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RESEARCH CAPABILITIES AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

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GREETINGS AND WELCOME – VICE PRESIDENT 2 FOR RESEARCH AND DEAN, GRADUATE STUDIES

2010–2014 PARTNERS AT A GLANCE 3

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN SCIENCES 4

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE 12

MARVIN D. AND JUNE SAMUEL BRAILSFORD 14COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 21

WHITLOWE R. GREEN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 25

ROY G. PERRY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 28

COLLEGE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND PSYCHOLOGY 33

COLLEGE OF NURSING 36

RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES 38

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2010-2014 Partners at a GlancePRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

SAMPLING OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAM PARTNERS

FEDERAL$112,886,486

USDA-National Institute of Food and Agri

USDA - Rural Development

Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration

Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration

Department of Defense Army Research Office Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Department of Transportation-Federal Highway

Health Resources and Service Administration

Department of Education Title III, Part B SBGI SAFRA

Department of Justice

National Institute of Health-HBCU-UP

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

National Endowment for the Humanities

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

STATE OF TEXAS$42,013,961

Texas State Legislative (Appropriations for the Agricultural Programs)

Texas AgriLife Extension

Travis County Extension

Texas AgriLife Research

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Office of the Attorney General

Office of Governor- Criminal Justice

Department of State Health Services

PUBLIC SECTOR$8,215,196

Howard University

Alabama A&M University

National 4-H Council

University of Georgia

University of Houston

Baylor College of Medicine

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Memorial Hermann Hospital

University of Texas–Austin

University of Texas– M.D. Anderson

Iowa State University

Lockheed Martin Space Operations

Science Application International Corporation

Universal Tech Corporation

United Space Alliance

Texas Instruments

Jacobs Sverdrup

Northrop Grumman

PRIVATE SECTOR$3,340,568

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

United Negro College Fund

Welch Foundation

Bernard Harris Foundation

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Texas A&M Research Foundation

L3 National Security Solutions

Thurgood Marshall

McFarland and Associaties

Greetings & WelcomeProf. Cajetan M. Akujuobi, M.B.A., Ph.D.E.E.VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND DEAN, GRADUATE STUDIES

As Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate Studies I encourage you to peruse the contents of the

Research Capabilities and Research Interests booklet to explore the research teaming possibilities, corporate

program opportunities and service capabilities that exist at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), and how these

competencies may benefit your company. Research at PVAMU provides a portal to discovering new knowledge,

advancing scholarship, and propelling economic development.

PVAMU’s land-grant heritage and our many years of research history position us well for today’s great research

challenges – Cyber Security, radiation studies, signal/image/video and communication systems, wavelet-

based applications, nanotechnology and biotechnology, health & educational disparities, evolutionary biology,

computational science … energy and the environment … and many more. The research work extends beyond

the traditional disciplines of engineering and agriculture, into areas including biomedical research, leadership

development, and the social and behavioral sciences. The scope of research activities across PVAMU influences

and enriches the lives of the citizens of the state of Texas, the nation and the world.

On behalf of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, I thank the planning committee and the faculty and staff

whose contributions made this very first “PVAMU Research Capabilities Booklet” possible. We are proud of the

quality of the education and research of Prairie View A&M University; and inspired by the capabilities, achievements

and innovativeness of our students, graduates, faculty, and staff.

Yours Sincerely,

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College of Agriculture and Human Sciences The college offers a diverse curriculum to students through its Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology programs.

Students are prepared to respond effectively to complex social issues relating to the food, agricultural, human and natural resource

sciences.

RESEARCH CENTERSThe Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC) is the unit within the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences that plays an important role in agriculture, natural resources and life sciences. The CARC component helps Prairie View A&M University fulfill its land-grant mission of teaching, research and service.

Agricultural research in the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center is divided into the following areas: Animal Systems, Plant Systems, Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environmental Systems, and Social Systems and Allied Research.

The International Goat Research Center (IGRC), built in 1981, is currently the home for over 1,000 dairy and meat goats. The Center is one of the largest and longest established goat research programs in the country. The Goat Research Center specializes in research in the areas of genetics, reproductive physiology, nutrition and veterinary health. Research projects currently ongoing at the Center address value-added products from goat milk to goat meat.

In addition to supporting the research and academic programs at Prairie View A&M University, the International Goat Research Center is very active in the Cooperative Extension Program’s public outreach programs, hosting open houses, field days and 4-H events throughout the year.

College of Agriculture and Human Sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH

Addo, Kwaku, PhDAgriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Food Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Human Sciences

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM: Increasing Student Enrollment in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences

CURRENT PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Empower the 4-H and Youth Development program to engage limited-resource communities and assist the youth with appropriate life and career choices in agriculture and human sciences; Develop an academic outreach program to increase student enrollment in agriculture and human sciences; Implement strategies to retain students in the CAHS.

Ampin, Peter A. Y., PhDCooperative Agricultural Research Center

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Weed Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant Science/Environmental Science

CURRENT RESEARCH I: Medicinal plants establishment and genomics, metabolomics, biochemical characterization of their anti-obesity and anti-diabetic dietary constituents

CURRENT PROJECT I OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Identify good agricultural practices for growing and processing Lippia dulcis and Hoodia gordonii species on a large scale; isolate and purify the natural sweetener in Lippia and the appetite suppressant in Hoddia in addition to identifying elite varieties and identifying marketing channels for these plants and their products and introducing them to limited resource farmers in Texas

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Increasing grower market potential and consumer preference for locally grown strawberries through strategic extension programming in Texas (Collaboration between AgriLife Extension and PVAMU)

CURRENT PROJECT II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Provide information on the economics of producing strawberries in Texas

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Developing New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers using the Model Farm Concept

CURRENT PROJECT III OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Provide producers with the necessary skills in the areas of production, business management and marketing to enable them develop and maintain successful and sustainable farming and ranching operations.

include book chapters (2), journal articles (3) extension articles (2), and 34 abstracts.

Awal, Ripendra, PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Civil and Earth Resources Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Civil Engineering - Watershed modeling; water related hazards (flood, landslide, debris flow, erosion); natural and artificial dam failure; climate change; GIS/RS; agricultural water management. Agricultural Engineering;

Environmental Sciences - Atmospheric

CURRENT RESEARCH: Impact of anthropogenic and natural changes on natural resources and the environment.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Development of an integrated research approach at the watershed continuum by combining multi-scale field experiments with a strong numerical modeling and GIS and remotely sensed technology to enhance our understanding of watershed hydrological processes as a result of variation of different controlling parameters, i.e., land use (reforest/deforestation, brush management, agricultural use, urbanization), extreme weather conditions (drought, flooding) and climate change.

Carson, Laura E., PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Polymer Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Physical Science; Bioengineering/Biomedical Physical Science

CURRENT RESEARCH: Medicinal plant establishment and genomics, metabolomics, and biochemical characterization of their anti-obesity and anti-diabetic dietary constituents.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Identify components present in Lippia dulcis and Hoodia gordonii species when grown under varied conditions.

CURRENT PROJECT II: Capacity Building in the Agricultural Sciences

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Strengthen collaborative efforts with USDA Research Center while engaging Agriculture students in hypothesis driven research activities.

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Fares, Ali, PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Hydrology and Soil Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Agricultural Science; Water Management; Biological Sciences; Environment and Natural Resources; Agricultural Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH: Impact of anthropogenic and natural changes on natural resources and the environment.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Develop an integrated research approach at the watershed continuum by combining multi-scale field experiments with a strong numerical modeling, GIS, and remotely sensed technology to enhance our understanding of watershed hydrological processes as a result of variation of different controlling parameters, i.e., land use (reforest/deforestation, brush management, agricultural use, urbanization), extreme weather conditions (drought, flooding) and climate change.

Foxworth, William B., PhDCARC - International Goat Research Center (IGRC)

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Veterinary Physiology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Reproductive Physiology; Reproductive biology – characterize and resolve the early regression of the goat (Capra hircus) corpus luteum, enhance cryopreservation techniques for goat semen and develop a transgenic goat facility for the production of novel proteins and animal models

CURRENT RESEARCH: Sustainable Goat Production Practices for Texas and the Gulf Coast

CURRENT PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: To advance the science of goat production and use this information to improve the livelihoods of the people in Texas, the Gulf Coast region and developing countries abroad. Long-term goals are to: a) provide recommendations for sustainable forage based production and management systems, b) make limited resource farmers and ranchers aware of the financial benefits of proper breeding and reproductive management, and c) provide students in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences experiential learning experiences in the animal sciences and biotechnology. These goals will be facilitated by the activities outlined in this Integrated Program Project. The collaborative efforts of IGRC staff are contained within three main research focus areas: 1) Pasture based production strategies for the Texas Gulf Coast, 2) Increasing the efficiency of artificial insemination and embryo transfer, and 3) Decision support systems for goat dairy enterprises.

