ChEnected Posts by Martin Bergstedt

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.

Plasma Synthesis of Metal Sulfide Nanocrystals [On Location]

December 10, 2013. By Martin Bergstedt
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.

Rotating Algal Biofilm Reactor [On Location]

November 11, 2013. By Martin Bergstedt
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.

Jumpstarting R&D with Open Innovation [On Location]

April 13, 2012. By Martin Bergstedt
When a large, well established organization determines that it cannot internally provide the level or speed of innovation and new product development that it needs to survive and grow, it will often engage a small innovative start-up company to make up for the shortcoming.

A Look at Siemens, Leader in Sustainability [On Location]

April 09, 2012. By Martin Bergstedt
Siemens, often described as an "industrial giant," is striving to perform in a way such that will also make it known as a "sustainability giant." As part of the YP Tutorial on Environmental Topics, Stephanie Nadeau presented an overview of Siemens' ongoing commitment to sustainability.

Avoiding Technology Agreement Traps [On Location]

April 04, 2012. By Martin Bergstedt
Patent licensing and other technology agreements can be great tools, but a bad agreement, or an ineffective agreement process, can be strategically and financially devastating to both sides of the transaction. Check out these tips to avoid falling into common traps.