William Pennock
William Pennock
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
268 Colton Hall
About Me
William Pennock joined 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 models of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation for water treatment techniques that eliminate the use of electricity and moving parts. 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 India designed. Dr. Pennock earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering at NJIT. His current work focuses on the design and operation of drinking water treatment plants and detecting and removing lead in premise plumbing.
Education
Ph.D.; Cornell University; Environmental Engineering,; 2019
M.S.; Cornell University; Environmental Engineering; 2016
B.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Civil Engineering; 2013
M.S.; Cornell University; Environmental Engineering; 2016
B.S.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Civil Engineering; 2013
Office Hours
Tuesdays & Thursdays 14:30–16:00
Teaching Interests
Physical and Chemical Treatment
Fluid Mechanics
Development Engineering
Sustainability
Fluid Mechanics
Development Engineering
Sustainability
Past Courses
CE 320: FLUID MECHANICS
Research Interests
Modeling of conventional drinking water treatment processes (coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration), Technology development for low resource applications, Fluid mechanics, Lead corrosion, Adsorption, Stormwater
In Progress
Comparison of Ferric Coagulants
Comparing the performance of ferric sulfate and ferric chloride on removal of organics and suspended particles.
Effect of pulses on fluidized bed clarification
Work with researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev integrating their colloidal dynamics findings with a water treatment reactor my group has worked with.
Comparing the performance of ferric sulfate and ferric chloride on removal of organics and suspended particles.
Effect of pulses on fluidized bed clarification
Work with researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev integrating their colloidal dynamics findings with a water treatment reactor my group has worked with.
Journal Article
Pennock, William, & Lion, Leonard, & Weber-Shirk, Monroe (2021). Design Algorithm for Vertically-Baffled Flocculators. Environmental Engineering Science,
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.
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.