Gao, Ming, PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Plant Physiology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant Genomics; Plant molecular physiology; genetics; genomics; breeding

CURRENT RESEARCH: Development of Genomic Resources and Tools for Advancing Sweet-potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) Genomics.

CURRENT PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: A joint research project aimed at extending an on-going collaborative effort in development of essential sweet-potato genomic resources and tools. Co-PI, Dr. Keithanne Mockaitis at Indiana University. The project will also establish essential research capacity in plant genomics in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University.

Specific objectives are to: 1) Establish deep-coverage EST collections that represent comprehensive transcriptomes of sweet-potato and its diploid (I. tenuissima) and tetraploid (I. littoralis) progenitors by extending an ongoing effort in deep sequencing of transcriptomes of the three species; 2) Develop a novel homoeolog-allele-specific SNP molecular marker system and a high-throughput genotyping method for future genome-wide association mapping and MAB; 3) Identify candidate genes involved in the formation of sweet-potato storage roots through comparative RNAseq transcriptome analyses; 4) Develop a rapid and efficient Agrobacterium-rhizogenes-mediated root transformation system in the sweet potato and I. littoralis for targeted root functional genomics studies; 5) Develop an efficient Agrobacterium-tumefaciens-mediated transformation system in I. littoralis for generating activation-tagged mutant populations for sweet-potato functional genomics studies; and 6) Establish a mapping population of the self-compatible I. tenuissima towards developing a reference genetic map for a diploid constituent genome in the sweet-potato. The successful execution of the project could build essential genomics research capacity, including limited capability of second-generation sequencing and bioinformatics, and a plant tissue culture and genetic transformation laboratory at the college.


CURRENT RESEARCH

Johnson, Barbara M., DVMCARC/IGRC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Veterinary Medicine

RESEARCH INTEREST: Medical and Agricultural Sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH: Establishing a Novel Livestock Diagnostic Information Delivery System

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Create a searchable web database related to livestock diseases to be accessed by extension agents on their mobile devices allowing them the opportunity to advise farmers on solving problems using a technological approach.

Griffin, Richard W., PhDCARC/IGRC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Pedology (Soil Science)

RESEARCH INTEREST: Environmental Science (Soils)

CURRENT RESEARCH: Natural Resources and Environmental Systems Research Program

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Coordination of comprehensive research projects that adhere closely to the main objective to quantitatively measure, monitor, and record natural resources and environmental conditions in East Central Texas to accumulate and expand the baseline data to be used to develop local and regional models that will positively impact and benefit landowners in rural, suburban, and urban settings along the Texas Gulf Coast Prairie.

Anticipated Results: Production of qualitative and quantitative results that will allow farmers and ranchers to focus on practices that allow their enterprise to manage natural resources that will in turn lead to sustainable and cost efficient operation.

James, Annette A., PhDAgriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Crop Production/Agronomy

RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant and Soil Science; Agronomy

CURRENT RESEARCH I: The impacts of climate, soil moisture and management on the diversity, distribution, and primary productivity of plant species in a selected Texas Gulf Coast Prairie site.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS I: Evaluate the impacts of climate, soil moisture, and management on the diversity, distribution, and primary productivity of plant species in a selected Texas Gulf Coast Prairie site; and Develop a baseline for above ground biomass by using selected biomass cutting schedules.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Evaluation of Three Soil Measurements, Impacts of Four Seedbed Surfaces and Corresponding Impacts On Germination Rates and Plant Growth of a Specific Corn

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS II: Evaluate soil moisture, soil temperature, and soil density and their effects on four seedbed surfaces and corresponding impacts on germination rates and plant growth to the 7thleaf stage of a selected corn variety.

Johnson, Paul M., PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Environmental Toxicology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Environmental Science

CURRENT RESEARCH: A Novel Livestock Information Delivery System

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Establish a novel livestock information delivery system; create a searchable web database about livestock diseases; and develop high quality videos discussing individual livestock diseases.

ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Establish a searchable database of livestock management issues with a primary species focus on Goats. All Management issues concerning the species will be uploaded to this database.

Jones, Wash A., PhDAgriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Agricultural Education

RESEARCH INTEREST: Agricultural Education and Leadership

CURRENT RESEARCH: Broadening Student Experiences and Expanding their Career Comps

Project Objective(s)/Outcome Expectations: Provide study abroad opportunities

Anticipated Results: Broaden students’ global perspectives through study abroad.

Experience: Selected to Editorial Board for Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, effective Jan. 2015

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Jung, Yoonsung, PhDCARC


RESEARCH INTEREST: Statistics; Research design, data analysis, and developing data collection tools. Functional data analysis, directional dependency

CURRENT RESEARCH: Increasing Student Enrollment in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Increase student enrollment and devise a student retention plan in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Developing Value-added Caprine Products at PVAMU

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS II: Develop value-added caprine products with improved sensory and nutritional qualities.

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Sustainable Goat Production Practices for Texas and the Gulf Coast

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS III: Provide recommendations for sustainable forage based production and management systems; make limited resource farmers and ranchers aware of the financial benefits of proper breeding and reproductive management; and provide students in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences experiential learning experiences in animal sciences and biotechnology.

CURRENT RESEARCH IV: Medical plants establishment and genomics, metabolomics, and biochemical characterization of their anti-obesity and anti-diabetic dietary constituents

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS IV: Deploy multi-disciplinary research activities to: a) establish medicinal plant garden for finding the best growth conditions for the plants; b) analytical chemistry laboratory with Fourier-Transform mass spectrometer for the metabolomics research; c) plant genomics and tissue culture laboratory to unravel the effects of genetic transformation of the plants on the anti-obesity dietary constituents; d) biochemical analyses to illuminate molecular responses of the enzymes in Lippia sesquiterpene, and Hoodia steroidal glycoside metabolism to environmental/genetic changes; e) economics evaluation of the medicinal plants and educational extension outreach to Texas limited.

Lewis, Shaye K., PhDCARC/IGRC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Physiology of ReproductionUrology/Physiological Genomics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Physiological and Developmental Genomics; Biomarker development and comparative genomics


PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: This is part of the Animal Systems CRIS Project. I contribute to objective two: Increasing the efficiency of artificial insemination and embryo transfer. My contribution is under objective 2b titled: Genetic differences that determine semen quality and freezability.

Mora-Gutierrez, AdelaCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Food Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Food Chemistry

CURRENT RESEARCH: Goat Milk and Derived Dairy Products.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Enhancing the commercial value of goat milk and derived dairy products.

ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Decreasing saturated fat content of goat milk and derived dairy products and increasing the content of naturally occurring unsaturated fats i.e., conjugated isomers of linoleic acid (CLA).

LANGUAGE: Spanish

EXPERIENCES: Publications>20; U.S. Patents: 3’ Proposal reviewer>10

Parks, Alfred L., PhDAgriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Agricultural Economics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Agricultural Economics

CURRENT RESEARCH: Developing Value-Added Caprine Products

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Develop consumer acceptable Caprine meat/dairy products.


CURRENT RESEARCH

Newton, Gary R., PhDCARC/IGRC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Animal Science; Geology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Reproductive Physiology; Reproductive biology – pregnancy recognition in capra hircus; increasing the efficiency of AI and embryo transfer.


PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: The mission of the International Goat Research Center (IGRC) is to advance the science of goat production and use this information to improve the livelihoods of the people in Texas, the Gulf Coast region and developing countries abroad.

Long-term goals are to: a) provide recommendations for sustainable forage based production and management systems, b) make limited resource farmers and ranchers aware of the financial benefits of proper breeding and reproductive management, and c) provide students in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences experiential learning experiences in the animal sciences and biotechnology. These goals will be facilitated by the activities outlined in this Integrated Program Project.

The collaborative efforts of IGRC staff are contained within three main research focus areas: 1) Pasture based production strategies for the Texas Gulf Coast, 2) Increasing the efficiency of artificial insemination and embryo transfer, and 3) Decision support systems for goat dairy enterprises.

Nuti, Louis C., PhDCARC/IGRC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Zoology/Reproductive Physiology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Reproductive Physiology; Forage development and livestock management

CURRENT RESEARCH: Efficacy of Sorghum Flour byproduct as a Parasite Control Substance

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Examine the antihelmintic properties of sorghum flour.

