PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 1, 2022) The global issue of sustainability is becoming more urgent and critical. With $499,526.00 in funding, Yunxiang Gao, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and physics in the Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences (BCAS), is motivated to contribute to the research that resolves the challenge. With funding from the USDA-National Institute of Food and [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 31, 2022) Kevin Storr’s research in Quantum Design (QD) will expand with his recent award of $199,500 from the US Department of Defense -Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The funding is for his “Thermal and Electrical and Conductivity Investigations into Boron Nitride, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, and Diamond Films” project. Kevin Storr, [...]
Ziaul Huque, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 26, 2022) With recent funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration -Stennis Space Center, Ziaul Huque, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for High-Pressure Combustion in Microgravity (CHPC) and Yuhao Xu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering will begin conducting experimental research at Prairie View [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 15, 2022) In partnership with the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University, Jimmy Henry is poised to research the gaps in digital equity and access to broadband in limited-resource communities. The project funding of $28,275 will target communities that have been under or unserved, explicitly focusing on Black/African-American populations [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 14, 2022) Water security expert Ali Fares is taking steps to ensure minority farmers benefit from precision agriculture (P.A.) technology advancements. Fares is an endowed professor of water security and water-energy-food nexus at Prairie View A&M University. He recently earned $750,000 from the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture to build [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 8, 2022) The food sector has made significant progress in ensuring food safety in recent years. With the rising usage of new food additives and innovation in the manufacture of food, there is an increasing interest in researching the use of high-throughput chemical safety testing procedures. Harshica Fernando, Ph.D., will use [...]
The teacher population in Texas does not reflect its student population. Beverly Sande, Ph.D., plans to change that statistic with $300,000 in funding from Texas Tech University-Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the University-School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (US PREP) National Center. The award will position Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) to lead innovative efforts to increase diversity among the [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 13, 2022) Ralston Lockett recognizes that research provides opportunities to make a difference. The Houston, Texas native is part of the Faculty Research & Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (RISE) program. RISE enables faculty researchers to expand and sustain their research through external grants and contracts while mentoring students to become the next generation [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas ( May 11, 2022) Canadian student Maya Swaby-Wallerson learned about African American history as a bonus to earning a bachelor’s degree in management information systems at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). The Ontario native was unfamiliar with Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCU) while moving through the education system in her native Ontario. Swaby-Wallerson, [...]
