Dr. Rambod Rayegan Earns $715K Department of Energy Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 18, 2024) – Rambod Rayegan, Ph.D. has been awarded $715,000 by the Department of Energy.

Rayegan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University.

The Co-PIs are Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Xiaobo Peng, Ph.D.; and  Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lai Jiang, Ph.D.

The main goal of the Consortium enabling In- and Ex-Situ-Quality Control of Additive Manufacturing (QCAM) is to establish a sustainable pipeline of under-represented students in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) from Minority Serving Institutes with advanced knowledge and experience to serve the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) National Labs and Plants.

By Joe McGinty