Scholarly Activities


Published Books

1998 "Risk-Based Corrective Action and Brownfields Restorations Geotechnical Special Publication # 82, Craig H. Benson, Jay N. Meegoda, Robert G. Gilbert, and Samuel P. Clemence, Editors, American Society of Civil Engineers ISBN: 0-7844-0389-9, 312 pages, 1998

1997 "Dredging and Management of Dredged Materials" Geotechnical Special Publication # 65, Jay N. Meegoda, T. H. Wakeman, A. K. Arulmoli and W. J. Librizzi, Editors, American Society of Civil Engineers, 208 pages, 1997

1996 "Engineered Contaminated Soils and Interaction of Soil Geomembranes" Geotechnical Special Publication # 59, Jay N. Meegoda, L. E. Vallejo and L. N. Reddi, Editors, American Society of Civil Engineers, 129 pages, 1996


Published Referred Journal Papers

1.       Prediction of Effective Porosity of Contaminated Soils using Electrical Properties for possible review and publication in the ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, co-author P. Ratnaweera

2.       Towards the Development of Sustainable Landfills, Hsieh, H. N. Hettiaratchi, J. P. A.  El Haggar, S., Meegoda, J. N.  and Stressel, R. I.,, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication #177, GeoCongress 2008: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation

3.       Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Sediments Combination of Ultrasound and Acoustic and Flow Fields, Meegoda, J. N., ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication #177, GeoCongress 2008: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation

4.       Conversion of Chromium Ore processing Residue to Chrome Steel, Jay N. Meegoda, Wiwat Kamolpornwijit and Zhengbo Hu, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication #177, GeoCongress 2008: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation

5.        “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 

6.       “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.

7.       “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

8.       “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

9.       “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

10.   “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

11.   “A Framework for Automatic Condition Assessment of Culverts,” Journal of Transportation Research Board, TRB No.1948, October 2006, pp. 26-36, co-authors: T. Juliano and Amit Banerjee

12.   “Numerical analysis and centrifugal modeling of LNAPLs transport in subsurface system,” Progress in Natural Science, Vol. 16, Issue 4, April 2006, Pages 416-424, Co-authors: Irene Lo and Liming Hu

13.   Shear Strength and Stress-Strain Behavior of Contaminated Soils, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Volume 29 #2, March 2006, pp 141- 148, Co-author: P. Ratnaweera

14.   Centrifuge Testing of LNAPL Migration and Soil Vapor Extraction For Soil Remediation, ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 10, #1, pp 33-40, January 2006, Co-authors: Irene Lo and Liming Hu

15.   A Framework for Inspection, Maintenance and Replacement of Corrugated Steel Culvert Pipes," Journal of Transportation Research Board, TRB No. 1911, Co-authors: T. Juliano, L. Abdel-Malek, and P. Ratnaweera, December 2005, pp. 22-30

16.   "Feasibility Study of Using Centrifuge for Investigating LNAPL Migration in Unsaturated Soils," Soil & Sediment Contamination: an International Journal, Vol. 14, #1, January 2005, pp 85-103, Co-authors: Lo, I. M.-C. and Hu, L.,

17.   “Towards a Fundamental Model to Predict the Settlements in Bioreactor Landfills,” Waste Containment and Remediation – ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (130-142), pp. 3851-3865, January 2005, ISBN # 078440769X, Co-authors: Hettiarachchi, C. H. and Hettiaratchi, J. P.

18.   "Mathematical modeling of the movement of suspended particles subjected to acoustic and flow fields" Applied Mathematical Modeling, Volume 29, Issue 5, May 2005, pp. 515-532, co-authors: N. Aboobaker, and D. Blackmore

19.   "Estimation of Surface Macrotexture in Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete Pavements using Laser texture Data," ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation,  Sept. 2005, Vol. 33, No. 5 Paper ID JTE12343, pp. 305-315,  Co-Authors: Geoffrey M. Rowe, Andris Jumikis, Chamil H. Hettiarachchi, Nishantha Bandara and Nicholas Gephart

20.   "Centrifuge Modeling of LNAPLs Transport in Unsaturated Soils," ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering, Vol. 130 #5, pp. 535-540, May 2004, Co-authors: Irene Lo and Liming Hu

21.   Estimation of Diffusion Coefficient of Chromium in Colloidal Silica using an Optical Method, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Volume 38, Issue 14 pp. 1-8, July 2004, co-author: Netnapid Tantemsapya

22.   "Innovative Approach to Mitigate Salt Runoff from Salt Truck Maintenance Facilities", ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 8, #3, July 2003, Co-authors: T. Marhaba and P. Ratnaweera

23.   "Centrifuge Testing Of LNAPL Migration And Soil Vapor Extraction For Soil Remediation," ASCE Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Management Journal, Vol. 8, #4, September 2003, Co-authors: Irene Lo and Liming Hu

24.   "A Multimedia Model for Analysis of Contaminant Releases in the Passaic River Watershed" ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 8, #4, September 2003,Co-authors: L. Coulibaly and M. E. Labib

25.   "NJTxtr - A Computer Program based on LASER to Monitor Asphalt Segregation," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, accepted, co-authors: Geoffrey M Rowe, Andris Jumikis, Mark J Sharrock, Nishantha Bandara and Camil H Hettiarachchi

26.    "Micro-mechanical Simulation of Geotechnical Problems using Massively Parallel Computers", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 27 September 2003, pp. 1227-1234, Co-author: David Washington.

27.   "Fractionation and Segregation of Suspended Particles using Acoustic and Flow Fields" ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 5, pp. 427-434, May 2003 Co-authors N. Aboobaker and D. Blackmore

28.   "Immobilization Technologies," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 7, #1, January 2003, pp. 46-58, Co-authors: A. S. Ezeldin, H. Y. Fang and H. I. Inyang

29.    "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Organic Compounds in Dredged Sediments" Soil & Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, Vol. 11 #1, January 2002, pp. 91-116, co-author: K. Veerawat.

