Welcome
to the home page of Jay N. Meegoda ,
Department
of Civil & Env. Engineering,
New
Jersey Institute of Technology.
This page has been accessed
times since February 15, 1996.
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. Three hour short course
on Asphalt Technology to Engineers of Liaoning Provincial High Grade Highway
Construction Engineers, Three hour workshop on
Use of Petroleum Contaminated Soils in Construction at Two month training course
on Material Testing for Highway Construction, The Department of Highway
Administration, The Ministry of Communications, The Peoples Republic of 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 month training
course on Highway Construction and Management, The Department of Highway
Administration, The Ministry of Communications, The Peoples Republic of 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, 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 One day short Course on
“Soil and Sediment Remediation Technologies”, Two-day short course on
“Hydraulic Conductivity and Seepage,” One day short Course on
“Flow Through Soils”, One day short Course on
“Soil and Sediment Remediation Technologies”, 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 ·
“A
Culvert Information Management System,” Jay N. ·
“A
Case Study on the Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Collection,“ Karolina
A. Filipiak, ·
“Effects
of Gas and Moisture on Modeling of Bioreactor Landfill Settlement,” Waste
Management Volume 29, #3, March 2009, Pages 1018-1025 by Hettiarachchi, H. , ·
“On
achieving the state ·
“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. Dr. Meegoda has
obtained research funding worth $5.5M from agencies such as the NSF, the USEPA,
US Army, A complete list of research grants and contracts 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 Professional Societies 
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Jay
N.
Professor
& Director of Geotech.
Lab.
Department of Civil & Env. Engineering
New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
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
Research Interests
Teaching Activities
Short Courses
Publications
Publications in 2009
Grants
Current
Funding
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,
- 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.
- ASCE Leadership Training in Government
Relations Program, March 9-10, 2004,
- 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
- Key
Note 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 by the National Science Foundation
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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.
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Thank you for checking this out and I hope
you find my home page useful and informative. I would be delighted to hear from
you if you would like to send me an e-mail message (though do not be surprised
if it takes a few days for me to respond!). Send mail to Meegoda@adm.NJIT.edu .