Community Planning + Visualization Lab

List of all projects since 2016

Current Projects 

 

• Unearthing the Urban Agriculture–Environment Connection: Implications for UA Planning, Practice, and Policy (2024 - 2027)

  • Sponsor - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Asif Ishtiaque (Co-I), Md Shahinoor Rahman (Co-I), $300,000

• Greening Camden: Educating, Empowering, and Enriching Communities for Climate Action and Cleaner Air (2024 - 2027)

  • Sponsor - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Elizabeth Cerceo (Co-PI), Jagadish Torlapati (Co-PI), Qian He (Co-PI), and Ben Saracco (Co-PI), $100,000

• Local Fiscal Policy: Community Resilience and Infrastructure Adaptation Under Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazards (2025 - 2027)​

  • Sponsor - National Science Foundation (NSF), Qian He (PI), Deb Niemeier (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $499,653​

• Exploring Health and Social Benefits of Park Visits: The Dual Influence of Quality and Proximity (2025 - 2027)​

  • Sponsor - New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $35,000​​

• Climate Strain on Healthcare Access: A Multi-County Assessment of Healthcare Infrastructure Vulnerability in South Jersey (2026 - 2027)​

  • Sponsor - South Jersey Institute for Population Health, Qian He (PI), Elizabeth Cerceo (Co-I), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-I), $25,000

• Salem City Healthy Food Market Project (2026 - 2027)

  • Sponsor - South Jersey Institute for Population Health, Garrett Broad (PI), Rui Shi (Co-PI), Jonathan Cummings (Co-PI), Mahbubr Meenar (SP), Dara LuBuono (SP), $27,500​

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Completed Projects  

 

• New Jersey State Plan Impact Assessment (2024 - 2025)

  • Sponsor - New Jersey Office of Planning Advocacy, Kevin Keenan (PI), John Hasse (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI)​​, Zachary Christman (Co-PI), Qian He (Co-PI), $40,000​​​

• Evaluation Plans for Community Food Programs of Seven Agencies (2024)​

  • Sponsor - Regional Foundation, Megan Bucknum (Consultant), Mahbubur Meenar (Consultant), $22,000​

• Machine Learning-based Predictive Analysis to Understand Public Health Risk from Heavy Metal Exposure in Camden (2024 - 2025)

  • Sponsor - South Jersey Institute for Population Health, Paromita Nath (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), Thivanka Ariyarathna (Co-PI), Shaneka Boucher (Co-PI), and Iman Dehzangi (Co-PI), $24,988​

• Supporting Effective, Community-Informed Food (2024 - 2025)​

  • Sponsor - South Jersey Institute for Population Health, Jeanine Cava (PI), Garrett Broad (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), and Kate Cairns (Co-PI), $24,574

• ​Camden Stormwater Heavy-Metal Analysis and Mapping Project (CASH-MAP) (2023 - 2024)​

  • Sponsor - South Jersey Institute for Population Health, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Thivanka Ariyarathna (Co-PI), Shaneka Boucher (Co-PI), and David Salas de la Cruz (Co-PI), $25,000 

• The Project GrEEEn: Utilizing an Environmental Justice Lens and Earth Science Data to Enhance Greenspace Equity, Exposure, and Experience (2022 - 2024)

  • Sponsor - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Md Shahinoor Rahman (Co-I), Deepti Adlakha (Co-I), Ted Howell (Co-I), $100,000

• The EMoGI Project: Emotional Mapping of Green Infrastructure in Disadvantaged Urban Places​ (2022 - 2023)

  • Sponsor - Rowan University Office of Research Development, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Jennifer Kitson (Co-PI), and Ashley York (Co-PI), $25,000 

• Glassboro Food & Health Equity Project (2020 - 2022)

  • Sponsor - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/ New Jersey Health Initiatives, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Leslie Spencer (Co-PI), Melanie Stewart (Co-PI), $50,000

