William Pennock

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.

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

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

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

Tuesdays & Thursdays 14:30–16:00

ENE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES

CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

ENE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT

CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

ENE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

ENE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

ENE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR

ENE 490 - SENIOR PROJECT

ENE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS

CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III

CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

ENE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

ENE 664 - PHYS & CHEM TREATMENT

Physical and Chemical Treatment
Fluid Mechanics
Development Engineering
Sustainability

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

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.

Pennock, William, & Lion, Leonard W., & Weber-Shirk, Monroe L. (2023). Simple Model for Coupled Hydraulic Flocculation-Sedimentation Performance. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 149(12), 04023089.

Pennock, William H., & Lion, Leonard W., & Weber-Shirk, Monroe L. (2021). Design Algorithm for Vertically-Baffled Flocculators. Environmental Engineering Science,

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

Malinaro, Ann, & Rhoades, Jacqueline, & Pennock, William, & Gutierrez, Felipe (2019). Take a Mixed Approach to Mixing. Journal AWWA, 111(5), 72-74.

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