Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia. It’s also home to over 1.8 million people. Commuters there spend an average of 321 hours in traffic each year. According to Uber Malaysia, they spend another 152 hours each year in search of a parking spot.
Thousands of lives could be saved with the ability to detect a concealed weapon in .5999 seconds. Mathias Echi, a senior computer science student at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), working under the mentorship of Dr. Ahmed Ahmed, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has developed a smart surveillance system that can do just [...]
Research done by a senior research scientist at Prairie View A&M University could have an impact on future human space travel to Mars. Dr. Megumi Hada recently received $738,654 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the combined effects of simulated microgravity [or gravity in a spacecraft] and space radiation on human [...]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is fueling Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) researchers in developing environmentally sustainable energy technologies. The NSF selected the Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES) - which was established in 2010 as a recognized center in the Texas A&M University System - for a $5 million award.
Students and faculty interested in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and computer forensics now have enhanced learning opportunities at Prairie View A&M University, due to a new grant from the Department of Defense (DoD). Shumon Alam, Ph.D., research scientist and principal investigator (PI) of the project, says the $432,854 award would go towards research and teaching in [...]
Toyota Motor North America awarded Prairie View A&M University $453,757 to find ways for people to get around easier in Waller County, the county in which PVAMU is located. Junior-level civil and environmental engineering students, under the direction of Professors Emmanuel Nzewi and Judy Perkins, are working through May 2020 on transportation solutions for individuals […]
Dr. Safwat Shakir, a research professor in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, traveled to Spain April 10-12, 2019, to present a scientific paper in the 17th International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ '19). His paper was entitled, "Global Solar Energy availability model and use in relationship to Ecological Human imprint: Economic [...]
Dr. Lijun Qian, AT&T Endowed Professor in Prairie View A&M University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received The Texas A&M University System’s Regents Professor Award. Along with Qian, the Board of Regents designated 14 other faculty members and seven agency service, extension or research professionals within the A&M System as Regents Professors and Regents [...]
Nine Prairie View A&M University students took home awards at the Texas A&M University System’s Pathways Student Research Symposium, which was held November 1-2 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. Graduate deans from each member institution host the annual event. “Prairie View A&M University students have consistently presented competitive and intriguing research during [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas Southern University (TSU) are collaborators on a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project is called Excellence in Research: Collaborative Research: Strengthen the Foundation of Big Data Analytics via Interdisciplinary Research among HBCUs. “Our teams have joined forces to enhance the research capabilities [...]