Riberio, Flavio R. B., PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Animal Science (Nutrition and Meat Science)

RESEARCH INTEREST: Animal Science (Nutrition and Meat Science)

CURRENT RESEARCH I: Efficacy of Sorghum flour as a feed additive for growth and potential parasite control.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS I: Determine palatability of sorghum powder, and determine the anthelmintic properties and nutritive value of sorghum flour.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: The impact of body composition in reproductive performance, milk production and offspring performance in Boer and Alpine goats

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS II: Development of parameters of BCS in goats and correlate that with actual fat content; Development of a technique to assess internal fat in goats; Development of a model to predict performance of meat and dairy goats; and Investigation of the differences between goats on pasture vs. supplemented.

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Acquisition of Equipment for the Shared Nutrition Research Facility

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS III: Purchase a GrowSafe individual feeding system

CURRENT RESEARCH IV: Evaluation and Comparison of Growth and Reproductive Performance in Brangus and Red Brangus Cattle

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS IV: Overall: Evaluate differences in growth and reproductive performance between Brangus and Red Brangus cattle.

Objectives: 1) Evaluate differences in growth and carcass performance between Brangus, Red Brangus, and crossbred calves.

2) Evaluate reproductive performance and longevity between Brangus, Red Brangus, and crossbred females; 3) Examine the relationship between reproductive performance and longevity and maternal and reproductive traits from DNA genotyping; 4) Examine the relationship between carcass traits and carcass DNA genotype; 5) Examine the relationship between temperament scores, udder quality and gestation length and performance traits in Brangus, Red Brangus, and crossbred cattle; and 6) Examine the relationship between temperament scores, udder quality and gestation length and DNA genotype results.

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Henry, Jimmy, MCDCooperative Extension Program

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Community Development

RESEARCH INTEREST: Community and Economic Development

CURRENT SPONSORED PROJECT: Rural Energy Efficency Training and Outreach Initiative

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: A Cooperative Agreement to encourage (University) to conduct educational programs that develop and improve upon the professional skills of rural energy auditors and to provide outreach and promote USDA-Rural Development energy programs in small rural communities with the greatest economic need.

ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Conduct a scan of recent literature as input into energy audit training course; Develop energy audit training course;

Provide 15 sessions of the energy audit training course to small, minority and socially disadvantaged groups in rural communities.

Work with USDA staff to identify programs and projects in the Delta region which require energy audits, helping to connect potential program participants with these opportunities.

Weerasooriya, Aruna D., PhDCARC

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Plant Systematics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant Sciences; Medicinal Plants; Plant Systematics; Plant Ecology; Horticulture

CURRENT RESEARCH: Medicinal plants establishment and genomics, metabolomics, and biochemical characterization of their anti-obesity and anti-diabetic dietary constituents.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Identify good agricultural practices for growing and processing of Lippia dulcis and Hoodia gordonii species in large scale; Isolate and purify the natural sweetener in Lippia dulcis and appetite suppressant in Hoodia gordonii in additional to identify allied varieties, and identifying marketing channels for these plants and their products and introducing them to limited resource farmers in Texas.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Development of Genomic Resources and Tools for Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) Genomics Resource.

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Development of better sweet potato breeds.

Williams, Carolyn J., PhDCooperative Extension Program


RESEARCH INTEREST: Family and Consumer Sciences

CURRENT PROJECT: Expanded Food Nutrition Program (EFNEP)

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: EFNEP has provided sound nutrition information to low income individuals for over 40 years. Participants must have an income of 185% of federal poverty guidelines or less and participate in WIC, Head Start Free or Reduced school lunch or receive Food Stamps. Adults and youth are enrolled in a series of 6 learning experiences and upon completion are presented a certificate of participation.


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Attaie, Rahmat, PhDCooperative Agricultural Research Center

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Food Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Food Technology; Agricultural Sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH: Developing value-added caprine products at Prairie View A&M University

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Omega fatty acid added goat sausages and dairy products.

ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES: Functional foods such as polyunsaturated fatty acids added goat sausages, goat milk ice cream, and cheeses.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Senior agricultural development officer in Western Afghanistan through the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture.

LANGUAGES: Persian, Dari, and Pashtu. These languages are spoken in Afghanistan, Iran and some parts of Pakistan.

EXPERIENCES: Writing scientific papers, reviewing refereed journal articles and proposals.

Woldesenbet, Selamawit, DVMCooperative Agricultural Research Center

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Veterinary Medicine

RESEARCH INTEREST: Core Lab (Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Analytical Chemistry)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Ethiopia as a Veterinarian at State Poultry Farm

LANGUAGES: Amharic

Ray, Ram, PhDCooperative Agricultural Research Center

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Civil Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Water Resources Assessment, hydrologic modeling, Remote Sensing and GIS Database Development; Land cover/land use and climate change impact assessment on water resources quantity and quality.

PRIMARY RESEARCH GOAL is to use the advance spatial and remote sensing technologies in natural resources, human sciences and environmental management through integrative approach at range of scales. Improving the understanding of the hydrologic and ecological processes and to reduce the impact of disastrous water cycle extremes through field experiments, instrumentations and the application of remotely-sensed data. My research spans the area of spatial hydrology, remote sensing of hydrology, water resource management, natural hazards such as landslides and floods, soil water dynamics, watershed hydrology and modeling, climate change impact on water resources and geomorphology.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH: Worked to quantify hydrologic states and fluxes by combining ground truth and remote sensing data (i.e., GRACE, TRMM, PERSIANN, CMORPH, MODIS, AMSR-E, ASTER, SRTM and LiDAR) and models (i.e., Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) and Hillslope River Routing Model (HRR), Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System (RHESSys)) and applied to many watersheds.

Developed a landslide model that uses AMSR-E satellite soil moisture coupled with the VIC hydrologic model. First to research landslide hazards through remotely sensed soil moisture (e.g. AMSR-E). Experiences in estimating evapotranspiration (ET) and soil moisture that is unique for the accurate estimation of crop water and irrigation requirements.

Have hands-on experience in many experimental methods including airborne LiDAR data and fiber optics distributed temperature sensing technology as well as a working knowledge of near-surface geophysics.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Civil Engineering in NEPAL for ten years on a number of water resources management, flood control and natural hazards projects.

LANGUAGES: Hindi, Nepalese

Lawton, Billy C., MEd

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Vocational Education

RESEARCH INTEREST: Agriculture and Natural Resources

White, Jacquelyn M., Ed.DCooperative Extension Program

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Educational Leadership

RESEARCH INTEREST: Family and Consumer Sciences

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School of Architecture The School of Architecture offers programs in Architecture, Construction Science, Community Development and Art, all dedicated

to preparing graduates for leadership roles in rebuilding America’s cities and improving the quality of the built environment.

RESEARCH CENTERSThe mission of the Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture (TIPHC) - Cultural Center is to collect, preserve, study, and make available research information, records, documents, artifacts, and other items relating to Texas history and culture. The Center places special emphasis on collecting, preserving, and studying the role and contributions of African Americans in Texas history and culture. This is an important mission because the documents, artifacts, and resources collected by the Center will serve as the primary source materials for research on the black experience in Texas.

School of Architecture

CURRENT RESEARCH

Eguia, Rudy G. Architecture

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:MBA, Management

RESEARCH INTEREST: Transportation Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH: Mass Rapid Transit

LANGUAGES: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian

School of Architecture

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Hines, Lason Community Development

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:DM, Management/Organizational Leadership

RESEARCH INTEREST: African American History and Culture

EXPERIENCES: Proposal Reviewer for U.S. Department of Education (8 years); Publication, Television, and Media/Camera (12 years); Consulting Services – Proposal Development/Strategic Planning/Board Development/Business Development/Entrepreneurship (15 years), Nonprofit Management (15 years).

Labib, RaniaArchitecture

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:MSc, Ecological Design

RESEARCH INTEREST: Using parametric design for optimized daylighting performance

LANGUAGES: Arabic

EXPERIENCE:

Publications:

• Improving daylighting in existing classrooms using laser cut panels. Lighting Research and Technology October 2013 vol. 45 no. 5 585-598

Conference Presentation, The 9th International ENERGY FORUM on Advanced Building Skins, Bressanone, Italy;

• Trade-off Method to Assess the Interaction Between Lightshelves and Complex Ceiling Forms for Optimized Daylighting Performance. Advances in Building Energy Research DOI:10.1080/17512549.2015.1014838

Upcoming Conference presentations:

• Optimized Street Design to Balance Outdoor Thermal Comfort And Indoor Daylighting Performance Within Large Scale Urban Settings in Hot Arid Climates. PLEA conference, Italy on September 2015.

• Towards A Solution for the Inevitable Use of the Glazed Façades in the Arid Regions via the Parametric Design Approach. CIE conference in the UK on June 2015.

Norwood, Barry H. Architecture

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:MARCH, Architecture

RESEARCH INTEREST: Planning and guiding Service Learning Projects in organic gardens that document student learning of the seven main steps to problem solving.

