When undergraduate Mustafa A. Ali stepped into Prairie View A&M University’s Microelectronics Characterization Laboratory last fall, he didn’t just join a research team, he became part of a pioneering effort to build the university’s first experimental semiconductor program. Under the guidance of Dr. Avra S. Bandyopadhyay, Mustafa mastered the art of manipulating two-dimensional materials [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 6, 2026) —Prairie View A&M University’s 2026 Research & Innovation Month brought the university’s expanding research enterprise into full view, giving students, faculty, staff, university leaders and partners a shared stage to show how research is growing across campus. Held under the theme “Where Legacy Meets Impact” the month was [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 6, 2026) -- Biochar research at Prairie View is transforming crop residue into far-reaching environmental solutions, and a new biomass processing and biochar production unit is set to accelerate that work. Led by Dr. Ram Ray, the initiative centers on a waste-to-value model that converts unused biomass into biochar, a [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 17, 2026) -- Ram Ray, Ph.D., P.E., a leading researcher and professor in the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources at Prairie View A&M University, has secured a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support the training of the next [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 22, 2026) — Prairie View A&M University senior Alliere Murphy has her sights set on transforming both science and smiles. A biology major and participant in the RISE Program, Murphy is already shaping her future through hands-on research, leadership, and a passion for serving her community. Mentored by Lori Banks, Ph.D., [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 17, 2025) — Prairie View A&M University is advancing the future of food safety through a new $100,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award supports a collaborative research project led by Sameh Abdelwahed, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, working alongside Keyan [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 16, 2025) -- Raghava Kommalapati, Ph.D., Honeywell Endowed Professor and professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D., Regents Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Prairie View A&M University, have been awarded a $320,000 grant from Shell Global Solutions to support research in sustainable aviation fuels. [...]
PRIAIRE VIEW, Texas (December 16, 2025) -- Prairie View A&M University junior Laura Upchurch, a Human Nutrition and Food major, has discovered a deeper sense of purpose through her experience in the RISE Program. Mentored by Jacklyn Sanders, Ph.D., Upchurch is studying how mentorship shapes student engagement and retention within the College of Agriculture, Food, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2025) — The Texas A&M University System is proposing the launch of a Research Excellence Fund (REF) designed to strengthen research capacity, competitiveness, and impact across all member institutions—including Prairie View A&M University. The REF will support strategic, high-value initiatives that advance discovery, fuel innovation, expand workforce development, and bolster national [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 9, 2025) --- Prairie View A&M University has secured nearly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH–National Cancer Institute, to develop a Certificate in Computational Genomics and Biomedical Data Science—a program designed to prepare students for rapidly growing careers at the intersection of biology, computation and health. [...]
