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PVAMU’s Dr. Radhakrishnan Secures DOE Grant to Empower Engineering Students

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 18, 2024) – Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Ph.D., P.E., has secured $500,000 in grant funding from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) through the Consortium with the University of New Mexico being the lead institution. Radakrishnan is a Professor of Civil in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at [...]

PVAMU’s Tiffany Thomas Secures Grant to Address Health Disparities in Calhoun County

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 18, 2024) – Tiffany Thomas, Ph.D., has been awarded $150,000 in grant funding by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Thomas is a Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Community Development in the School of Architecture at Prairie View A&M University. Andrea McDonald, Ph.D., Assistant Director of the School of [...]

Dr. Rania Labib Secures NSF Grant for Digital Twin Research

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 10, 2024) – Rania Labib, Ph.D. has been awarded nearly $100,000 in grant funding by the National Science Foundation. Labib is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture at Prairie View A&M University. The proposal for this grant outlines an initiative focused on studying the development and [...]

Exploring Excellence: PVAMU’s Research & Innovation Week 2024

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 10, 2024) — Prairie View A&M University’s Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) has concluded its 4th annual "Research & Innovation Week 2024". The week-long event spanned from April 1 to April 5 and showcased a diverse array of events, drawing an impressive and enthusiastic audience. Research & Innovation Week serves [...]

PVAMU Celebrates Designation as Innovation and Economic Prosperity University

Prairie View, Texas (April 4, 2024) -- On Thursday, April 4, Prairie View A&M University marked a momentous occasion as it officially announced and commemorated its recognition as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) – Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP). This designation represents a pivotal milestone [...]

Frontiers of Research: Texas A&M System’s Chief Research Officers Meeting

Prairie View, Texas (March 28, 2024) – The Chief Research Officers Meeting, hosted by Magesh Rajan, Ph.D., Vice President of Research & Innovation at Prairie View A&M University and led by Joe Elabd, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor of Research for the Texas A&M University System, took place on the picturesque campus of PVAMU from March 26 [...]

Ram Ray Secures EPA Grant for Environmental Research

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 20, 2024) – Ram Ray, Ph.D., P.E., has been awarded $576,280 in grant funding by the University of Houston through the Environmental Protection Agency. Ray is a Professor in the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources at Prairie View A&M University. He pursues innovative research in the Natural Resources and Environmental Systems [...]

Clarence Bunch Secures Funding for PVAMU’s Natural Resources Program

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2024) -- Clarence Bunch, Ph.D., has secured $104,264 in grant funding from the US Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Services. Bunch is a Program Manager III for the College of Food and Natural Resources, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC), at Prairie View A&M University. The grant, facilitated by the American Forest [...]

Empowering Education: Beverly Sande Secures Grant to Enhance Teacher Readiness

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 14, 2024) – Beverly Sande, Ph.D., P.E., has been awarded $112,200 in grant funding by Texas Tech University through the Education Service Center Region 13. Sande is an Associate Professor is in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University (WRGCOE). Douglas Butler, Ph.D., serves as the [...]

Research Vibes: PVAMU’s Research & Innovation Week 2024

Research Vibes: Changing Ideas into Reality Prairie View, Texas (March 1, 2024) -- As Prairie View A&M University's Division of Research and Innovation (R&I) prepares for its annual Research & Innovation Week, scheduled from April 1 to 5, 2024, a palpable excitement permeates "The Hill!" This week-long celebration stands as a testament to the university's [...]