William Pennock

William comes to NJIT from Cornell University, where he completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering. He was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for his work on improving physical and chemical mechanisms to make water treatment more efficient and resilient by avoiding the use of electricity and moving parts. During his graduate studies, William worked primarily on a design algorithm and a performance prediction equation to aid the engineering community in the design and operation of hydraulic flocculators, which prepare suspended contaminants and pathogens for removal through later processes like filtration and disinfection. The chief aim of his work is to expand access to municipal drinking water treatment throughout the majority world. Before joining the department, William was working in India on a Fulbright-Nehru fellowship toward the development, dissemination and adoption of a new village-scale drinking water treatment plant he and his colleagues from Cornell and in India designed. Dr. Pennock earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering right here at NJIT, and was an active member of the university’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders.

Ph.D.; Cornell University; Environmental Engineering,; 2019

M.S.; Cornell University; Environmental Engineering; 2016

B.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Civil Engineering; 2013

Mondays 1:30-3:00 PM, Thursdays 3:00-4:30 PM

Physical and Chemical Treatment
Fluid Mechanics
Development Engineering

Modeling of conventional drinking water treatment processes (coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration), Technology development for low resource applications, Fluid mechanics, Lead corrosion, Adsorption

Du, Yingda, & Pennock, William, & Weber-Shirk, Monroe, & Lion, Leonard (2019). Observations and a Geometric Explanation of the Effects of Humic Acid on Flocculation. Environmental Engineering Science, 36(5),

Pennock, William, & Weber-Shirk, Monroe, & Lion, Leonard (2018). A Hydrodynamic and Surface Coverage Model Capable of Predicting Settled Effluent Turbidity Subsequent to Hydraulic Flocculation. Environmental Engineering Science, 35(12), 1273--1285.

Pennock, William, & Chan, Felice, & Weber-Shirk, Monroe, & Lion, Leonard (2016). Theoretical Foundation and Test Apparatus for an Agent-Based Flocculation Model. Environmental Engineering Science, 33(9), 688--698.