Martin Bergstedt
Martin Bergstedt is an experienced executive, with a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota. He first joined Economics Laboratory at their pilot plant, performing process development and plant start-ups. From there he held positions of progressively increasing scope and responsibility at ETD Technology and DuPont Electronics, and then spent ten years in General Manager positions with Aptus (Westinghouse) Environmental and USFilter (Veolia). He worked at U.S. Water Services as Director of Engineering and Project Management, overseeing the design, specification and installation of water treatment systems for 60 new ethanol plants in a three year period, and is currently General Manager, Eastern U.S. at Amazon Environmental. His greatest successes are when taking underperforming or inexperienced organizations and forging a cohesive effort to accomplish the project or profit objectives.
ChEnected contributions
Mercury Removal at Coal-Fired Power Plants
Removal of Mercury from the combustion air stream at a coal-fired power plant is one of the most sensitive and challenging tasks of pollution control. Dr. Noah Meeks of The Southern Company discussed mercury removal strategies.
Freshmen Chemical Engineers in Legoland
Dr. Bill Elmore at Mississippi State University has begun a class for freshman ChemEs, drawing on Legos to help incoming students find out whether the chemical engineering program is where they truly want to be.
Electrospun Nanofiber Films for Biomimicry [On Location]
Conventional asymmetrical membrane structures cause severe mass transfer limitations, so future membrane designs need to focus on mimicking the functionality and specificity of biological membrane systems.
Plasma Synthesis of Metal Sulfide Nanocrystals [On Location]
Metal sulfide nanocrystals have typically been synthesized in hot solvent-solution phase systems that bring with them a host of quality and productivity issues. Current work at the University of Minnesota seeks to avoid these problems by utilizing a non-thermal plasma reactor and deposition system.
Phase Change Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture [On Location]
The use of ionic liquids that change phase in the presence of CO2 offers the possibility of a novel CO2 capture process that is more energy efficient than current aqueous amine systems.
Novel Membranes for the Battlefield [On Location]
The development of new "mixed-matrix membrane" systems can benefit our soldiers on the chemical warfare battlefield.
Here Comes the Sun: Solar for Chemical Process Industries [On Location]
A novel solar reactor design has been developed at the University of Florida. Preliminary tests using a pilot-scale system capable of taking in 10kW solar energy and using it to drive the splitting of water have been successful.
Making Multilayered Bio-Hybrid Solar Cells [On Location]
Being able to "grow your own" photosynthetic elements of a solar powered technology would be a boon for underdeveloped and remote areas of the world that have a need for off-the-grid electrical power.
Natural Ecosystem Unit Operations [On Location]
Working with a plant site's existing natural resources, chemical engineers can harness ecosystems to mitigate undesirable plant outputs and reduce or eliminate the need for traditional unit operations equipment.
Rotating Algal Biofilm Reactor [On Location]
A new approach to address the problems of the large land area required for cultivation, culture contamination and the difficult and costly dewatering of the harvested cells in large-scale algal biofuel projects is under development at Iowa State University.
Predictive Tools Foster Sustainability [On Location]
John Leazer discussed several key ways in which the EPA is working to promote and assist industry in their ongoing sustainability efforts. Of special significance are some software tools available from the EPA.
65 Years Ago: AIChE Runs in the Family
One chemical engineer looks back at his family's history to realize he comes from a line of chemical engineers and AIChE members.
Interview: Anjana Meel of Safer Systems on Handling Spills [On Location]
During the poster session at the Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety, we spoke with Anjana Meel, research and development engineer at Safer Systems, to discuss her research on spills. The research compares shrinking vs. non-shrinking spills to help process safety engineers deal with spills quickly and efficiently.
Sustainability of Cellulosic Ethanol Processes [On Location]
Dr. Eric C. D. Tan of NREL presented the current state-of-technology (SOT) sustainability assessments for two conversion platforms: biochemical and thermochemical biomass conversion technologies.
Just-In-Time Engineering Speeds Completion of Pilot Plants [On Location]
The faster you are to market, the quicker you can begin to profit. At Zeton, they are fine-tuning the art of "just-in-time engineering," and Adam Whalley talked about how they shave weeks and even months off already tight schedules.