Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS (January 26, 2022) The Robert A. Welch Foundation has selected Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D., to receive $150,000 for the project Depolarization Cellulose Using Hydroxy-Aryl Sulfonic Acids as Cellulase Enzyme Mimicking Catalysts. Amarasekara serves as professor in the Department of Chemistry and Co-Principal Investigator and group leader for the [...]
April Lovelady, Ph. D., Associate Department Head, Mechanical Engineering PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS (December 21, 2021). With her most recent award of $90,000 to bring awareness of the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, April Lovelady, Ph.D., will ensure that research projects include investigation to reach new conclusions, innovation, and a path to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 8, 2021) For Kevin Storr, Ph.D., exposing Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students to equipment and laboratory experiences typically found in Tier One research institutions is one of the most exciting aspects of being selected to receive the $259,988 Department of Defense -Air Force-Office of Scientific Research grant. Earlier this year, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS (December 6, 2021) Raghava Rao Kommalapati, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE has been awarded $148,000 by the U.S. Department of Interior through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) in the second phase of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI). Kommalapati is the director of the CREST Center for Energy and Environmental Safety and a professor of civil [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 6, 2021) The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture-Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) awarded Ali Fares, Ph.D., $749,719 to address needs in Smart Agriculture System and Food Safety through his project GetAgSmart: Building Capacity In Smart Agricultural Technologies For Underserved Communities. Smart agriculture is an innovative concept that uses technology [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 23, 2021) – For Prairie View A&M University to receive $1 million as one of the inaugural partners in the Vivian Thomas Scholars Initiative (VTSI) at The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is both exciting and a true honor. Biology Professor E. Gloria C. Regisford, Ph.D., was selected by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic [...]
