General Questions

Please send all general inquiries to usdotsteelslaginitiative@rutgers.edu and the project team will respond to you promptly.

Rutgers Project Leadership

Robert Miskewitz, PhD

Dr. Robert Miskewitz is an Associate Research Professor at Rutgers University and an affiliated researcher with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT). His areas of expertise include the transport of contaminants in freshwater and marine systems, contaminated sediment processing and dredged material management, innovative beneficial use of sediments, water resources, resilience and durability of maritime infrastructure, and data acquisition and analysis.

Tyler Oathes, PhD

Dr. Tyler Oathes is an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at Rutgers University and a CAIT affiliate. His expertise is in geotechnical engineering with research experience investigating soft soil behavior from the element to system scale as well as infrastructure performance and resilience. His research focuses on the interplay between fundamental soil behavior and the system response of geotechnical infrastructure systems under operational and transient loading.