Jeffrey Streator, Ph.D., may be new to Prairie View A&M University this year, but he brings with him more than 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering. Streator, a professor and head of PVAMU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently made the move from Georgia with his wife and their four children to be closer to family [...]
Living through a time of large-scale technological innovation can be a heady experience. Somewhat serious but mostly silly conversations about driverless cars or robot butlers are now happening in earnest, moving from late night discussions in college dorm rooms to legislative sessions in the halls of Congress. And it’s not just talk, either. Cryptocurrency and [...]
Historically, engineering has been a male-dominated industry. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, but they represent a mere 27% of STEM workers. The data shows that computer and engineering occupations make up most STEM jobs in the U.S. at 80%. Yet, women in the field comprise only [...]
Dr. Pamela Holland Obiomon remembers watching her older brother studying and solving problems for his college engineering classes when she was a kid. She asked him to teach her how to use the slide rule and program the calculator. Ever since then, she says she knew she wanted to be an engineer when she grew [...]
Six Prairie View A&M University students clinched winning placements in the 17th annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium. This year’s student research competition involved more than 800 undergraduate and graduate students from all TAMUS institutions. Texas A&M University hosted the two-day research showcase symposium, which allowed students to increase the visibility of their research [...]
The 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest Section Conference takes place at Prairie View A&M University March 16-18, promoting “Engineering Education for Productive People: Preparing Students for the Changing Work Environments.”
Prairie View A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories teamed up this semester to host the Tracer Forensic and Incident Response Exercise competition. With four teams in the Tracer FIRE event, one of the PVAMU teams placed second, highlighting the strengths of the new cybersecurity concentration in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering.
After 22 years together, twins Sheldon and William Scott still have plenty in common – including a passion for percussion. "My earliest memory is probably me and my brother playing with [drum]sticks when we were really young," Sheldon said. "We wanted to be drummers." And that they are. Both Sheldon and William are on the [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s Summer Bridge Programs for incoming first-year students are thought of as orientation-like, get-to-know-your-school programs that can lead to a more successful transition to college. However, Daelyn Frank took her experience and amplified it. Granted, this might have been predicted. Frank applied to Prairie View A&M knowing that she wanted to attend a Historically [...]
Prairie View A&M University students recently squared off against Texas Southern University students for the annual Black Employee Network Phillips 66 Business and Engineering Diversity Case Competition. The competition returned in 2021 after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Six students from PVAMU combined to take first and second place in the event.