30.   "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Metals in Dredged Sediments" Journal of Hazardous Materials Vol. #85, pp. 73-89, paper # 2656, July 2001, co-author: R. Perera,

31.   "Construction use of Vitrified Chromium Contaminated Soils" ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 4, #3, July 2000, pp. 89-98,Co-authors: G. Charleston and W. Kamolpornwijit

32.   "Remediation of Chromium Contaminated Soils -A Pilot Scale Investigation" ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 4, #1, January 2000, pp. 7-15, Co-authors: Kenneth Partymiller, Marta K.Richards, W. Kamolpornwijit, W. Librizzi, T. Tate, B. A. Noval, R. T. Mueller, and S. Santora.

33.   "Micro-mechanical Model for Temperature Effects of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete," Transportation Research Record #1687, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB 1999, pp.95-103, Co-author: Kuo-neng G.

34.   "Remediation of Chromium Contaminated Soils -A Bench Scale Investigation" ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 3, #3, July 1999, Co-authors: W. Kamolpornwijit, D. A. Vaccari, A. S. Ezeldin, B. A. Noval, R. T. Mueller, and S. Santora.

35.   "Stabilization/Solidification of Contaminated Soils with Asphalt Emulsions," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 3 #1,pp. 46-55 January 1999.

36.   "Construction Use of Abandoned Soils," Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. #56, pp. 133-145, 1998, Co-author: H. Y. Shan.

37.   "Compaction Characteristics of Contaminated Soils-Reuse as a Road Base Material" Recycled Materials in Geotechnical Applications, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication # 79, C. Vipulanandan and David J. Elton, Editors, ISBN: 0-7844-0387-2, 1998, pp. 195-209, Co-authors: Bin Chen, Samiddha D. Gunasekera and Philip Pederson.

38.   "Micro-mechanics of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete" ASCE Engineering Mechanics Journal, Vol. 123, #5, May 1997, pp. 495-503, Co-authors: K. G. Chang.

39.   "Aggregates for Construction from Vitrified Chromium Contaminated Soils" Engineered Contaminated Soils and Interaction of Soil Geomembranes, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication # 59, J. N. Meegoda, L. E. Vallejo and L. N. Reddi, Editors, Chapter 3, pp. 30-46, 1996, Co-authors: W. Kamolpornwijit, D. A. Vaccari, A. S. Ezeldin, L. Walden, W. A. Ward, B. A. Noval, R. T. Mueller, and S. Santora.

40.   "Use of Remediated Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction," Engineered Contaminated Soils and Interaction of Soil Geomembranes, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication # 59, J. N. Meegoda, L. E. Vallejo and L. N. Reddi, Editors, Chapter 1, pp. 1-16, 1996, Co-authors: Mueller, R. T. and F. Palise.

41.   "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction", Transportation Research News, TRB, Number 184, May-June 1996, pp. 40-42, Co-authors: R. T. Mueller and F. Palise.

42.   "Centrifugal Modeling of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks" Transportation Research Record # 1504, TRB, Pavement Design, Management and Performance; Soils, Geology, and Foundations, November 1995, pp. 47-56, Co-authors: George K. Chang and Raj P. Khera.

43.   Meegoda, N. J. and Rajapakse, R. A., Closure to "Long-term and Short-term Hydraulic Conductivities of Contaminated Clays", ASCE EED, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 1995, Vol. # 121 No. 4, pp. 362-365.

44.   "Treatment of Oil Contaminated Soils for Identification and Classification", ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. # 18, #1, March 1995, pp. 41-49, Co-author: P. Ratnaweera.

45.   "The Compressibility of Contaminated Clay Soils", ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 17, #1, March 1994, pp. 101-112, Co-author: P. Ratnaweera.

46.   "Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete - An Overview" Use of Waste Materials in Hot Mix Asphalt, Use of Waste Materials in Hot Mix Asphalt ASTM-Special Technical Publication #1193, PA, 1993, pp. 183-194, H. Fred Waller, editors, co-authors: Mueller, R. T., DuBose, B. H., Chen, Y., and Chuang, K. Y.

47.   "Long-term and Short-term Hydraulic Conductivities of Contaminated Clays", ASCE Env. Eng. Journal, Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 725-743, July 1993, Co-author: Rajapakse, R. A.

48.   "A Method to Measure the Effective Porosity of Clays", ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 15, #4, December 1992, Co-author: Gunasekera, S. D., pp. 340-351.

49.   Meegoda, N. J., Discussion on Mixing it up with Dirty Dirt-Practical Tips on How Petroleum Contaminated Soils Behaves in Hot Mix, The Asphalt Contractor, Nov. 1991, pp. 9-10.

50.   "Mixing it up with Dirty Dirt- Practical Tips on How Petroleum Contaminated Soils Behaves in Hot Mix", The Asphalt Contractor, September 1991, pp. 16-19. Co-authors: Huang, D. R., and DuBose, B. H.

51.   "An Expression for Permeability of Anisotropic Granular Media," International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 13, #6, 1989, Co-authors: King, Ian P., and Arulanandan, K.

52.   "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clays", Fluid/Particle Separation Journal, Vol. 2, #3, September 1989, pp. 127.

53.   Meegoda, N. J. and K. G. Chang, Discussion, ASCE EED, Journal of Environmental Engineering, June 1991, pp. 388-389. on Modeling Solute Transport by Centrifuge by J. A. Celori, T. S. Vinson, S. L. Woods and J. D. Istok, June 1989, Vol. 115 #3, in ASCE Environmental Engineering Journal.

