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Jay N. Meegoda, Ph. D., P. E.

Professor & Director of Geotech. Lab.
Department of Civil & Env. Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Phone: (973) 596 2464, Fax: (973)-596-5790


Education

Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, 1985, University of California, Davis
M. S. in Civil Engineering, 1983, University of California, Davis
B. SC (Hon.) in Civil Engineering, 1980,
University of Sri Lanka

Experience

  • Professor- New Jersey Institute of Technology-September 2000- Present
  • International Financial Institutions Loan Project Office, Hebei Provincial Communication Department, The Peoples Republic of China-a one-month intensive training program on Expressway Management and Operation, funded by the Asian Development Bank, February-March 2002.
  • Associate Professor- New Jersey Institute of Technology-September 1990- August 2000
  • International Financial Institutions Loan Project Office, Hebei Provincial Communication Department, The Peoples Republic of China-a two-month intensive training program on Highway Construction and Management, funded by the Asian Development Bank, July-August 1999.
  • Consultant to Roy F. Weston, Inc. on AWWARF project on emerging technologies for accurately locating metallic and nonmetallic buried "assets," January-December 1999.
  • TT Materials Corp., Route 22, Wingdale, NY, testified to the Dutches County Environmental Management Council, and review of contaminated soil data, January- November 1999
  • Geocon Staten Island, NY, Laboratory and field Audit, Slurry Wall at Fresh Kills Landfill, Geocon Project J6-0019, April 1997- January 1998
  • UNDP TOKTEN Expert to Government of Sri Lanka, August- September 1994 and August 1996
  • The Department of Highway Administration, The Ministry of Communications, The Peoples Republic of China- Provided a two month intensive training program on Material Testing for Highway Construction, funded by the World Bank, April-May 1996.
  • National Research Council (Taiwan) Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, February 1995- July 1995
  • Assistant Professor- New Jersey Institute of Technology-September 1985-August 1990
  • Post Grad. Research Engineer- U. of California, Davis-June 1985- August 1985
  • Associate Instructor- University of California, Davis-September 1984- June 1985
  • Visiting Lecturer- University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez-February 1985-March 1985

 

Research Interests

Dr Meegoda's research can be best described as Mechanics of Geo-environmental Engineering where he utilizes scientific concepts and engineering technologies in real world applications. He used several scientific concepts and engineering technologies to contribute to his profession. He set up the centrifugal testing laboratory and the asphalt-testing laboratory for his research. He was one of the main players in writing the proposal, setting-up and extensive use NSF sponsored NJIT State-of-the-art Geo-environmental laboratory. Under the heading of Mechanics of Geo-environmental Engineering Dr. Meegoda's research can be further subdivided into six main trust areas as shown below.

    1. Engineering Properties of Contaminated Soils
    2. Centrifugal Modeling of Contaminant Transport
    3. Micro-mechanics
    4. Reuse of Contaminated Soils
    5. Ultrasound Research
    6. Underground Infrastructure Initiative

Teaching Activities

Short Courses

      Three hour short course on Asphalt Technology to Engineers of Liaoning Provincial High Grade Highway Construction Engineers, Peoples Republic of China during a three week intensive program offered by Louis Berger, NJ, March 1993.

      Three hour workshop on Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Construction at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September 1993.

      Two month training course on Material Testing for Highway Construction, The Department of Highway Administration, The Ministry of Communications, The Peoples Republic of China, funded by the World Bank, April-May 1996.

      Three hour short course on Design and construction of Asphalt Pavements, Construction Supervisor Training Course, Xinjiang Highway Construction group, offered by Louis Berger, NJ, January 1998 and March 1999.

      One day USEPA Seminar on Two Urban Rivers-Passaic River and Rahway River "Can we restore them?" 2890 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ, Building 205 Conference Center, September 17, 1998, USEPA with Dr. Ella F. Filippone

      Two month training course on Highway Construction and Management, The Department of Highway Administration, The Ministry of Communications, The Peoples Republic of China, funded by the Asian Development Bank, July-August 1999.

      Two day Short course on "Soil Remediation Technologies" held on August, 25-26, 2000 and on May 4-5, 2001 at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong with Dr. I. Lo.

      Two day Short course on “Foundation Designs" held on November 29-30, 2002 at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

      One month training course on Expressway Management and Operation to International Financial Institutions Loan Project Office, Hebei Provincial Communication Department, PRC, funded by the Asian Development Bank, February-March 2002.

     Two day Short course on "Soil Remediation Technologies" held on March 19-20, 2005 at Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.

One day short Course on “Soil and Sediment Remediation Technologies”, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 6, 2007

Two-day short course on “Hydraulic Conductivity and Seepage,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 27-28, 2007

One day short Course on “Flow Through Soils”, Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 24, 2008

One day short Course on “Soil and Sediment Remediation Technologies”, Hong Kong, June 1, 2008

Publications

Dr. Meegoda has over one hundred publications in journals, books and proceedings. Bulk of his refereed papers appeared in ASCE, ASTM and TRB journals and special technical publications, which are considered as the premier journals in the profession. The following are some of his recent publications in Environmental Engineering.

