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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-
- International Financial Institutions Loan Project Office, Hebei
Provincial Communication Department, The Peoples Republic of
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- The Department of Highway Administration, The Ministry of
Communications, The Peoples Republic of
- 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
- 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 set up the
centrifugal testing laboratory and the asphalt-testing laboratory for his
research. He is a CO-PI of the $1M grant from NSF with $1M match from NJIT to
establish a state-of-the-art Geo-environmental Lab. He was one of the main
players in writing the proposal, setting-up and extensive use of this 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 five main trust areas as shown below.
Teaching Activities
Short Courses
- 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,
- Two day Short course on Foundation Designs" held on November
29-30, 2002 at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
- Two day Short
course on "Soil Remediation Technologies" held on March 19-20,
2005 at
- Two day Short course on "Environmental Management" held
on November 27-28, 2005 at
- Half day Short Course on “Sustainable Waste Management”
- Three-day Short Course on “Flow through Soils”
- One day short Course on “Soil and Sediment Remediation
Technologies”,
- Two-day short course on “Hydraulic Conductivity and Seepage,”
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 2007
- “Characterization of
Chromite Ore Processing Residue,” Wiwat Kamolpornwijit, Jay N. Meegoda and
Zhengbo Hu, ASCE Practice
Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol.
11#4, pp. 234-239
- “Leaching of heavy
metals stabilized in asphalt matrix,” Červinková, M, Blaha, A and Meegoda, J.N. ASCE Practice Periodical
of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 2007
April, Vol. 11, #2, pp. 106-113.
- “Prediction of Waste
Settlement in Bioreactor Landfills Incorporating Waste Biodegradation” ASCE Geotechnical
Special Publication #152, GeoDenver2007, ISBN # 0784408971, by Chamil
H. Hettiarachchi, Jay N. Meegoda and Patrick Hettiaratchi
- “Settlement of
Bioreactor Landfills during Filling Operation,” ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication #152,
GeoDenver2007, ISBN # 0784408971, by Carlos Hunte, Patrick Hettiaratchi,
Jay N. Meegoda and Chamil H. Hettiarachchi
- “Microscopic Modeling
of Colloidal Silica Stabilized Granular Contaminated Soils,” ASCE Journal of
Materials in Civil Engineering, 2007 January, Vol. 19 #1, pp 91-98,
co-author: Netnapid Tantemsapya
- “Numerical Model to
Predict Settlements Coupled with Landfill Gas Pressure in Bioreactor
Landfills,” Chamil H. Hettiarachchi, John Tavantzis, Jay N. Meegoda and
Patrick Hettiaratchi, Journal of Hazardous Materials, B139 (2007)
514–522
Grants
Dr. Meegoda has obtained research funding
worth $4.5M from agencies such as the NSF, the USEPA, US Army,
A complete list of research grants and contracts
Current Funding
US Department of
Transportation/New
US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, Implementation
of Maintenance Decision Support System in New Jersey, July 2007- June 2009, $458,332, PIs:
National Science
Foundation, Management of Environmental Problems in
US Department of Transportation/New
Professional Societies
- Member of the Geo Institute, American Society for Civil Engineers and Member of the following Committees: Soil Properties and Modeling, and Pavements
- Member of the American Society for Testing and Materials and Member of D-18 & D-35 Committees
- Member of the International Association for Computer Methods
and Advances in Geomechanics
- Member of the Groundwater Protection Committee
- Member of the Environmental Commission,
- Faculty advisor NJIT Engineers without Borders
Editorial Activities
- Editorial Board Member ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal
- Associate Editor of the ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous,
Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
- Guest editor, Journal of Hazardous Materials, special issue on
Contaminated Dredged Sediments
- 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
- 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
- Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Journal
- International Journal of Geotechnical and
Geological Engineering
- Journal of Engineering Education
- International Journal for Solids and Structures
- 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,
- Earle C. Anthony Fellow,
- 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.
- AWWA workshop on Multi-Utility
Buried Pipes and Appurtenances Location, May 29-31, 2002,
- ASCE Leadership Training in Government
Relations Program, March 9-10, 2004,
- ASCE New Jersey section Educator
of the year Award, 2005, in
recognition of contribution to Civil Engineering through education and
research in Geo-environmental engineering
- Keynote Speaker- Sustainability of Solid Waste Management, 1st
Global Cleaner Production Conference and Exhibition "Clean Globe
1",
- Keynote Speaker- Sustainable Use of Waste, the International
Symposium on Geo-environmental Engineering for Sustainable development,
22-24 Oct, 2007,
International
Collaborations
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American University of
Cairo, Egypt, 2005-2008, Sponsored
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