54.   "Centrifuge Modeling of Transport Processes for Pollutants in Soils", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Eng., Vol. 114 #2, Feb. 1988, pp. 185-205, Co-authors: Arulanandan, K., Thompson, P. Y., Kutter, B. L., Muraleetharan, K. K. and Yogachandran, C.

55.   "Electrical Method of Predicting In- situ Stress State of Normally Consolidated Soils," ASCE Geotech. Special Pub. #6, Use of In-situ Tests in Geotechnical Engineering, Samuel P. Clemence, Editor, 1986, pp. 794-808, Co-author: Arulanandan, K.

56.   "Electrical In- situ Measurements for Predicting Behavior of Soils", ASCE Geotech. Special Publication #6, Use of In-situ Tests in Geotechnical Engineering, Samuel P. Clemence, Editor, 1986, pp. 376-388, Co-authors: Anandarajah, A., and Arulanandan, K.

57.   "Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Susceptibility in Ying Kou City During the Haichang Earthquake," ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication #6, Use of In-situ Tests in Geotechnical Engineering, Samuel P. Clemence, Editor, 1986, pp. 389-415, Co-authors: Arulanandan, K., Yogachandran, C., Ying, L. and Zhauji, S.


Published Referred Book Chapters

1995 "Stabilization/Solidification of Contaminated Soils with Asphalt Emulsions", Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils, P. T. Kostecki, E. J. Calabrese & M. Bonazountas, Editors, Chapter 4, pp. 359-368, Amherst Publishers, 1995.

1993 "Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction", Handbook of Process Engineering for Pollution Control and Waste Minimization, D. L. Wise and D. J. Trantolo, Editors, Chapter 33, pp. 663 - 684, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York City, NY, 1993.

"A Rapid Inexpensive Method to Monitor Air Quality in Asphalt Concrete Plants", Hazardous Waste Handbook Technology: Perception & Reality, P. Cheremisinoff , and Y. Wu Editors, Chapter 7, pp. 70-80, PTR Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993, Co-authors: Chen, Y. Q. and Mueller, R. T

1992 "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Asphalt Concrete", Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils Volume II, P. T. Kostecki, E. J. Calabrese & M. Bonazountas, Editors, Chapter 31, pp. 529-548, Lewis Publisher, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992, Co-authors: Huang, D. R., DuBose, B., and Mueller, R. T.

"Reuse of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Asphalt Concrete", Encyclopedia of Environmental Control Technology, Vol. # 5, P. Cheremisinoff, Editor, Chapter 15, pp. 293-311, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX, 1992.


Invited Papers

"Micro-mechanics and Microscopic Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering- Current Status and Future," Invited Lead Lecture, Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Jian-Xin Yuan Editor, A. A. Balkema Publishers, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics" November 1997, Wuhan, PRC, pp. 197-206

"Massively Parallel Computers for Microscopic Modeling of Soils", Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, H. J. Siriwardane & M. M. Zaman Edits., A. A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 617-622, Proceedings of the 8th. International Conference of the Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics" May 1994, Morgan Town WV, Co-author: D. Washington.

"A Novel Approach to Develop Performance Based Tests for Rutting of Asphalt Concrete", ASCE Air Transportation Division Specialty conference on Airport Pavement Innovations-Theory to Practice, Jim W. Hall Ed., pp. 126-140, Vicksburg, MS, September 8-10, 1993, Co-author: K. G. Chang.


Published Referred Conference Abstracts

  • "Microscopically Compatible Expression for Hydrodynamic Dispersion" 7th ASCE/EMD Specialty Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 22-25, 1988, page 59.
  • "Field Prediction of Transmissivity of Fractured Rock," EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 68, No. 16, April 21, 1987, page 301.

