Long before ChatGPT, there was AlexNet – the deep-learning solution named after its creator, Alex Krizhevsky. It won the ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge 2012 and ensnared Lijun Qian, Ph.D., sparking his interest in the emerging field. Now, Dr. Qian is the AT&T endowed professor of electrical and computer engineering at Prairie View A&M [...]
Prairie View A&M University Texas Instruments Endowed Professor John Attia, Ph.D., has taught for 43 years. Relatively new to the role of an endowed professorship at PVAMU, the professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering has been an educator since 1980 and has no plans to stop. “In [...]
The rains decided the fates of farmers in the small rural village in India where Prairie View A&M University’s Honeywell Endowed Professor Raghava Kommalapati, Ph.D., PE, BCEE, F. ASCE, grew up. As a young boy in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India, where farming was the main livelihood, Dr. Kommalapati saw firsthand how [...]
Dreaming of crossing the stage and earning a bachelor’s degree is one thing. But the entire process can be confusing when you’re the first in your family to attend college. Prairie View A&M University junior computer science major Martaesia Fisher knew she wanted to go to college in high school, but that was all she knew. She [...]
Prairie View A&M University is home to excellence, pioneers, and changemakers. This month, the three ideals came together in a transformative collaboration, and the PVAMU family was thrilled to be part of it all! PVAMU’s Honors Program proudly welcomed troops from the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council community to the 1,400-acre campus. The mission was clear: [...]
Computer science students at Prairie View A&M University are gaining firsthand knowledge this semester from a Google software engineer. As an instructor in the Google in Residence program, Donnell Debnam Jr. is helping train future software engineers — and other potential tech professionals — who are enrolled this fall in Prairie View A&M’s introductory computer [...]
Prairie View A&M University faculty members, Dr. Richard Wilkins, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Merlyn X. Pulikkathara ‘04, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, have been awarded a $1.2 million grant with two goals: to develop and test high-tech materials for use in harsh [...]
Carolyn Fritz ‘84 chose to study at Prairie View A&M University and pursue a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering because of the institution’s exemplary engineering program. Still, she couldn’t have predicted how it would shape her career. Her parents instilled the importance of hard work and the value of education. But she also credits her success [...]
In Prairie View A&M University’s new freshmen class, a diverse group of students is embarking on their college journeys this week. They come with dreams of making transportation more sustainable, telling stories through videos, revolutionizing aerospace, and shaping better laws. Here are four Panthers who are ready to become pioneers and changemakers!
Hometown: Cypress, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a Biomedical Concentration Are you a first-generation college student? If so, what does that mean to you?