Riles, Kevin V. Community Development

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:MBA, Finance

RESEARCH INTEREST: Leadership & Student Success

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Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences The college consists of eight departments and one division offering courses leading to fifteen degrees at the Bachelor’s level

and six degrees at the Master’s level. We seek to develop in our students the traditional liberal arts skills of critical thinking,

analysis, problem solving, and communication. Furthermore, we intend for our students to acquire some depth in a major field by

understanding how knowledge is generated, organized, accessed, and given meaning.

RESEARCH CENTERSPrairie View Solar Observatory (PVSO) The primary instrument at PVSO is a 35-cm Gregorian vacuum telescope, equipped with a Daystar H-alpha filter (0.5Å FWHM) and a SBIG ST-7 CCD camera. We use this configuration for our routine observations and the resulting images are 6 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes (high resolution mode).

Currently the observatory undergoes a modernization, including H-alpha filter and CCD camera replacement. We are also about to bring online the Full Disk Solar Telescope and the upgraded Magneto Optical Filter.

The research interest of the solar group include solar active regions, erupting prominences and small solar magnetic fields. Apart from images acquired at our observatory, we also use the satellite data (SOHO, Hinode) and data from other ground-based observatories.

The Radiation Institute for Science and Engineering (RaISE) will utilize research expertise in both sciences and engineering disciplines to establish unique research opportunities with world renowned scientific personnel. Radiation biology includes experimental studies and theoretical modeling of space radiation biology studies for NASA conducted on the International Space Station, on the surface of Mars (Curiosity), at the Brookhaven National Labs, at Loma Linda University Medical Center, at Los Alamos National Labs, and at International Facilities (Japan, Germany, and Italy).

Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH

Greer, Kimberly A., PhD Biology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Genetics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Genetics; Biogerontology; Cancer genetics

CURRENT RESEARCH: Eukaryotic Mechanisms of Aging

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Utilize the canine as a model of human aging, identifying oxidative stress mechanisms of cellular damage and senescence in correlation with weight, breed, and longevity. Cellular oxidative stress will correlate positively with size and breed (due to size parameters) of the dog populations. I anticipate shorter lived dogs will be more susceptible to oxidative stress damage and longer lived dogs will be more resistant to oxidative stress and damage. We will identify the genes mitigating these differences.

Keaton, Alphonso, PhD Biology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS:Physiology; Cardiovascular Physiology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Cardiovascular Physiology; Exercise Physiology

CURRENT RESEARCH: The Combined Effects of Captopril Treatment (and its Withdrawal) and Exercise on Blood Pressure in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: The prolonged antihypertensive effects of captopril, following withdrawal of treatment in the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with the combined effects of exercise training and captopril treatment on blood pressure and vascular responses in the SHR are the primary focus. Preliminary laboratory data indicates that captopril treatment and its withdrawal prevents alterations in vascular morphology associated with hypertension in the SHR. The hypothesis is that the prolonged blood pressure lowering effects of captopril, is related to a sustained protective effect on endothelial cell function and vessel structure and that the beneficial effects of captopril on vascular function will be augmented by exercise training in the SHR.

Moore, Quincy C., PhDBiology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Microbiology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Bacterial Ocular Infections

CURRENT RESEARCH: The Integrated Undergraduate Research Experience in Biology and Mathematical Sciences (UBM) project was funded by NSF (Award No. DBI-1029401 and Sub-award No. S110005)

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Enhancement of the Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM) experience to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare undergraduate biology or mathematics students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences.

Regisford, Gloria C., PhDBiology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Reproductive Biology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Cancer Biology/Bioinformatics Education

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM I: Integrating Bioinformatics Learning Modules into the Biology Curriculum

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM I OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Creation and infusion of Bioinformatics learning modules into Biology courses.

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM II: Bioinformatics Research for Agriculture INnovative Students (BRAINS)

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Infusion of Bioinformatics into Agriculture courses and engages one student each from Agriculture, Biology and Computer Science annually in Bioinformatics research.

Vaden, Deirdre, PhDBiology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS:Biology, Genetics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Biology-Gene expression/Expression Therapeutics

CURRENT RESEARCH: Bringing Next-generation Sequence (NGS) Analysis Into Undergraduate Education: Gene Expression Profiling of Peripheral Blood from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Develop a new RNA-Seq dataset of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR).

Lane, Jr., Cleveland, PhDBiology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS:Science Education

RESEARCH INTEREST: Evaluation of Curricular and Student Teaching in Science Education

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Youngblood, Yolander R., PhD Botany

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Genetics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Botany/Ecology

CURRENT RESEARCH: Palms and the Texas Gulf Coast Ecosystem

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Current distribution map of native Texas palms with Kierra Jones and comparison of epicuticular wax structures and patterns in Texas palms.

Ciftja, Orion, PhD Physics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Condensed Matter Physics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Condensed Matter Physics

CURRENT RESEARCH: Strongly Correlate Electronics; Spintronic Systems

PROJECT OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Theoretical study of novel properties

Fan, Hua-Jun, PhDChemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Computational Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Modeling and Computational Chemistry

CURRENT RESEARCH I: Consortium of Energy and Materials

CURRENT RESEARCH I OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Develop structures for a functional and sustainable consortium that is engaged in education (facilitated by research) in materials and energy.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Modeling the Biofunctionalized Materials Systems on AF Environments

CURRENT RESEARCH II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Delivery of multiscale modeling approaches and protocols in investigating the effect of biofunctionalized materials systems on AF environments by providing modeling support for the design of better and functionally integrated biomaterials; studying the structure-property relationship, and predict and characterize biomaterial performance.

PVAMU will study the different binding mode and binding energies of various biofunctionalized nanostructures and nanocomposite materials; aid in design and optimization a computational model of new biofunctionalized nanostructures and nanocomposite materials that possess the better energy harvesting capabilities; provide understanding of the structure-property relationship in order to identify the key structural factors that improve the energy collection of the biofunctionalized nanostructures and nanocomposite materials; and eventually to predict and characterize the energy performance based on structure-property relationship and aid the future design of the biofunctionalized nanostructures and nanocomposite materials.

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Mechanistic Investigations of Photocatalysis of Colloidal Semiconductor-Metal Heterostructures

CURRENT RESEARCH III OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: The proposed research activities will focus on computational modeling the kinetics and mechanisms of photocatalytic activities of various hybrid semiconductor-metal heterostructures such as CdS-M where M is Pd, Pt and Au metal nanodots, and CdSexS1-x-M where M is Mo, Pd, Pt and Au metal nanodots through computational modeling methods.

The modeling study can provide understanding of charge separation and redox photocatalysis process with these semiconductor-metal heterostructures. This study can supply the atomic level understandings such as the geometric, electronic structural and band gap influence on the photocatalysis process. The novelty of this proposal is important in terms of engineering science because it could help to engineer the more efficient sunlight harness device, alleviate the current energy crisis, and protect environment.

CURRENT RESEARCH IV: Molecular Programming: Bottom-up fabrication of multi-element compounds with Precisely-Defined Structure and Composition

CURRENT RESEARCH IV OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: A focus on the current research efforts on the computational modeling of bond strength, stability and reactivity in molecular precursors to colloidal nanocrystals. One of the target systems is a phosphine chalcogenide precursor, which would provide molecular control of nanoscale composition, alloying, and morphology (aspect ratio) in CdS-CdSe nanocrystal dots and rods. Mainly the modeling efforts will focus on comparing the effect of para - and meta position substitutions to investigate the degree of impact (sigma-induction and pi resonance) on P=S and P=Se bond strength. The other target system is to investigate the S-S or Se-Se bond strength in R-E-E-R series compounds. Combined with experimental studies, this computational study can provide better understanding of various electronic influences on designing suitable nanodots/rods that can yield desired nanoscale composition, morphology and reactivity.


CURRENT RESEARCH

Fontus, Winshell A., PhD Undergraduate Medical Academy

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Physical Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Theoretical Chemistry

CURRENT RESEARCH: Quantum computations of Boron Nitride Mechanical properties

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Ability of determining the mechanical properties of BN using quantum calculations.

Soboyejo, Nathaniel, PhD Chemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Color Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Chemistry; Environmental studies of chemical effluents; Bacterial activities/biology.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Water Repellent and Anti-Bacterial Properties of Surface Modified Cotton Fabrics with di-ions

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Protective Clothing and Moisture Management

Chiarella, Gina M., PhDChemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Bioinorganic chemistry and material science

CURRENT RESEARCH: Synthesis of transition metal complexes.

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Synthesis transition metal complexes analogous to biological catalysts (enzymes) to support alternative technologies environmentally friendly, cheaper and cleaner than the ones currently sued in industry and pharmaceutical processes.