Published Non-Referred Conference Papers

  1. A Case Study on the Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Karolina A. Filipiak, Layek Abdel-Malek, Hsin-Neng Hsieh and Jay N. Meegoda, The Twenty-Second International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 18-21, 2007
  2. Towards The Development Of Sustainable Landfills, Jay N. Meegoda, Patrick Hettiaratchi, Hsin-Neng Hsieh, A. Borgaonkar, S. El Haggar, R. I. Stressel, The Twenty-Second International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 18-21, 2007
  3. A Model to Predict Settlements and Landfill Gas Generation In Bioreactor Landfills, Chamil H. Hettiarachchi, Jay N. Meegoda ,  Patrick Hettiaratchi, The Twenty-Second International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 18-21, 2007
  4. Hydraulic Capacity of Deteriorated Culverts and Impact on Asset Management, Transportation Research Board, January 2007, Washington DC, Paper # TRB 07-1600, co-authors: T. Juliano and Amit Banerjee
  5. Post Optimality Analysis of a Solid Waste Management System; a Case Study, S. Olapiriyakul, L. Abdel-Malek, H. N. Hsieh, J. N. Meegoda and S. El Haggar, 1st Global Cleaner Production Conference and Exhibition "Clean Globe 1", Nasr City-Cairo- Egypt 18-20 September 2006
  6. Towards the Development of Sustainable Landfills, A. Borgaonkar, J. N. Meegoda, H. N. Hsieh, S. El Haggar, P. A. Hettiaratchi, and R. I. Stressel, 1st Global Cleaner Production Conference and Exhibition "Clean Globe 1", Nasr City-Cairo- Egypt 18-20 September 2006
  7. The Potential Advantages of Applying Operations Research Techniques to Optimize Waste Management in New Jersey, S. Olapiriyakul, A. Borgaonkar, L. Abdel-Malek, H. N. Hsieh and J. N. Meegoda, 1st Global Cleaner Production Conference and Exhibition "Clean Globe 1", Nasr City-Cairo- Egypt 18-20 September 2006
  8. A Numerical Model to Predict Settlements and Moisture Distribution in Bioreactor Landfills, C. H. Hettiarachchi, J. N. Meegoda and P. Hettiaratchi, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Meeting May 2006, Calgary Canada
  9. Centrifuge Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Soil Contamination and Remediation, International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters – INCEED2005, Charlotte, NC, USA – July 24-30, 2005, Liming Hu, Irene M C Lo, and Jay N. Meegoda
  10. A Framework for Automated Condition State Assessment of Pipes, International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters – INCEED2005, Charlotte, NC, USA – July 24-30, Jay N. Meegoda, Thomas Juliano, Amit Banerjee
  11. “Numerical Model to Predict Settlements Coupled with Landfill Gas Pressure in Bioreactor Landfills” WasteEng05, May 17-19, Albi, France, Chamil H. Hettiarachchi, John Tavantzis, Jay N. Meegoda and Patrick Hettiaratchi
  12. “Long-Term Release of Contaminants from Solidified/Stabilized Waste,” WasteEng05, May 17-19, Albi, France, Marketa Cervinkovaca, Antonin Blaha, Jay N. Meegoda and Milan Vondruska
  13. “Future of Geo-environmental Engineering” Invited Presentation at the Kick off meeting of the Asia-link Project titled: Geo-environmental Engineering Training Program in China, March 18, 2005, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR of China.
  14. “A Conceptual Framework for Intelligent Monitoring of Underground Infrastructure”  Smart Structures and materials, 12th SPIE International Symposium, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, Thomas Juliano, Jay Meegoda, Edip Niver, Daniel Watts, Sameer Wadhawan and Richard Finlayson
  15.  “Inspection, Cleaning, Condition Assessment and Prediction of Remaining Service Life of CSCPs,” INFRA 2004, November 16, 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  16. "Predicting the Release of Contaminants from Solidified/Stabilized Waste Based on Long-term Leaching Tests," 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 22-26 August 2004, Prague – Czech Republic, M. Cervekova, A. Blaha, J. N. Meegoda and  M. Vondruska
  17. "A Methodology to Predict the Remaining Service Life of CSCPSs," Jay N. Meegoda, Thomas M. Juliano, Mutiu G. Ayoola and Sunil Dhar, Paper No. 10.14 Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 2004. "A Methodology to Predict the Remaining Service Life of CSCPSs," Jay N. Meegoda, Thomas M. Juliano, Mutiu G. Ayoola and Sunil Dhar, Paper No. 10.14 Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 2004.
  18. "A MODEL BASED ON MECHANICS TO PREDICT SETTLEMENTS IN BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS," C.H. Hettiarachchi, Jay N. Meegoda and J.P. Hettiaratchi Paper No. 8.09 Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 2004
  19. "Inspection, Cleaning, Condition Assessment and Prediction of Remaining Service Life of CSCPs," Jay N. Meegoda, Thomas M. Juliano, Gbolagade M. Ayoola and Sunil Dhar, Paper No. 04-4426, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2004.
  20. "DOUBLE POROSITY MODEL FOR CONTAMINATED SOILS," Jay N. Meegoda and Prasanna Ratnaweera, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 2004.
  21. "SIMULATION AND PARAMETRIC STUDY OF RESILIENT MODULUS TESTS ON GRANULAR SOIL," Qian Wu, Prasanna Ratnaweera and Jay N. Meegoda, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 2004.
  22. "Micro-mechanical Simulations of Soils using Massively Parallel Supercomputers," The 7th World Multi-conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003), held in Orlando, Florida, USA, in July 27-30, 2003, Selected as the best paper presented in the session on Computing Techniques. Co-author: David Washington
  23. "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavement Materials using the ARAN Profile System," Pavement Evaluation 2002 Conference, October, 2002, Roanoke, Virginia USA Co-authors: G. M. Rowe, A. A. Jumikis, M. J. Sharrock, N. Bandara and H. Hettiarachchi
  24. "Laboratory Information Management System," TRB Conference, January 2003, Washington DC, Co-authors: C. Tang, M. McDonald and T. Boucher
  25. "Detection of Segregation using LASER," TRB Conference, January 2003, Washington DC, Co-authors: G. M. Rowe, A. A. Jumikis, N. Bandara and C. H. Hettiarachchi and N. Gephart.
  26. "Centrifuge Modeling of LNAPLs in Porous Media," International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Newfoundland, Canada, 2002, 367-372, Co-authors: L. M. Hu, S. Z. Shu, Irene M. C. Lo, J. H. Zhang, and J. L. Pu.
  27. "Centrifuge Modeling of Gasoline Transport in Unsaturated Soils" The 6th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, Seoul, Korea, 2002, Co-authors: L. M. Hu, Irene M. C. Lo and S. Z. Shu.
  28. "Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure," paper to be presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers - SPIE International Symposium on Environmental and Industrial Sensing in Boston, MA on Nov. 1, 2001, and published in the Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4576 - Advanced Environmental Sensing Technology II, Co-author T. Juliano
  29. "Physical Mechanisms of Colloidal Silica Grouting in Remediation of Chromium Contaminated Soils," Proceedings of the 33rd Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Edt N. Assaf-Anid, NYC, NY, June 18-20 2001 pp. 19-28, Co-author: N. Yossapol
  30. "Material Information Management System", Computer Methods and Applications in Geomechanics Dasai et al. (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, January 2001, ISBN 905809183X, pp. 665-668, Co-author C. Tang
  31. "Analysis of Fractionation of Sediments caused by an Acoustic Field," Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, edited by Desai et al., (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 905809183X, Vol. 1, January 2001, pp775-780. Co-authors: N. Aboobaker, and D. Blackmore
