PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 11, 2025) — As he prepares to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering from Prairie View A&M University, Christopher L. Houston is gaining recognition for his academic excellence and groundbreaking research on hydrogen embrittlement and its applications. Houston, a senior, from Houston, Tx, has immersed himself in the RISE Program [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 10, 2025) — Kevin Storr, an associate professor of physics in the Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences at Prairie View A&M University, has secured a $40,000 grant from Clarkson Aerospace Corporation through the Department of Defense’s Air Force Materiel Command to study the thermal properties of two-dimensional materials under extreme [...]
Shahin Shafiee, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 3, 2025) — Shahin Shafiee, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded a nearly $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance research on nanofluid transport phenomena using machine learning. The integrated research [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 23, 2025) — Shield Lin, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering at Prairie View A&M University’s College of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 from the CACI Technolgy for National Security. through NASA’s Space Center. The funding will support Lin’s efforts to advance the Trick Simulation Environment (Trick [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 16, 2025) – Suxia Cui, Ph.D., a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Prairie View A&M University, has secured nearly $150,000 in grant funding from Texas A&M University System through the State of Texas – State Appropriations to strengthen the Semiconductor Workforce Pipeline for underrepresented communities. Shuza Binzaid, Ph.D., and Abburi [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 8, 2025) — Clarence Bunch, Ph.D., Project Manager III at Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC) Small Farm Institute, has secured a $55,000 grant from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., through the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant will support sustainable agriculture research and [...]
Prairie View, Texas (December 13, 2024) – The Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) at Prairie View A&M University hosted its Fall 2024 Cording Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 12, bringing together student researchers and their faculty mentors to celebrate the achievements of graduating participants in the Faculty-Research and Innovation Success and Excellence (Faculty-RISE) program. The [...]
Prairie View, Texas (December 12, 2024) — The " Division of Research & Innovations’ Innovation, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (ICEED) area of Prairie View A&M University hosted its “From Idea to Impact” seminar, providing a detailed roadmap for transforming innovative ideas into tangible results. The session emphasized the importance of starting with a well-defined [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2024) — As an undergraduate biology student, Jada Henry has found her stride in scientific discovery through Prairie View A&M University’s Faculty-RISE (Research and Innovation Success and Excellence) program. Mentored by Lori Banks, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biology at PVAMU, Henry has tackled a complex and impactful project: A Computational [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 15, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University’s Division of Research & Innovation, through its Innovation, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development (ICEED) area, recently hosted an insightful session on entrepreneurship. Peter O’Neill, chief innovation officer at Texas A&M, led the discussion, highlighting the tech transfer office’s role in supporting inventors and advancing [...]