• Glassboro Food Hub - Technical Assistance Mini-Grant (2022)​

  • Sponsor - Illinois Public Health Institute, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $7,500​

• Glassboro-Camden Collaborative Learning on Food and Health Equity (2021 - 2022)​

  • Sponsor - Healthy Places by Design, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $15,000 ​

• Inclusive Healthy Community Grants Program (2021 - 2022)

  • Sponsor - New Jersey Division of Disability Services, Leslie Spencer (PI), Dara LoBuono (Co-PI), and Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $75,000 for a sub-award through The Family Resource Network (lead applicant, $250,000)

• Three-County Collaborative on Inclusive Community Gardens and Cooking with Fresh Produce​ (2022)

  • Sponsor - MissionWorks/Healthy Places by Design, Leslie Spencer (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), and Dara LoBuono (Co-PI), $15,000 

• MRI: Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Multidiscipline Research and Education (2020 - 2023)

  • Sponsor - National Science Foundation (NSF), Lei Yu (PI), Kauser Jahan (Co-PI), Tabbetha Dobbins (Co-PI), Harold Connolly (Co-PI), and James Grinias (Co-PI), Suzanne Bausch (Investigator), Gregory Caputo (Investigator), Renee Demarest (Investigator), Jeffrey Hettinger (Investigator), Subash Jonnalagadda (Investigator), Karen Magee-Sauer (Investigator), Mahbubur Meenar (Investigator), Elisha Moore (Investigator), Jane Rynex (Investigator), $144,389

• Urban Heat Islands and Green Infrastructure Connection: Resident Perceptions Linking Climate Change (2020 - 2022)

  • Partner - Henry Rowan College of Engineering, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Sarah Bauer (Co-PI), Md Shahinoor Rahman (Co-PI) 

• What To Do About Community Food Insecurity? Is Online Grocery Delivery Model a Potential Solution in Camden, NJ? (2021 - 2022)

  • Partner - Invincible City, Mahbubur Meenar (PI)

• New Jersey Underserved Communities Electric Vehicle​ Affordability Program (2020 - 2021)

  • Sponsor - U.S. Department of Energy through New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Ayman Ali (PI), Mohammad Jalayer (Co-PI), Kevin Keenan (Co-PI), Jie Li (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $94,588​

• Watershed Storytelling: Connecting People, Place, and Water​ (2019 - 2021)

  • Sponsor - New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Jennifer Kitson (PI), Megan Bucknum (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $20,000

• Brownfields Area-Wide Plan for Philadelphia's Lower North Delaware Industrial District (2017 - 2019)

  • Sponsor - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $200,000 in two phases

• Camden Waterfront South Green Infrastructure Master Plan (2018 - 2019)

  • Sponsor - Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, ​Mahbubur Meenar (PI)​, $53,175

• Equitable Distribution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects in Philadelphia (2017 - 2018)

  • Sponsor - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program, through a subaward from Temple University (Laura Toran - PI, Lynn Mandarano - Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (PI for Rowan University), $41, 020 in two phases

• Watershed Storytelling: Experiential Tools for Connecting People, Place, and Water​ (2018 - 2019)

  • Sponsor - New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Jennifer Kitson (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), Megan Bucknum (Co-PI), $5,000

• Using Immersive and Multi-Sensory Virtual Reality in Participatory Planning (2017 - 2018) 

  • Sponsor - Rowan University SEED grant, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $10,000

• Listen. Record. Play. Equitable Placemaking and Environmental Park Design in Camden through Audio Storytelling​ (2018 - 2019)

  • Sponsor - Rowan Research Experience for Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) grant, Jennifer Kitson (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $5,000

• NJ Map Watershed Explorer (2017 - 2018)

  • Sponsor - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Kirby Foundation, John Hasse (PI), Jennifer Kitson (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $82,000

• The Montessori School Stormwater Management and Landscape Master Plan (2016 - 2017)

  • Sponsor - PA Department of Environmental Protection through Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and The Montessori School, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $14,000