  32. "Fractionation and Segregation of Suspended Particles Using Acoustic and Flow Fields", Proc. of the 32nd Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, J. Kilduff, S. Komisar and M. Nyman, Editors, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., June 2000, pp. 659-668, Co-authors: N. Aboobaker and D. Blackmore
  33. "Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Using Colloidal Silica", Proc. of the 32nd Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Con., J. Kilduff, S. Komisar and M. Nyman, Editors, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., June 2000, pp. 787-798, Co-author: N. Yosspol
  34. "A Feasibility Study to Extract Iron and Chromium from Chromium Contaminated Soils," Proc. of the 32nd Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, J. Kilduff, S. Komisar and M. Nyman, Editors, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., June 2000, pp. 777-786, Co-author: W. Kamolpornwijit     
  35. "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Proceedings of the 4th. International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, H. I. Inyang editor, A. A. Balkema Publishers, August 1998 Danvers, MA, Co-authors: Kanya Veerawat, Ruvini Perera, Nazhat Aboobaker, and Alejandra M. Zapata.
  36. "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Proceedings of the Thirtieth Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, R. P. S. Suri and G. L. Christensen, editors, Technomic Publishers, July 1998, Villanova, PA, pp. 163-166.
  37. "Aggregates for Construction from Vitrified Chromium Contaminated Soils," Proc. of the 3rd. International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, San Diego, CA, June 9-13, 1996, pp. 405-415, Co-authors: W. Kamolpornwijit, D. A. Vaccari, A. S. Ezeldin, L. Walden, W. A. Ward, B. A. Noval, R. T. Mueller, and S. Santora
  38. "Ultrasound Enhanced Soil Washing," Proc. of the 3rd. International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, San Diego, CA, June 9-13, 1996, pp. 83-93, Co-authors: W. Ho, and R. M. Frederick
  39. "Use of Lunar Type Soil for Concrete Construction, Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Space ‘96, Vol. 1, Edited by S. W. Johnson, Albuquerque, NM, June 3-6, 1996, pp. 614-620 " Co-authors: Hsin-Yu Shan, Jing-Fu Huang, Jia-Wen Tseng and Su-Hwa Cheng
  40. "Micro-mechanical Simulation of Geotechnical problems using Massively parallel Supercomputers," Proceeding of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Tampa FL, May 1996, (Y. K. Lin and T. C. Su editors) pp. 717-721, Co-author: D. W. Washington.
  41. "Ultrasound Enhanced Soil Washing," Proc. of the 27th. Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Bethlehem, PA, July 9-12, 1995, pp. 470-479, Co-authors: W. Ho, M. Bhattercharjee, C. F. Wei, D. M. Cohen, R. S. Magee, and R. M. Frederick
  42. "Microscopic Modeling of Soil Pore Fluid Interactions in Drained Tests" ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Denver CO, May 1995. pp. 1315-1318, Co-author: P. Ratnaweera.
  43. "Modeling of Discrete, Heterogeneous and Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Concrete" ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Denver CO, May 1995.pp. 465-468, Co-author: K. G. Chang
  44. "Remediation and Reuse of Chromium Contaminated Soils Through Cold Top In-situ Vitrification", Proc. of the 27th. Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Bethlehem, PA, July 9-12, 1995, pp. 733-742, Co-authors: B. Librizzi, G. F. McKenna, W. Kampolpornwijit, D. Cohen, D. A. Vaccari, S. Ezeldin, L. Walden, B. A. Noval, R. T. Mueller, and S. Santora.
  45. "Modeling of Viscoelastic Behavior of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Using Discrete Element Method", Proceedings of the third ASCE Materials Engineering Conference-Infrastructure: New Materials and Methods of Repair, Edited by K. D. Basham, San Diego, CA, November 1994, pp. 804-811, Co-author: K. G. Chang.
  46. "Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction", Proceedings of the third ASCE Materials Engineering Conference-Infrastructure: New Materials and Methods of Repair, Edited by K. D. Basham, San Diego, CA, November 1994, pp. 904-911. Co-authors: A. S. Ezelden, D. A. Vaccari, and R. T. Mueller.
  47. "Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction," Recovery and Effective Reuse of Discarded Materials and By-Products for Construction of Highway Facilities, Symposium Proceedings, pp. 4.83-4.96, October 19-22, 1993, Denver, Colorado, Sponsored by USEPA and FWA
  48. "Compaction Characteristics of Contaminated Soils" Eleventh Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Vol. 1, pp. 853-858, May 4-8, 1993. Co-authors: Chen, and S. D. Gunasekera
  49. "Simulation of the Behavior of Asphalt Concrete Using Discrete Element Method" Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM), Vol. 1, pp. 437-448, March 18-19, 1993, Co-author: K. George Chang.
  50. "Microscopic Modeling of Drained Shear Strength and Stress-Strain Behavior of Saturated Granular Soils" Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM), Vol. 1, pp. 535-546, March 18-19, 1993, Co-authors: Prasanna Ratnaweera.
  51. "A New Method to Characterize Contaminated Soils," Superfund '87, Washington, D. C., November 16-18, 1987, pp. 385-399, Co-author: Ratnaweera, P.
  52. "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils is Asphalt Concrete," Haztech International 91, February 1991, Houston, TX, pp. 58-209-58-221, Co-authors: Huang, D. R, and DuBose.
  53. "Construction Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils", Hazardous Materials Conference/Superfund'91, December 1991, Washington DC, pp. 315-325. Co-authors: Huang, D. R, DuBose, B. H., Chen, Y., and Mueller, R. T.
  54. "Microscopic Modeling of Shear Strength of Contaminated Soils", Mech. Comp. 1990's and Beyond, Editors, H. Adeli and R. L. Sierakowski, Vol. #2, May 1991, pp. 1204-1208, Co-author: Ratnaweera, P.
  55. "Comparison of a Microscopic Model and Macroscopic Model Prediction on the Stress-Strain Behavior of a Soil", Mechanics Computing 1990's and Beyond, Editors, H. Adeli and R. L. Sierakowski, Vol. #2, May 1991, pp. 1199-1203, Co-author: Ratnaweera, P.
  56. "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Asphalt Concrete", Haztech International 91, Pittsburgh Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 12-14, 1991, Co-authors: Huang, D. R., DuBose, B., and Mueller, R. T.
  57. "Centrifugal Verification of the Validity of Shape Factors in Design of Shallow Foundations," EASEC-2, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 11-13, 1989, Volume 1, pp. 721-726, Co-author: Gunasekera, S.
  58. "A New Method to Model Transport and Fate of Gasoline from Leaking Underground Storage Tanks," Proceedings of the 21st. Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Harrisburg, PA, June 25-27, 1989, pp. 582-595, Co-authors: Gunasekera, S., and Hyjack, R..
  59. "Fundamental Approach to Soil Characterization with Application to In-situ Testing and Constitutive Relations," Asian Regional Symposium on Geotechnical problems and Practices in Foundation Engineering, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 25-27, 1986, pp. 206-213, Co-authors: Arulanandan, K. Anandarajah, A.
  60. "Verification of In-Situ Prediction of Stress-Strain Behavior by Laboratory and Centrifugal Testing," Second Symposium on Interaction of Non-Nuclear Munitions with Structures, pp. 441-446, Panama Beach, FL, April 1985, Co-authors: Anandarajah, A. and Arulanandan, K .
  61. "Centrifuge Modeling of Advection and Dispersion Processes During Pollutant Travel in Soil," Second Symposium on Interaction of Non-Nuclear Munitions with Structures, pp. 418-423, Panama Beach, FL, April 1985, Co-authors: Arulanandan, K., Thompson, P. Y., Kutter, B. L. and Krone, R. B.
  62. "Soil Characterization for Non-Destructive In-Situ Testing," First Symposium on Interaction of Non-Nuclear Munitions with Structures, Symposium Proceedings Part 2, pp. 69-75, U. S. Air Force Academy, CO, May 1983, Co-authors: Arulanandan, K. Anandarajah, A.

