December 1, 2022

Message from the Vice President

As another semester comes to an end, it’s time to look back and reflect. The month of November was brimming with various research and innovation activities on “The Hill!”


In this season of gratitude, we thank all our partners and sponsors for supporting our faculty and students’ scholarly activities at Prairie View A&M University. 


Our partnership with Shell on Nature Based Solutions met. Faculty and student researchers were able to showcase and give updates on their research projects. We are elated about our recently established partnership with Princeton University on a new PACRI initiative. The Texas Land Grant Day Conference, a partnership initiative between Texas A&M University and PVAMU was held at the Texas A&M campus in College Station, TX — giving research communities from both institutions a valuable opportunity for networking and collaboration.   


I am equally honored and humbled to have been elected to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Council on Research (COR) Executive Committee to provide leadership, representation, and advocacy.


We appreciated the leaders and various stakeholders of the research compliance governance for their contributions this week. Rounding out the month of November, the Research and Innovation staff members held a Thanksgiving luncheon to share our appreciation and gratitude. Additionally, several faculty received sponsored grants and contracts. Be sure to read about their amazing accomplishments in this month’s newsletter. We’re all looking forward to the cording ceremony honoring the fall research scholars on December 08 — mark your calendars.


Thank you once again for your commitment and invaluable contributions toward helping the Division of Research and Innovation reach its full potential.


With gratitude,



- Magesh Rajan, Ph.D., P.E., MBA

Research Highlights

Abdelwahed Earns $112,187 DoD-HBCU Equipment Award

Ray Earns $191,663 USDA-NIFA Equipment Award

Panthers Sweeps Awards at CRBE Competition

PVAMU and SHELL Share Progress on Nature-Based Solutions Program


PVAMU Research Partners with Princeton University on Groundbreaking PACRI Initiative for Faculty Research Collaborations

PVAMU Vice President for Research & Innovation Magesh Rajan Named to Executive Committee for APLU’s Council on Research

Student Research

Faculty RISE Undergraduate Student Spotlight


M. Javari Henderson, a senior Architecture major is working with Dr. Marco Robinson on The Old Kirby House and plantation.

Innovation

PV Innovation Partners with Green Town Labs


Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, launched the Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy

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Video Spotlight

Nature Based Solutions Program

The second PVAMU and Shell Nature Based Solutions Steering Committee meeting on the campus of

Prairie View A&M University on November 14, 2022.

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