Oki, Aderemi, PhDChemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Inorganic Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Material Science

CURRENT RESEARCH: Inorganic Materials for Bone Repairs

CURRENT RESEARCH EXPECTED OUTCOMES: Fabrication of inorganic composite materials with potential applications in bone repair.

Li, YinQchun, PhDChemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Bioorganic Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST:

CURRENT RESEARCH: New organic reactions and materials

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Training undergraduates and graduates for chemical research and exploring new organic reactions and materials based reaction mechanisms and predicted properties of materials.

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CURRENT RESEARCH

McWhinney, Hylton G.Chemistry

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Analytical Chemistry

RESEARCH INTEREST: Sustainable water treatment process for non-point source agricultural water waste; Reduction of sulfur in fuels by way of tailored adsorptive/catalytic thin films;

Determination of speciation and quantification of toxic metal ions in aqueous systems using surface analytical tools- Example Cr(III) and Cr(VI); Understanding the behavior of emerging pollutants in the environment.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

Environmental Chemistry – Surface phenomena and surface Application to environmental mitigation and remediation.

Materials Chemistry- Surface modification

Expert in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

Current Research: Prairie View A&M University Surface science facility and STEM Outreach Program

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Minority and non-traditional students are highly underrepresented in the STEM fields and they often require special recruitment strategies, “eye catching demonstrations” and hands on experience to peak their interests in these areas. The Traveling PVAMU STEM Mobile Road Show, equipped with cutting edge scientific equipment, including a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer and the MicroLab Experimental system will be the main demonstration/presentation technology employed for school site visits.

Director, PVAMU Surface Science Characterization Facility

Comprised of a Physical Electronics (PHI) 5600 chemical imaging X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) and an electron microscope with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) will offer core analytical support to the University community. This facility will expand the University research capability and provide training for advanced students in practical surface and interfacial characterization.

EXPERIENCE: Over 20 published peer reviewed papers. Numerous technical presentations, nationally and internationally. Multiple peer reviews resulting in publications. Four invited international guest lectureships.

International (1) Consulted with the Texas International Education Consortium to reform the Universidad Autonomo de Nuevo Leon Science and Engineering programs (2) Collaboration with Professor Guillon at the University of Reims-France on the interaction, transport and life cycle of emerging pollutants with anthropogenic materials in the environment. Submitted a draft MOU between both institutions through the Dean of Arts and sciences for possible action by PVAMU Administrators.

LANGUAGES: Semi-fluent in Spanish and French

Hritonenko, Natali, PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Differential Equations

RESEARCH INTEREST: Applied Mathematics; Mathematical modeling and investigation of various processes and phenomena

CURRENT RESEARCH I: Optimal management of timber production and carbon sequestration under climate change and natural disturbances

CURRENT RESEARCH I OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Suggest and analyze a mathematical model that depicts management of a size-structured forest with intra-specific competition and carbon sequestration benefits under climate change and natural disturbances. The model also includes the revenues from the timber production, operational expenses, and the net benefits from carbon sequestration.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Long-term investment into the environmental protection

CURRENT RESEARCH II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Suggest optimal long-term investment in the environmental adaptation & abatement. A model is proposed in collaboration with environmentalist from Belgium which combines the production, pollution and adaptation, and abatement investments at the first time in economic literature.


CURRENT RESEARCH

Haghighi, Aliakbar M., PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Probability and Statistics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Queueing Theory, Stochastic Processes, Probability, Statistical Inference, Mathematical Statistics

CURRENT RESEARCH: The Integrated Undergraduate Research Experience in Biology and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Creation of two, new tracks to the B.S. degree at TAMU: (a) A quantitative biology track to the B.S. degree in Biology, and (b) A mathematical biology track to the M.S. degree in Mathematics.

Creation of a cohort (learning community) of UBM undergraduate fellows drawn equally from the biological sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics) and the mathematical sciences (Mathematics, Statistics).

Promotion of undergraduate research experiences for UBM undergraduate fellows.

Promotion of graduate study and subsequent scientific careers at the interface of the biological and mathematical sciences.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Establish an Intelligent Equipment Lab for Precision Agriculture at Prairie View A&M University

CURRENT RESEARCH II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: To establish an intelligent equipment lab for precision agriculture on PVAMU campus to provide students the opportunity to improve their hands-on experiences with the cutting-edge agriculture in information and communication technology (ICT) and decision making techniques. The intelligent equipment refers to a computerized system integrated with multiple sensors from the analyzed data models for drought prediction and irrigation control. A smart phone based ICT will be built. LANGUAGE: Chinese EXPERIENCES: Journal editor; journal editorial board member

Michev, Dimitar P., PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS:Mathematics, Differential Equations

RESEARCH INTEREST: Differential and Difference Equations, Queueing Theory

CURRENT RESEARCH: Book, Delayed and Network Queues. Contract with Wiley, February 2016. Co-Authors: A.M.Haghghi and D. Michev

Shayib, Mohammed A., PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS:Mathematics/Statistics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Statistics

CURRENT RESEARCH: Statistics For Six Sigma Quality

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: A Book

Valles, Jr., James R., PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Mathematics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Mathematics Education

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM: Developing Elementary School Problem Solvers thru Math and Science Circles

CURRENT SPONSORED PROGRAM OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Assessing the development of problem based elementary math and science students through the use of Math Circles. Students will see the significance and relevance of math and science working together. The success will be shared with other schools in the school district, and the lasting impact of the program on the initial group of students will be tracked.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Student-Driven Content and Learning

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Examination of student performance based on the creation of short video lessons; the topics of the aforementioned videos will have been selected by the students. Seek to determine if the creation and delivery of content specifically requested by the students makes a measurable impact in their performance on problems related to these videos.

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Misaghian, Manouchehr, PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Algebraic Number Theory

RESEARCH INTEREST: p-adic representation theory

CURRENT RESEARCH: Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics program

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Papers/presentations by Mathematics and Biology students

Lian, Jian-Ao, PhDMathematics

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Mathematics

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Establish an Intelligent Equipment Lab for Precision Agriculture at Prairie View A&M University

CURRENT RESEARCH II OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: To establish an intelligent equipment lab for precision agriculture on PVAMU campus to provide students the opportunity to improve their hands-on experiences with the cutting-edge agriculture in information and communication technology (ICT) and decision making techniques. The intelligent equipment refers to a computerized system integrated with multiple sensors from the analyzed data models for drought prediction and irrigation control. A smart phone based ICT will be built.

LANGUAGE: Chinese

EXPERIENCES: Journal editor; journal editorial board member

College of Business The College provides a diverse student body with an education that creates highly productive professionals who are ethical,

entrepreneurial, and prepared to succeed in the global economy. The College offers an undergraduate degree program in business

administration – Bachelor of Business Administration – and graduate degree programs -Master of Science in Accounting, Master

of Business Administration and Executive MBA. All programs are fully accredited by AACSB International – The Association to

Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

RESEARCH CENTERThe Prairie View A&M University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides free business consulting and affordable training seminars for small and medium-sized business owners and managers. The PVAMU SBDC is a business consulting and training center of the SBDC Network.

The Center for International Business Education (CIBE) was created to enhance the College’s international business program. It provides quality education and assistance to businesses, the local community, faculty and students on international trade and global competitiveness. The CIBE works closely with the PVAMU Small Business Development Center in assisting the local economic development agencies in the preparation of grant proposals and providing assistance to the local governments in their efforts to attract foreign plants to the region.

The CIBE began operation in December 2004, after receiving the highly prestigious Business and International Education (BIE) grant from the U.S. Department of Education (the grant was renewed in 2006). Since this time, the Center has employed students to assist local firms in identifying business opportunities in overseas markets, established a study abroad program for students through a partnership with the Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) in Puebla, Mexico and offered student field trips and summer workshops for local high school teachers and the local business community to increase their awareness of international business opportunities.

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College of Business

CURRENT RESEARCH

Bell, Reginald L., PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Business Education; Management; General Business; English Literature

RESEARCH INTEREST: International Business, Taxation

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Kazakhstan-2 years; Fulbright Lecturer;

MEMBERSHIP: National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel; Tax Consulting; Appeal Memoranda (general)

Chong, H. Jin, PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Accounting; Auditing

RESEARCH INTEREST: Business Ethics, Compliance, Audits

Khan, M. Moosa, PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Economics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) and Inflation Protection

EXPERIENCE: Peer Reviewer

Lee, B. Brian, PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Accounting

RESEARCH INTEREST: Management of Income Statement Variables to Report Small Positive Earnings Numbers

LANGUAGES: Korean

Mahfouz, Ahmed Y., PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Management Information Systems (MIS)

RESEARCH INTEREST: Social Media, Learning Style, and Cognitive Recall in a Pedagogical Context

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: Lived in Egypt and Kuwait

LANGUAGES: Arabic

EXPERIENCE: Peer Reviewer

MEMBERSHIP: National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel; Tax Consulting; Appeal Memoranda (general)

Ngamassi, Louis, PhD

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Information Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTEREST: MIS, Social Media, Cloud Computing, and Business Intelligence

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: ABABA – United Nations Fulbright Fellow

LANGUAGES: French

EXPERIENCE: Ad hoc reviewer for conference presentations

Opara, Emmanuel U., PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Management Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Network and Cyber Security Platforms

EXPERIENCE: Extensive publication experience; Currently an associate journal editor, journal editorial board member; proposal reviewer; academic/research/public service program evaluation; learning outcome assessment; consulting services.