Published Non- Referred Journal Papers

  • "Letter to the Editor: Status of American Geotechnical Centrifuge Research," Spin-off, National Geotechnical Centrifuge, November 14, 1988, pp. 3-4, Co-author: Goodings, D.,

Published Reports

Juliano, T., Meegoda, J. N. and Watts, D. J., "Advanced Leak Detection and Location Research: Extending the SERDP-funded Technical Base," Report on Research Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (NHSRC), September, 2003.

"Advanced Leak Detection and Location Research: Extending the SERDP-funded Technical Base," T.M. Juliano, J.N. Meegoda, and D.J. Watts, Final Report for Grant No. R-825512-01, Sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, September 2003.

Meegoda, J. N. and Rowe, G., Correlation of Surface Texture, Segregation, and Measurement of Air Voids," Report on Research Sponsored by New Jersey Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 100 pages, October 2002

Meegoda, J. N. and Juliano, T., "Research, Development, Demonstration and Validation of Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure," Report on Research Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Industrial Ecology Center, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 100 pages, December 2002

Meegoda, J. N. and Tang, C., "Laboratory Information Management System," Report on Research Sponsored by the NJ Department of Transportation, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 100 pages, August 2002

Meegoda, J. N., "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Final Report to the National Science Foundation, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 119 pages, July 2000

Meegoda, J. N., "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Interim Report to the National Science Foundation, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 83 pages, April 1998

Meegoda, J. N., "Stabilization/Solidification of Contaminated Soils with Asphalt Emulsions," Final Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 75 pages, August 1997

Meegoda, N. J., A Progress Report to UNDP and NBRO on Tokten visit of Dr. Meegoda to National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka, September, 1996.

Meegoda, N. J., H. Y. Shan, A. B. Huang, J. F. Huang, J. W. Tseng, and S. H Cheng, "Construction Use of Abandoned Soils from City of Taipei, Taiwan", Final Report to the National Research Council, Republic of China, October 1995.

Meegoda, N. J., A Progress Report to UNDP and NBRO on Tokten visit of Dr. Meegoda to National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka, September, 1994.

Meegoda, N. J., "Full Scale Testing of Construction Materials Containing Petroleum Contaminated Soils", Final Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 111 pages. July 1995

Meegoda, N. J., Huang, D. R. DuBose, B. H., Chuang, K. Y. and Chen, Y., "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Construction Material Production", Final Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 100 pages. Jan. 1993

Meegoda, N. J., Ezeldin, S. A., Vaccari, D. A., Huang, D. R. DuBose, B. H., Chuang, K. Y. and Chen, Y., "Construction Use of Residually Contaminated Soils-PHYS-21", Final Report to the Hazardous Substance Material Research Center, Newark, NJ, December, 1992.

Meegoda, N. J., Ezeldin, S. A., Vaccari, D. A., Huang, D. R. DuBose, B. H., and Chen, Y., "Construction Use of Residually Contaminated Soils", Interim Report to the Hazardous Substance Material Research Center, Newark, NJ. Sep. 1991.

Meegoda, N. J., Huang, D. R. DuBose, B. H., and Chen, Y., "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Construction Material Production", Interim Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, pp. 1-65. Sep. 1991

Meegoda, N. J., Cobo, A. and DuBose, B., "Hydrogeological Properties of Clays", Final Report to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, pp. 1- 53, July. 1990.

Meegoda, N. J., Rajapakse, R. A., Gunasekara, S. D., Chang, K. G., Hyjack, R. Jr., and Cobo, A. P., "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clays", Final Report to the National Science Foundation, Grant # BES-8708834, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, pp. 1-211, Sep. 1990.

