2020 Digital Conference - Networking Session 4 - Lab Water Design - An In-Depth Case Study and Review

Mark Girgenti is the Director of Design Engineering for Burt Process Equipment, an environmental process equipment firm. Mark has spearheaded the design, integration, project management, and construction of water treatment equipment for wastewater, rain harvesting, graywater, and high-purity water systems in the government, institutional, and pharmaceutical industries in the United States and abroad.

As an upcoming engineer with more than 10 years of experience, and from his years of study and publication record in chemical system design, Mark brings a unique understanding to these projects from a process engineering and chemistry perspective as opposed to the traditional mechanical approach.

Mark has been a speaker at numerous green building and plumbing technical symposiums across the country and internationally including the Boston Green Table Discussion, ASPE Chicago and Houston Chapter Symposiums, and ASPE Tech Symposiums in 2011, 2013, and 2015. He was also a speaker at the CIPH (Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating) 2014 exposition as well as numerous ISPE (International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers) events. He has also written several journal articles on water treatment technologies. He had been a member of the AYP (ASPE Young Professional) Board since its inception and has also served as a member of ASPE's Education Committee as well as a Vice President of the ASPE Research Foundation.

Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master of science in chemistry. He is actively involved in academic circles as a professional member of the graduate advisory committee for Southern Connecticut State University and also serves as a volunteer faculty member.