Ramakrishnan, Thiagarajan, PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Business Computing Information Systems

RESEARCH INTEREST: Social Media and Disaster Management; Cloud Computing; Business Intelligence

LANGUAGE: Hindi

EXPERIENCE: Ad hoc reviewer for scholarly journals an MIS and Decision Science conferences

Vemuri, Vijaya K., PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Decision Information Sciences; Accounting

RESEARCH INTEREST: Supply Chain Capabilities and Foreign Direct Investment: A Granger Causal Analysis;

Business Method Patents.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain

EXPERIENCE: Book Review Editor, Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications.

College of Business

CURRENT RESEARCH

Vetter, William V., JD, LL. M. Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Tax Law

RESEARCH INTEREST: Tax specialization-compliance; Multi-jurisdiction, Jurisdiction (Gen.)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Kazakhstan – 2 years, Fulbright Lecturer, International Business, Taxation

MEMBERSHIP: National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, tax consulting, appeal memoranda (general)

Zhang, Yi, PhD Accounting, Finance and MIS

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Finance

RESEARCH INTEREST: Investments; Corporate Finance

LANGUAGE: Chinese

MEMBERSHIP: National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, tax consulting, appeal memoranda (general)

EXPERIENCE: Academic Journal Reviewer, Textbook reviewer.

Alam, Arshad, PhD Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Logistics and Supply Chain Management; International Business

RESEARCH INTEREST: Supply Chain

Baldwin, Rick, DBA Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Management

RESEARCH INTEREST: Community Economic Development Management and Marketing

Debnath, Sukumar, DBA Management and Marketing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Student Development, Success; Human Resources

Fei, Qiang, PhD Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Marketing

RESEARCH INTEREST: Human Resources; Business Compliance; Student Development

Joonas, Kishwar, DBA Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Marketing; Management

RESEARCH INTEREST: Customer Relations; International Service; Business Environments; Business Compliance

Langley, Sonja B., PhD Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Economics

RESEARCH INTEREST: Business Ethics’ Ethnic and Gender Differences; Business in Religion

McNeil, Lawrence R., PhD Management and Marketing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Technology, Innovation and Economic Development; International Trade and Finance; Political Economics and Foreign Policy

Sutanto, Peter Wibana, PhD Management and Marketing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; Simulation Optimization; Spreadsheet and Inventory Modeling

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College of Business

CURRENT RESEARCH

Quazi, Rahim, PhD Management and Marketing


RESEARCH INTEREST: International Economics; Development Economics; Business Education

Quddus, Munir, PhD Management and Marketing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Small Business Development and Management; Tax specialization, Multi-jurisdiction, Jurisdiction (Gen.); Economics, Third World development; Exports, benefit-cost analysis (economic impact) of an institution of higher learning on local economy; global higher education issues

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Kazakhstan – 2 years, Fulbright Lecturer, International Business, Taxation

MEMBERSHIPS: National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, tax consulting, appeal memoranda (general)

Tandon, Sudhir, PhD Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Marketing

RESEARCH INTEREST: Strategic and International Marketing; Product and Marketing Management Research

Versey, Jermaine, PhD Management and Marketing

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Management; Organizational Behavior and Ethics in Business

RESEARCH INTEREST: Human Behavior; Mentoring; Business Ethics

Whitlowe R. Green College of Education The College has a legacy of producing some of the nation’s most distinguished teachers, counselors, principals, diagnosticians

and superintendents. The College offers diverse research-based instruction through comprehensive programs of study at the

undergraduate and graduate levels, including doctoral programs and a teacher certification program. The College of Education

is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and the State Board for Educator

Certification (SBEC).

RESEARCH CENTERPending: The tripartite focus of the Minority Achievement, Creativity, and High Ability Center (MACH-3) is on the critical populations in the P-20 setting: administration, faculty, and students. Unique to this focus is the Center’s goal of producing cutting-edge best-practices and scholarship that will speak to the contemporary issues impacting these cohorts across the P-20 spectrum and into critical workplace contexts. The MACH-3 Center will serve as a crucible to facilitate combinations of key elements from multiple disciplines and fields required to understand minority achievement, creativity and high ability. Additionally, the Center will expand on and redefine the term “minority” in an effort to set the stage for engaged scholarship that speaks to the assets and potential inherent among populations of color (African American, Latina/o, Native American) and other marginalized groups (women) who are by no measure ‘minor’ in their intellectual capacities, but potentially minor in their presence and representation in certain fields of endeavor, particularly in certain education and professional enclaves.

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Whitlowe R. Green College of Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Brown, Kelly, Ed. D Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Educational Administration and Supervision

RESEARCH INTEREST: Teacher Professional Development; Urban School Leadership; Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Coleman, Lee Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Counseling

RESEARCH INTEREST: Technology in Counseling

Gardiner, Carl L., Ed. D Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Counselor Education; Counseling

RESEARCH INTEREST: Online Education in Counseling

Hoffman-Miller, Patricia, PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling Doctoral Program Coordinator

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Policy; Educational Administration

RESEARCH INTEREST: Charter School Administration; Teacher Professional Development; Assessment in Education; STAAR Preparation; Student Discipline

Laws, Leslie Stalcup, PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Family Studies; Counseling

RESEARCH INTEREST: Academic Rigor in Low Performing Schools; Student Achievement

Petterway, Arthur L., PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Administration/Leadership

RESEARCH INTEREST: Assessment and Testing in Texas Education

Pitre, Abul, PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Leadership; Teacher Education

RESEARCH INTEREST: The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies; Multicultural Education

Rodney, Laxley W. PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Administration/Leadership; Research

RESEARCH INTEREST: Family and Community Violence Prevention; Teacher Perception of Leadership Styles of the Principal

Ross, William, Ed. D Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Policy; Educational Administration; Counseling

RESEARCH INTEREST: Counseling/Mentoring African American Males Pre-Service Teachers

Thompson, Jill M., Ed. D Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Counseling; Student Personnel

RESEARCH INTEREST: School Counseling; Educational Assessment; Student Discipline

Thompson, Lisa K. Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Educational Leadership; Educational Administration

RESEARCH INTEREST: Cultural Proficiency; Human Resource Practices and Teacher Retention; Dropout Prevention; Women in Higher Education Administration

Whitlowe R. Green College of Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Smith, Patricia A., Ed.D Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Administrative and Policy Studies; Educational Administration

RESEARCH INTEREST: Leadership Development for Cooperating Teachers: Perceptions of Teacher Dispositions using the Teacher Disposition Index

EXPERIENCE: Journal Reviewer (AERA); Editorial Board, Journal of African American Males in Education and Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators; Coordinator, PVAMU-NCATE; Member, PVAMU-IRB

Yates, III, Lucian, PhD Educational Leadership and Counseling

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Curriculum, Instruction, Supervision; Leadership

RESEARCH INTEREST: African American Male Pre-Service Teachers

Hobson, Lisa D, PhD Curriculum and Instruction

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Educational Administration

RESEARCH INTEREST: Mentoring and Engagement; Leader Preparation and Mentoring; Retention; Organizational Development

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Ongwediva College, Namibia

EXPERIENCES: Journal editor, Journal editorial board member; grant/proposal reviewer; academic and public service program evaluation; consultation

Booker, Clarissa, Ed. D Curriculum and Instruction

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Curriculum and Instruction-Reading Education

RESEARCH INTEREST: Model instructional reading strategies from the writings of Dr. Maya Angelou - Think-Pair-Share Strategy,

K-W-L Strategy and I Do, We Do, and You Do Strategy.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES: Budapest, Hungary, Russia—Moscow, St. Petersburg, Finland, Munich, Germany, Berlin, Germany, London, England, Paris, France, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti. Advisory Board member to The Liberia-Cuttington Group, Inc. The organization is focused on collaborations with Prairie View A&M University in areas to include: education, library, nursing, and technology.