Meegoda, N. J., Gunasekara, S. and Hyjack, R., "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clays", Third Interim Report to the National Science Foundation, Grant # CES-8708834, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, pp. 1-53, Nov. 1989.

Meegoda, N. J., and Rajapakse, R., "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clay," Second Interim Report to the National Science Foundation, Grant # CES-8708834, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, Sep. 1989, pp. 1-121.

Meegoda, N. J., and Goodings, D. J. "Review of Recent Developments in Geotechnical Centrifuge Research," Report to the Soil Properties Committee, Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, May, 1988, pp. 1-3.

Meegoda, N. J., and Rajapake, R., "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clay," Interim Report to the National Science Foundation, Grant # CES-8708834, Submitted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, Oct. 1988, pp. 1-64.

Meegoda, N. J., Konon, W. and Chen, J. Y., "Feasibility Study of Fly-ash Soil Mixtures for Roadway Embankment Material," Final Report to Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Newark, NJ, Submitted by the Foundation at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, July 1986, pp. 1-45.

Arulanandan, K., Thompson, P. Y., Meegoda, N. J., Muraleetharan, K. K., Yogachandran, C. and Kutter, B. L., "Centrifugal Modeling of Transport Processes of Pollutant Travel Through Soils", Report to the Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Tyndall air Force Base, Panama City, Florida, Grant # LANL 9-XA5-Q8768-1, Submitted by University of California, Davis, Sep. 1986, pp. 1-31.

 


Professional Presentations

1.       Centrifugal Modeling of Contaminant Transport through Saturated and Unsaturated soils", Mon 16 Feb 2004, 3pm, EA-02-11, Invited Presentation, the National University of Singapore, Department of Civil Engineering, Center for Soft Ground Engineering

2.       Inspection, Cleaning, Condition Assessment and Prediction of Remaining Service Life of CSCPs, TRB Conference, Washington DC, January 2004

3.       SIMULATION AND PARAMETRIC STUDY OF RESILIENT MODULUS TESTS ON GRANULAR SOIL, TRB Conference, Washington DC, January 2004

4.       Predicting the service life of transportation infrastructure with application to corrugated steel culvert pipes, Graduate Seminar of the Department of Civil Engineering at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS on December 3, 2003.

5.       "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavement Materials using the ARAN Profile System," Invited Presentation PANY/NJ, NJ, May 15, 2003.

6.       "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavement Materials using the ARAN Profile System," Invited Presentation Rutgers Paving Conference, Edison, NJ, March 11, 2003

7.       "Soil Remediation Technologies- An Overview" Invited seminar, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P R CHINA, February 25, 2002

8.       "Centrifugal Modeling of Contaminant Transport through Saturated and Unsaturated Soils," Invited seminar, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P R CHINA, February 26, 2002

9.       "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavement Materials using the ARAN Profile System," NJSAT Dinner meeting, October 16, 2002, Jamestown, NJ

10.   "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavement Materials using the ARAN Profile System," Asphalt User/Producer Group meeting, Newport Beach, RI, November 2002.

11.   "Micro-mechanics and Microscopic Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering- Current Status and Future," Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, July 6, 2001.

12.   "Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure," Sensors & Actuators Program, School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, In conjunction with SPIE (Singapore Chapter), Photonics Association of Singapore, December 10, 2001

13.   "Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Designs," Workshop on Earthquakes and Their Implications for NY-NJ Area to NJ High School Teachers, March 7, 2002.

14.   "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavements using Surface Texture Laser Technology," University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Transportation Seminar, April 10, 2002

15.   "Detection of Segregation in Asphalt Pavements using Surface Texture Laser Technology," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center for Innovative Grouting Materials and Technology, University of Houston, April 17, 2002

16.   "Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure," IRC Seminar, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada, April 23, 2002

17.   "Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Designs," Workshop on Earthquakes and Their Implications for NY-NJ Area to NJ High School Teachers, March 7, 2002.

18.   "Intelligent Systems for Conveyance and Storage Infrastructure," Sensors & Actuators Program, School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, In conjunction with SPIE (Singapore Chapter), Photonics Association of Singapore, December 10, 2001

19.   "Micro-mechanics and Microscopic Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering- Current Status and Future," Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, July 6, 2001.

20.   "Micromechanical Modeling of Asphalt Concrete," National Cheng Kung University, Department of Civil Engineering, Tainan, TAIWAN, August 17, 2000.

21.   "Micromechanical Modeling of Asphalt Concrete," invited Technical Presentation to US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experimental Station, November 10, 1999.

22.   "Micro-mechanics and Microscopic Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering- Current Status and Future," Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, May 26, 1999.

23.   "Earthday and Biodiversity," Earthday presentation to the Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn, NJ, April 22, 1999.

24.   "Ultrasound Enhanced Soil Washing and Statistical Modeling," Invited guests lecture to NJIT Math class on Methods for Statistical Consulting (Math 664), April 15, 1999.

25.   "Ultrasound for Particle Separation and Aggregation," Technical Presentation at the Symposium on Particle Technology at NJIT, March 25, 1999.

26.   "Micromechanical Modeling of Asphalt Concrete," Technical Presentation to the Turner Fairbanks Research Lab., Federal Highway Administration, December 11, 1998.

27.   "Remediation and Reuse of Chromium Contaminated Soils through Cold Top Ex-situ Vitrification," Rowan University, College of Engineering Seminar, October 13, 1998.

