PROJECTS
Current Sponsored Projects
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Glassboro Food & Health Equity Project (2020 - 2022)
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Sponsor - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/ New Jersey Health Initiatives, Mahbubur Meenar (Lead-PI), Leslie Spencer (Co-PI), Melanie Stewart (Co-PI), $50,000
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Inclusive Healthy Community Grants Program (2021 - 2022)
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Sponsor - New Jersey Division of Disability Services, Leslie Spencer (Lead-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)
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MRI: Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Multidiscipline Research and Education (2020 - 2023)
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Sponsor - National Science Foundation, Lei Yu (Lead- 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
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New Jersey Underserved Communities Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (2020 - 2021)
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Sponsor - New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Ayman Ali (Lead-PI), Mohammad Jalayer (Co-PI), Kevin Keenan (Co-PI), Jie Li (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $94,588
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Watershed Storytelling: Connecting People, Place, and Water (2019 - 2020)
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Sponsor - New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Jennifer Kitson (Lead-PI), Megan Bucknum (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $20,000
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Completed Sponsored Projects
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Brownfields Area-Wide Plan for Philadelphia's Lower North Delaware Industrial District (2017 - 2019)
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Sponsor - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mahbubur Meenar (Solo-PI), $200,000 in two phases
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Camden Waterfront South Green Infrastructure Master Plan (2018 - 2019)
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Sponsor - Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, Mahbubur Meenar (Solo-PI), $53,175
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Equitable Distribution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects in Philadelphia (2017 - 2018)
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Sponsor - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program, through a subaward from Temple University (Laura Toran - Lead-PI, Lynn Mandarano - Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Solo-PI for Rowan University), $41, 020 in two phases
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Watershed Storytelling: Experiential Tools for Connecting People, Place, and Water (2018 - 2019)
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Sponsor - New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Jennifer Kitson (Lead-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), Megan Bucknum (Co-PI), $5,000
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Using Immersive and Multi-Sensory Virtual Reality in Participatory Planning (2017 - 2018)
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Sponsor - Rowan University SEED grant, Mahbubur Meenar (Solo-PI), $10,000
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Listen. Record. Play. Equitable Placemaking and Environmental Park Design in Camden through Audio Storytelling (2018 - 2019)
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Sponsor - Rowan Research Experience for Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) grant, Jennifer Kitson and Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PIs), $5,000
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NJ Map Watershed Explorer (2017 - 2018)
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Sponsor - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Kirby Foundation, John Hasse (Lead-PI), Jennifer Kitson (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $82,000
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The Montessori School Stormwater Management and Landscape Master Plan (2016 - 2017)
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Sponsor - PA Department of Environmental Protection through Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and The Montessori School, Mahbubur Meenar (Solo-PI), $14,000
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Other Ongoing Projects
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Glassboro Cultural Mapping Project (collaborators: Creative Glassboro, National Consortium for Creative Placemaking)
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Evidences of Digital Public Participation from New Zealand Local Councils’ Facebook Pages (collaborators: Ashlaful Alam, Katie Knopp)
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Understanding Social Aspects of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia and Camden (collaborators: Jordan Howell, Shane Walsh)

Focus Areas
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Urban food environment, food insecurity, and health equity
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Green infrastructure, environmental health, climate resiliency, and social equity
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Sustainable development, land use scenarios, and neighborhood revitalization
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Public participation, participatory/emotional mapping, digital civic engagement, and smart cities