 ‒ Implications for the Water and Wastewater Industry,” NEWEA Journal, J.
Bergendahl, M. Fernandes, and W. Bates - 2020
"Transdisciplinarity and the Food Energy and Water Nexus: Ecological
Modernization and Supply Chain Sustainability Perspectives", Resources,
Conservation, and Recycling, J. Bergendahl, J. Sarkis, and M. Timko, 133, 309-319 - 2018
“Advanced Oxidation of Five Contaminants in Water by UV/TiO2: Reaction Kinetics and Byproduct Identification”, Journal of Environmental Management, J. R. Alvarez Corena, J. Bergendahl, and F. Hart, 181, 544-551 - 2016