Boone, Sonia K., PhD Curriculum and Instruction

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Curriculum and Instruction; Multicultural, Urban and International Studies

RESEARCH INTEREST: Mentoring and Student Research

LANGUAGES: Spanish (Texas Teacher Certificate-Bilingual/ESL Education Gr. 1-8)

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Roy G. Perry College of Engineering The College is made up of six departments: chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer

engineering, engineering technology and mechanical engineering. The Prairie View Roy G. Perry College of Engineering

maintains the perfect balance between classroom theory and research application. While students concentrate on basic science,

mathematics and engineering courses, they are also exposed to a broad range of humanities and social sciences classes,

keeping them in touch with the world around them. We offer a total of nine bachelor’s degrees, four masters’ and one doctorate.

Our master of science in engineering degree program provides the option for concentrated study in either chemical, civil,

environmental or mechanical engineering.

RESEARCH CENTERSThe Center for Radiation Engineering and Science for Space Exploration (CRESSE) focuses primarily on supporting the International Space Station and future Mars missions. Its research is concentrated on science and technology related to radiation protection and the effects of space radiation on electronics and biosystems. CARR’s goal is to significantly contribute to NASA’s vast technology base, providing enabling technologies—such as new materials, electronics, shielding and radio-protectorates for humans—that will make major NASA missions even more successful, safer and less costly. CARR is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The Center for Digital Battlefield Communications (CEBCOM) works to achieve national excellence in telecommunication, research, and technology. It transfers and focuses education by collaborating with US DOD, Texas state and industry. On education, it helps evolve graduate programs to achieve national preeminence; encourages high standing students to work in the center, and enables the department to recruit well qualified faculty and provide opportunities for pursuing research in the center. It will also further its research and development focus and to achieve self-sustenance.

The Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES) at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) supports rigorous and expanding program of research and teaching in the areas of renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded PVAMU a five-year grant to establish the CEES under the Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program. CEES promotes research in the areas of biofuels, energy & environment and wind energy and will focus on innovative technical solutions in the energy arena.

The Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) conducts comprehensive research in the selected aspects of communication systems, Wavelets and Wavelet Transforms, Compressed Sensing/Compressive Sampling Systems, DSP Solutions, Signal/Image/Video Processing, Mixed Signal Systems, Communication Control Systems and High Speed (Broadband) Communication Systems. Among other emerging areas of research, it also seeks solutions to the problems that plague both military and commercial satellite and radar-based communication systems. The CECSTR is the only academic center of its kind in Texas, filling a gap in educating the state’s future leaders in emerging high-technology areas. It supports specially undergraduate and graduate students of electrical and engineering technology Departments. CECSTR is funded by various industries and government agencies.

Center of Excellence in Research and Education for Big Military Data Intelligence. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced in January 2015 the 5-year award to Prairie View A&M University to establish the Center. The Center of Excellence will include researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science in big data research.

The Computational Biology and Bioengineering Research Lab builds strong capabilities in the exciting emerging research area of computational biology and bioengineering, which is a national priority. By utilizing funds from the Chancellor’s Research Initiative, renowned researchers and leaders are brought to PVAMU to leverage existing research by faculties from Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Agriculture and Biology. The facility will provide the infrastructure for commercialization of products, training and research space for faculty and students.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Institute (CFDI) is involved in two ongoing projects with NASA Marshall and the Rocketdyne division of Boeing North America. The Marshall grant focuses on developing computational fluid dynamics technology for supersonic ramjet/scramjet combustion. The Rocketdyne project involves performing detailed analysis of an air augmented rocket. The CFDI was established in partnership with the Rocketdyne division of Boeing North America.

Pending: Information Communication and Cyber Security (ICCS) Research and Education (ICCS) is perhaps the most important area of information and communications technology (ICT) in this decade. It is used in everything from consumer electronics to industrial equipment, military systems and communications networks. It is influencing almost every aspect of our lives and bringing about changes in our businesses, defense, society and the way we live, work and entertain ourselves. This research will change ways in which we defend our homeland and fight wars. It will create new markets, moving us from the information age to the knowledge age where we are able to obtain useful information. In that age our world will converge to form a single universe of experience.

The Future Aerospace, Science and Technology (FAST) Center on Lightweight Structural Materials and Processing conducts research in line with the needs of the Air Force, industry and the government. Researchers thus use the center to process and characterize composites for both military and civilian uses. The FAST center strives to place Prairie View as a national leader in the development of lightweight, high-temperature polymer matrix composites. The FAST Center is funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

The Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (TEXGED) Center is a key player in supplying researchers and decision-makers with the information they need to plan and assess environmental problems along the U.S. Gulf Coast’s southern region. The TEXGED Center collects data from space through TRW Space and Technology and transfers it to a database system. This information serves as a tool for predicting environmental changes in the region and for producing methodology for risk assessment of the ecosystems.

Pending: The Prairie View A&M University Center for Advancing Innovations in Smart Microgrid will expand the research capacity of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and to increase the production of doctoral degrees in electrical engineering. The research goal is to make the future power grid reliable, sustainable and secure by solving the technical challenges involved in the use of Microgrids that have distributed energy sources and loads. The education goal is to train MS and PhD students to do cutting-edge research in smart grid, specifically microgrids. This research will help create a multitude of smart microgrids in the world that are reliable, sustainable, secure and more environmentally-safe. The energy sources in the microgrid will be either renewable or non-renewable sources. The microgrids will be integrated together to form the future smart grid. This project will provide educational training to students through research and hands-on experience. Furthermore, it will help increase the production of qualified doctoral graduates to enter the workforce for future smart grid which is of national priority.

The Thermal Science Research Center (TSRC) allows researchers to conduct both basic and applied research, development and design in the broad engineering area of thermal science. Much of the work in the TSRC includes both experimentation and engineering modeling and simulation. Project collaboration links center researchers with their counterparts in such places as the European Community, Japan and the former Soviet Union. The TSRC is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sandia National Laboratories and the Center for Space Power.

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Roy G. Perry College of Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH

Ali, Warsame H., PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Electrical Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Electrical Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH: Sensing Heat Stress Kit

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Development of Heat Stress Kit

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Smart Grid Simulator Development for Research and Teaching

Cofie, Penrose, PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering



CURRENT RESEARCH: Sensor and Gamma Rays Detector Applications

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Design a detector for gamma rays

Cui, Suxia, PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Computer Engineering


CURRENT RESEARCH: Targeted Infusion Project: Enriching Computing Curriculum Through HPC Teaching and Research

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Enhance high performance computing research and teaching at a minority serving institution

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Acquisition of a High Performance Computer Cluster for Multidisciplinary Computational Research at Prairie View A&M University

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION II: Purchase a high performing computer cluster to support research from the College of Engineering at Prairie View A&M University

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Establish an Intelligent Equipment Lab for Precision Agriculture at Prairie View A&M University

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION III: Utilize current electrical and computing technologies to develop agriculture equipment

Attia, John O., PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering



CURRENT RESEARCH: Experimental Centric Based Engineering Curriculum for HBCUs

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Create a sustainable “HBCU Engineering Network” that will focus on the development, implementation, and expansion of an Experimental Centric based instructional pedagogy in engineering curricula used in these HBCUs. A larger number of better prepared African American engineers and other students will have a better public understanding of technology and its role in STEM education and policy.

Akujuobi, Cajetan M., M.B.A., Ph.D.E.E.Electrical and Computer Engineering


RESEARCH INTEREST: Cyber & Information Systems Security, Communication systems, Wavelets and Wavelet Transforms Applications, Compressed Sensing/Compressive Sampling Systems, DSP Solutions, Signal/Image/Video Processing, Mixed Signal Systems, Communication Control Systems, High Speed (Broadband) Communication Systems, Health Monitoring of Aerodynamic Systems – Vibration Study and Compressive Sensing Systems.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Recently, there are many threats to obtain secure data. Working on an approach to help securing information data.

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: This research will result in a cryptographic outcome that will secure data information. The steganography idea using wavelet transforms hides an image in a cover image and it is transmitted so that the information is undetectable. There are various steganography techniques like: substitution technique, transform domain technique, spread spectrum technique, statistical technique, and distortion technique that may be used. The end result is a transmitted secured informational data.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) for six consecutive years. Invited Speaker at many Universities in China, Hong Kong and Nigeria; short courses in Digital Signal Processing, Broadband Communications Systems; Wavelets and Wavelet Transforms and Digital Communication Systems – Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO); Mixed Signal Systems at University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

OTHER EXPERIENCES: Senior Member of IEEE, Senior Member of Instrument Society of America, Book and Journal manuscript reviewer, Board Member of many organizations.


CURRENT RESEARCH

Fuller, John H., PhD, PEElectrical and Computer Engineering



CURRENT RESEARCH I: Sensor Detector Application to Nuclear Materials

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS I: Nuclear material characterization and the design of a portable nuclear detection device; Completion of the design of the Field PC sensor/detector system in conjunction with an operational bench evaluation system; and research in nuclear concentration systems.

