PROJECTS
Research Areas
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Community food [systems + environment + security]
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[Blue + green + grey] infrastructure
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Sustainable [development + design + policy]
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Digital [tools + technologies + societies]
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Equity + justice | Climate change | Health + well-being
Planning sub-fields: environmental planning, food systems planning, community planning, and spatial planning
Featured Projects
[Heat + Green] Equity
Public Perceptions of Urban Heat Island + Climate Change
Combatting Food Apartheid
Online Grocery Delivery Model as a Potential Solution
[Energy + EV] Equity
Underserved Communities Electric Vehicle Affordability Program
List of all projects since 2016
Current Projects
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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
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The EMoGI Project: Emotional Mapping of Green Infrastructure in Disadvantaged Urban Places (2022 - 2023)
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Sponsor - Rowan University Office of Research Development, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Jennifer Kitson (Co-PI), Leslie Spencer (Co-PI), and Ashley York (Co-PI), $25,000
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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 (PI), Leslie Spencer (Co-PI), Melanie Stewart (Co-PI), $50,000
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Glassboro Food Hub - Technical Assistance Mini-Grant (2022)
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Sponsor - Illinois Public Health Institute, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $7,500
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Glassboro-Camden Collaborative Learning on Food and Health Equity (2021 - 2022)
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Sponsor - Healthy Places by Design, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), $15,000
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Urban Heat Islands and Green Infrastructure Connection: Resident Perceptions Linking Climate Change (2020 - 2022)
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Partner - Henry Rowan College of Engineering, Mahbubur Meenar (PI), Sarah Bauer (Co-PI), Md Shahinoor Rahman (Co-PI)
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What To Do About Community Food Insecurity? Is Online Grocery Delivery Model a Potential Solution in Camden, NJ? (2021 - 2022)
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Partner - Invincible City, Mahbubur Meenar (PI)
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The Urban Built Environment and Navigating Equity (2021 - 2023)
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Sponsor - University of Otago, New Zealand, Ashraful Alam (PI), Douglas Hill (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $5,000
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Completed Projects
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Inclusive Healthy Community Grants Program (2021 - 2022)
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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)
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Three-County Collaborative on Inclusive Community Gardens and Cooking with Fresh Produce (2022 - 2023)
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Sponsor - MissionWorks/Healthy Places by Design, Leslie Spencer (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), and Dara LoBuono (Co-PI), $15,000
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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 (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
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New Jersey Underserved Communities Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (2020 - 2021)
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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
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Watershed Storytelling: Connecting People, Place, and Water (2019 - 2021)
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Sponsor - New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Jennifer Kitson (PI), Megan Bucknum (Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $20,000
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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 (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 (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 - PI, Lynn Mandarano - Co-PI), Mahbubur Meenar (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 (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 (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 (PI), Mahbubur Meenar (Co-PI), $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 (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 (PI), $14,000
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