A complete list of publications

Publications in 2009

·         “A Culvert Information Management System,” Jay N. Meegoda, Thomas M. Juliano and Chi Tang, Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2108, Maintenance and Management of the Infrastructure, December 2009, pp. 3-12.

·         “A Case Study on the Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Collection,“ Karolina A. Filipiak, Layek Abdel-Malek, Hsin-Neng Hsieh and Jay N. Meegoda, ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 13, No. 3, July 2009, pp. 210-216

·         “Effects of Gas and Moisture on Modeling of Bioreactor Landfill Settlement,” Waste Management Volume 29, #3, March 2009, Pages 1018-1025  by Hettiarachchi, H. , Meegoda, J., Hettiaratchi, P.

·         “On achieving the state's household recycling target: A case study of Northern New Jersey, USA,” Waste Management, Volume 29, #2, February 2009, Pages 647-654   by Otegbeye, M., Abdel-Malek, L., Hsieh, H. N., Meegoda, J. N.

·         “Book review, Salah El-Haggar, Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management – Cradle-to-Cradle for Sustainable Development, Academic Press (2007)”, H. N. Hsieh and J. N. Meegoda, the Journal of  Cleaner Production, Volume 17, 2009, Page 570.

Grants

Dr. Meegoda has obtained research funding worth $5.5M from agencies such as the NSF, the USEPA, US Army, FHWA, NJ Department of Environmental Protection and NJ Department of Transportation. Following are some of his recent grants.

A complete list of research grants and contracts

Current Funding

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, Implementation of Maintenance Decision Support System in New Jersey, July 2007- June 2009, $342,000, PIs: Steven Chien and Jay Meegoda

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, Drainage Identification, Analysis and Mapping Project, January 2010- December 2011, $500,000, PI: Jay Meegoda

Professional Societies

Editorial Activities

  • Editorial Board Member ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Editorial Board member Springer Journal on Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Associate Editor of the ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
  • Reviewer of the following Journals and organizations.

                        ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal

                        ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Journal,

                        ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering

                        ASCE Environmental Engineering Journal

                        ASCE Materials in Civil Engineering Journal

                        ASCE Engineering Mechanics Journal

                        ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

                                     Management

                        Transportation Research Record, National Research Council

                        Journal of Contaminated Soils

                        International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

                        International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

                        Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

                        Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Journal

                        International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

                        Journal of Engineering Education

                        International Journal for Solids and Structures

                        Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

                        Journal of Hazardous Materials

                        Water Resources Research

                        Environmental Science and Technology Journal

                        Environmental Pollution

                  Journal of Environmental Informatics

 

Patents

US Patent # 5,340,396, "Preparation of Asphalt Concrete with Organic Contaminated Soils."

 

Honors, Awards and Listings

    • Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Davis 1983.
    • Earle C. Anthony Fellow, University of California, Davis, 1984.
    • Who's Who Among Young Americans, 1990, and 1991
    • Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1992 and 1993
    • Man of Achievement, 1993, 1994 and 1995
    • Who's Who in East, 1994
    • Who's Who Among Educators, 1995
    • Strathmore's Who's Who, 1996, 1997
    • Who's Who in the World, 1998, 1999
    • Cited in New Jersey Outdoors, Fall 1992, page 12.
    • Cited in Roads and Bridges, July 1993, page 60.
    • Best Practice Paper Award, 2001, Environmental Multimedia Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The paper is entitled "A Pilot Scale Investigation of Cold Ex-Situ Vitrification," appeared in the January 2000 issue of the ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management.
    • ASCE North Jersey Branch Educator of the Year Award, 2001, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the education of civil engineers through guidance and efforts.
    • ASCE Leadership Training in Government Relations Program, March 9-10, 2004, Washington, DC.
    • ASCE New Jersey Section Educator of the Year Award, May 2005, in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and  the education of civil engineers through guidance and efforts
    • Ronald E. McNair Faculty Mentor, 2005
    • Key Note Speaker- Sustainability of Solid Waste Management, 1st Global Cleaner Production Conference and Exhibition "Clean Globe 1", Nasr City-Cairo- Egypt 18-20 September 2006
    • Keynote Speaker- Sustainable Use of Waste, the International Symposium on Geo-environmental Engineering for Sustainable development, 22-24 Oct, 2007, Xuzhou, PRC.

International Collaborations

·         The National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka, 1994-1996, Sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

·         National Chiao Tung University, Republic of China, 1995, Sponsored by the National Research Council.

·         Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2000-2003, Sponsored by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong.

·         University of Calgary, Canada, 2004-2007, Sponsored by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

·         American University of Cairo, Egypt, 2005-2008, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

·         Tsinghua University, Peoples Republic of China, 2005-2007, Sponsored by the Asia-link Program of the European Union and 2009-2011, Sponsored by Chinese National Science Foundation.

·         Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic, 2004-2006, Sponsored by Foundation Becario, Czech Republic

·         Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU), Hebron-Palestine, 2010, Sponsored by Open Society Institute / Soros Foundations Network

 


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