Grants and Contracts


US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, Non-Contact Skid Resistance Measurement, January 2008- December 2009, $ 248230, PIs: Jay Meegoda and Geoff Row,

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, Culvert Information Management System - Demonstration Project, January 2007- June 2008, $90,000, PIs: J. Meegoda, T. Juliano and C. Tang

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, “Conversion of Chromium Ore processing Residue to Chrome Steel”, May 2006-April 2008, $149,866.00

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, Salt Runoff Collection System, January 2005- August 2007, $201,282, PIs: G. Golub, B. Dresnack, J. Meegoda, T. Harhaba, W. Konon and E. Filippone

National Science Foundation, Management of Environmental Problems in Egypt, September 2004- March 2008. $72,000.00, PIs: Meegoda/Hsieh/ Abdel

Malek /Ezeldin/El Haggar

Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Strategic Grants Program), Sustainable Biocell Technology for Energy and Resource Recovery, November, 2004-October 2007, $296,000CAN. PIs: P. Hettiaratchi, A. Mehrotra, G. Achari, M. Warith, and J. Wilson, International Collaborator: J. N. Meegoda, Local Collaborators: City of Calgary, Stantech Consulting

US Environmental Protection Agency, Evaluation of Opportunities to Improve Structural Integrity Monitoring (SIM) Capabilities for Water Mains through Federal Research and Technology Transfer, December 2004-December 2005 $118,000.00, PIs: A. Emin Aktan, Richard Finlayson, Ramjee Raghavan, Jay N. Meegoda and Thomas Juliano

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, "Corrugated Steel Culvert Pipe Deterioration," January 2003-December 2004, $214,614 PIs: J. Meegoda and T. Juliano

U.S. Army Industrial Ecology Center/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Research, Development, Demonstration and Validation of Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure" May 2001- November 2002, $86,400, PIs: T. Juliano and J. Meegoda

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, "Correlation of Surface Texture, Segregation, and Measurement of Air Voids" January 2001- August 2002, $80,130, PIs: J. N. Meegoda, and Dr. Geoff Rowe

US Department of Transportation/New Jersey Department of Transportation, "Laboratory Information Management System", April 2000- May 2002, $182,341.00, PIs: J. N. Meegoda, and C. Tang

Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, "Investigation of Subsurface Contamination and Effectiveness of Remediation Technologies Using Geotechnical Centrifuge Techniques," January 2000- December 2003, HK $531,000 (US$68,960), PIs: I. M. C. Lo and J. N. Meegoda

National Science Foundation, "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments" May 1997- May 2000, $118,365.00, Grant # CMS-9700318

Union County Utilities Authority, "Union County Resource Recovery Facility Ash Management," June 1997- August 1997, $23,150, PIs: D. S. Kosson, J. N. Meegoda and B. Williams

NewCo, NJ, "Evaluation of Ensol Technology," July 1999- October 2000, $ 7,550.00.

NJ Asphalt Pavement Association, Research Contribution, $2,500, July 1997.

Department of Highway Administration, Peoples Republic of China, "Material Testing for Highway Construction", $52,000.00, Nov. 1995- June 1996, PIs: L. Pignataro, and J. N. Meegoda

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, "Reuse of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Cold Mix Asphalt Concrete", $39,500.00, June 1995- September 1996, PI: N. J. Meegoda

AbaTech Inc., KS, Donation for Research, $4,000, Sep 1997- Dec 1998.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, "Remediation and Reuse of Chromium Contaminated Soils Through Cold Top In-situ Vitrification", $374,232.00, August 1994- December 1997, PIs: W. Librizzi, N. J. Meegoda, A. S. Ezeldin, D. A. Vaccari, B. A. Novel and T. F. Tate.

National Research Council, Republic of China, "Construction Use of Abandoned Soils from City of Taipei, Taiwan" $NT462,000.00(US$18,480), February 1995- October 1995, Grant # NRC-84-2611-E-009-008, PIs: H. Y. Shan, A. B. Huang, and Jay N. Meegoda.

US Environmental Protection Agency, "Ultrasonic Enhanced Soil Washing", $155,000.00, June 1994- December 1995, PI: J. N. Meegoda, Co-PI: W. D. Ho

National Science Foundation, "Development of State-of-the-art Geo-environmental Engineering Research Facilities", $958,735, January 1993- December 1996, Grant # ECS-9214571 (without NJIT Match), PIs: A. Levine, H. N. Hsieh, R. P. Khera, N. J. Meegoda, D. Raghu.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, "Full Scale Testing of Construction Materials Containing Petroleum Contaminated Soils", $52,981.00 (without NJIT Match), June 1992- July 1994, PI: N. J. Meegoda

Construction Industry Advancement Program, Automatic Compactor for Asphalt Testing, $500.00, August 1991.

Hazardous Substance Material Research Center, "Construction Use of Residually Contaminated Soils", $80,911.00, July 1990- July 1992, PIs: N. J. Meegoda, A. S. Ezeldin, and D. A. Vaccari.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, "Construction Uses of Petroleum Contaminated Soils," $92,000.00, July 1990- July 1992, PI: N. J. Meegoda.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, "Hydrogeological Properties of Clays," $1,000.00, September 1989- June 1990.

New Jersey Department of Higher Education, "Enhanced Honors Computer Facility for Sci/Tech Curriculum," $27,959.00, Sep. 1989- June 1990, Faculty Associate, PIs: R. Sher and J. Grow.

National Science Foundation, "Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clays," $77,950.00, Grant # BES-8708834, July 1987-June 1990.

Public Service and Gas Company, "Feasibility Study of Fly-ash Soil Mixtures for Roadway Embankment Material, CPI: Konon W., $4,500.00, June 23- July 23, 1986.

New Jersey Department of Higher Education and the Foundation at New Jersey Institute of Technology, " A New Index to Characterize the Contaminated Soils," $47,000.00, July 1986- June 1989.