28.   "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Civil Engineering Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April 14, 1998

29.   "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Seminar, State University of New York at Buffalo, June 26, 1998

30.   "Centrifugal Modeling of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks," Seminar, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, November 3, 1997

31.   "Micro-mechanics and Microscopic Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering- Current Status and Future," Invited State-of the-art Lead Lecture, 9th. International Conference of the Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics" November 5, 1997, Wuhan, PRC

32.   "Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Asphalt Concrete" Invited Lecture, Rutgers’ Paving Conference, March 11, 1997

33.   "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Construction Material Production," Special Lecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Wuhan, PRC, November 6, 1997

34.   "Use of Remediated Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction," Geotechnical Graduate Seminar, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, October 17, 1997

35.   "Remediation and Reuse of Chromium Contaminated Soils through Cold Top Ex-situ Vitrification," The University of Calgary Faculty of Engineering Seminar Series, The University of Calgary July 30, 1997.

36.   "Ultrasound to Decontaminate Dredged Sediments," Recent Developments in Dredging and Management of Dredged Sediments, GeoLogan ’97, July 18, 1997, Co-authors: Nazhat Aboobaker

37.   "Remediation and Reuse of Chromium Contaminated Soils through Cold Top Ex-situ Vitrification," Invited Seminar to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, April 22, 1997.

38.   "Ultrasound Enhanced Soil Washing", Environmental Engineering Seminar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, December 4, 1996

39.   "Application of Stress Path Method for Geotechnical Testing and Design," to NBRO Staff and Sri Lankan professionals at the NBRO auditorium on August 26, 1996

40.   "Environmental Testing for Soils, Water and Air", to NBRO Staff and Sri Lankan professionals at the NBRO auditorium on August 26, 1996

41.   "Design and Construction of Geotechnical Structures using Constitutive Models and In-situ Tests," to the Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society, August 20, 1996

42.   "Solidification & Stabilization of Contaminated Soils with Asphalt Emulsions", to the 9th Annual Conference on Contaminated Soils, Amherst, MA, October 21, 1994

43.   "Latest Trends in Ground Improvements", to NBRO Staff and Sri Lankan professionals at the NBRO auditorium on September 1, 1994.

44.   "Long-term and Short-term Permeabilities of Contaminated Soils", to NBRO Staff and Sri Lankan professionals at the NBRO auditorium on September 6, 1994

45.   "Future of Geo-environmental Engineering in Sri Lanka", to the Geotechnical Engineering Group of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, September 12, 1994

46.   "Geomechanics, Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Research", Technical Seminar, National Science Foundation, VA, May 2, 1994.

47.   "Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Highway Construction", Symposium on Recovery and Effective Reuse of Discarded Materials and By-products for Construction of Highway Facilities, FHA and EPA, Denver, CO, October, 10-22,93

48.   "Reuse of Contaminated Soils (Asphalt Batching)", Environmental Regulation and Technologies Update, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Newark, NJ, Invited Presentation, February 1, 1993

49.   "Discrete Element Method for Massive Parallel Machines", Powders and Grains 93, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK, Poster Presentation, July 12-16, 1993

50.   "Identification and Classification of Contaminated Soils," ASTM Symposium on Analysis of Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Constituents, Atlanta, GA June 24, 1993

51.   "An Engineering Approach to Air Pollution" NJ Society of Asphalt Technologist Dinner Meeting. October 14, 1992, Jamesburg, NJ.(invited dinner speaker)

52.   "Compacting Characteristics of Petroleum Contaminated Soils - Reuse as Sub-Base Material", ASTM Symposium on Analysis of Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Constituents, Atlanta, GA, June 24, 1993

53.   "Microscopically Compatible Expression for Hydrodynamic Dispersion" Workshop on Mathematical Problems at NJIT, Department of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, October 21, 1992.

54.   "The Influence of Chemical Contaminants on Permeability and Effective Porosity of Clays" Second Forum on NSF Research Activities in Subsurface Systems, October 8, 1992, Ann Arbor, MI (invited by NSF-workshop participant).

55.   "A Rapid Inexpensive Method to Monitor Air Quality in Asphalt Concrete Plants", International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management: Technology, Perception and Reality, May 5, 1992, Atlantic City, NJ.

56.   "Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Asphalt Concrete" Luncheon Seminar, Malcolm Pirnie, Mahwah, NJ, March 25, 1992.

57.   "Identification and Classification of Contaminated Soils" Mediterranean Environmental Geotechnology Conference, Cesme, Turkey, May 26, 1992, (Sponsored by NSF).

58.   "Short-term and Long- term Permeabilities of Contaminated Clays", Professional Seminar in Geotechnical Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, September 26, 1991.

59.   "Centrifugal Modeling of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, University of Melbourne, Dept. of Civil & Agricultural Engineering Colloquia Series, May 17, 1991.

60.   "Modeling of Contaminants from Leaking Underground Storage Tanks", University of Delaware, Environmental Engineering Seminar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nov. 19, 1990.

61.   "Permeability of Contaminated Soils", Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, April 5, 1990.

62.   "Centrifugal Modeling in Civil Engineering," Civil Engineering Seminar, National Taiwan University, Taipei, R.O.C., Jan. 1989.

63.   "Review of Recent Developments in Geotechnical Centrifuge Research," ASCE GTE Soil Properties Committee, Nashville, TN, May 7-9, 1988 with Goodings, D. J.

64.   "Modeling of the Transport and the Fate of Contaminants in Groundwater," New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ, May 29, 1987 (invited).

65.   "Field Prediction of Transmissivity of Fractured Rock," Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, MD, May 19, 1987.

66.   "Centrifugal Modeling of Pollutant Travel in Soils," Civil Engineering Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Rutgers State University, Piscataway, NJ, Sep. 17, 1986.

67.   "A Fundamental Expression for Permeability of Granular Media," Geotechnical Engineering Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Houston, TX, May 6, 1986.

68.   "A Fundamental Expression for Permeability of Granular Media," Mathematics Seminar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, March 11, 1986.