CURRENT RESEARCH II: Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electrical Power Engineering Education by State of the Art Laboratories

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS II: Acquisition of two of the power electronics laboratory stations or one station of the electric drives laboratory and become familiar with the hardware and experiments; use the hardware and UMN-developed experiments in courses deemed appropriate; modify the UMN experiments as needed for local needs and possibly develop new experiments; disseminate the UMN laboratories and any modified experiments to other regional universities, technical and community colleges. Ultimately, upgrade of power and energy instruction in the undergraduate and graduate curriculum and upgrade laboratory facilities and the use of software packages.

CURRENT RESEARCH III: Enhancing the Electrical Engineering PhD Program

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS III: Support for PhD laboratory Development in the power/energy laboratory and support PhD scholarships.

CURRENT RESEARCH IV: NNSA’s Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP)

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS IV: Acquisition of two of the power electronics laboratory stations or one station of the electric drives laboratory and become familiar with the hardware and experiments; use the hardware and UMN-developed experiments in courses deemed appropriate; disseminate the UMN laboratories and any modified experiments to other regional universities, technical and community colleges. Ultimately, increase the number of minority STEM graduates.

Obiomon, Pamela H., PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering


RESEARCH INTEREST: Microelectronics and Digital Systems

CURRENT RESEARCH: AGEP-T: Collaborative Research Advancing Interdisciplinary STEM Graduate Education in Energy and Sustainability Disciplines

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Growth of the PhD program

CURRENT RESEARCH: FPGA Based Smart Sensors

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Development of an FPGA-based CZT Nuclear Radiation Detector and engage in collaborative research with Civil Engineering, Agriculture, and Chemical Engineering/Biology. All research is being conducted in the FPGA laboratory at PV.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Integrated Microsystems for Environmental Sensing Powered by Energy Scavenging

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Development of miniature, low-cost integrated Microsystems capable of gathering information from their environment, interpret the data received and communicate with a host system over a bi-directional wireless link.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Collaborating with faculty at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in Nigeria.

Zhang, Dongdong, PhDMechanical Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH: Building a Learner-Centered Cyberlearning Environment in Computer-Aided Design Education

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS: Enhance student learning of computer-aided design (CAD) and promote lifelong learning skills by building a learner-centered and sustainable cyberlearning environment. Ultimately, the research will provide an online electronic library of CAD software screencast tutorials created by students and infuse in the teaching of CAD software; provide students with solid hands-on skills on using CAD software; and provide motivation and interest toward engineering and lifelong learning skills in the field.

LANGUAGE: Chinese

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Perkins, Judy H., PhDCivil and Environmental Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Civil Engineering


INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Military assignments in Germany, Africa, South Korea

Shakir, Safwat H., PhDChemical Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Environmental Science and Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Bioremediation Technology; Ecological Systems; Energy Systems; Global Climate Change; Ecological Environmental Modeling

Toliver, Charlie L., PhDElectrical and Computer Engineering



Reeves, Sheena M., PhDChemical Engineering

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Chemical Engineering

RESEARCH INTEREST: Crystallization, Particle Science and Technology; Nanomaterial; Material Science and Characterization

Zhou, Jianren, PhDMechanical Engineering


RESEARCH INTEREST: Mechanical Engineering

LANGUAGES: Chinese

Duan, Chang, PhDMechanical Engineering


RESEARCH INTEREST: Dynamics and Control

LANGUAGES: Mandarin Chinese

Rayegan, Rambod, PhDMechanical Engineering



College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology The College and the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center are committed to excellence in education, training, prevention and

service. We engage students in a rigorous education that includes real-world research and project-based problem solving. Our

primary aim is to assist with the understanding of human behavior and the reduction of juvenile crime in the State of Texas.

RESEARCH CENTERThe Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center is committed to the reduction of juvenile delinquency and crime in the State of Texas. Through the creation of the Center and the College, Prairie View A&M University supports this mission as it strives to attain national recognition in the areas of education, research, and service in doing the following:

conducting, coordinating, collecting, and evaluating research in all areas relating to juvenile crime and delinquency;

providing a setting for educational programs relating to juvenile delinquency and crime, including degree programs at Prairie View A & M University and other educational programs such as continuing education and in-service training for criminal justice and social service professionals;

serving as a state and national resource for information on juvenile delinquency and crime; and

in connection with its research and educational programs:

• develop programs, policies, and strategies to address juvenile delinquency and crime and related social problems; and

• Create partnerships, collaborative efforts, or outreach, public service, or technical assistance programs to assist communities, governmental agencies, or private entities to implement programs, policies, and strategies that address juvenile delinquency and crime and related social problems.

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College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology

CURRENT RESEARCH

Asby, Aisha T., PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Substance Abuse and Mental Health

CURRENT RESEARCH: Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention: The KAPOW Project

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Increase the number of individuals that are aware of their HIV status; reduce risk behaviors of individual that test negative but participate in high-risk behaviors; increase the protective factors of high-risk students and same age individuals in the community in order to prevent, or reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs and the health problems associated with such use.

Brown, Tamara, PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Clinical Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Substance use in African Americans; cultural factors

CURRENT RESEARCH: Mental health functioning and use of services.

Buckler, Kevin G., PhD Justice Studies

DISCIPLINARY FIELD: Criminal Justice

RESEARCH INTEREST: Crime and the media; court systems; Supreme Court decisions

CURRENT RESEARCH: Media and fear of crime

Cintron, Myrna, PhD Justice Studies


RESEARCH INTEREST: Crime/delinquency theory; juvenile gangs; drug use and control.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Multicultural/bilingual issues; racial and ethnic issues in criminal justice.

LANGUAGE: Spanish

Gibson, Camille, PhD Justice Studies


RESEARCH INTEREST: Justice Studies: Juvenile Justice

CURRENT RESEARCH: Evaluation of the African American Faith-Based Mental Health Education and Awareness Initiative (A Hogg Foundation Grant)

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Evaluate the impact of the initiative on improving awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of mental health recovery and wellness among congregants and others; build the evaluation capacity of the churches.

Osho, Gbolahan S., PhD Justice Studies

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Economics – Agricultural

RESEARCH INTEREST: Criminal/Justice Studies

CURRENT RESEARCH: Social Risk Factors of Juvenile delinquency and Gang Membership

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Impacts of social risk factors on juvenile gang membership.

Martin, Pamela PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Community Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Theology, religion and hip hop, spirituality, faith development, racial/ ethnic identity, and achievement outcomes, especially in STEM disciplines

CURRENT RESEARCH: Church and mental health

Metofe, Peter, PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Multivariate statistics; personnel selection; survey research

Wilson, Derek, PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Community Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: African and African American mental health; positive culture and mental health; Ubuntu; consciousness, connectedness, and competency.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Youth radicalization.

College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology

CURRENT RESEARCH

Dickson, Joe W., PhD Psychology

DISCIPLINARY FIELDS: Clinical Psychology

RESEARCH INTEREST: HAdolescent risky sexual behavior and substance abuse; student retention; program effectiveness.

CURRENT RESEARCH: HIV/Substance abuse (SAMHSA Grant); College students substance use and risky sexual behaviors; impact of court advocates on sex trafficking cases; treatment team alliance predicting outcomes at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention: The KAPOW Project

CURRENT RESEARCH OUTCOME EXPECTATION: Increase the number of individuals that are aware of their HIV status; reduce risk behaviors of individual that test negative but participate in high-risk behaviors; increase the protective factors of high-risk students and same age individuals in the community in order to prevent, or reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs and the health problems associated with such use.

Outcome - HIV testing for students and the surrounding community.

Outcome - Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom Education and Safer Sex (VOICES/VOCES) – a 60-minute video-based culturally sensitive intervention followed by facilitated group discussion.

Outcome – Community PROMISE – a community-level intervention designed to work towards HIV prevention through education, distribution of materials and risk reduction supplies.

Outcome – Positive Action – a comprehensive program designed to improve academic achievement and decrease problem behaviors such as substance use, violence, suspensions, disruptive behaviors, and sexual behavior.

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College of Nursing The College, located in the Texas Medical Center, remains competitive in the quality and variety of programs offered inclusive with

the advances of technology, smart classrooms, transforming laboratories, study and research rooms and mutual partnerships.

Graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of settings and to assume leadership roles as socially responsible and accountable

professionals in response to the health needs of a rapidly changing, technological complex society.

RESEARCH CENTERSPending: The Prairie View Center for Nursing Research (PVCON) seeks to establish a research-intensive health equities research program. The Health Equity, Awareness, Learning and Simulation Technology (HEALST pronounced “Health”) Research Center will integrate and test the effect of virtual simulation technology pedagogy as a curricular method of lessening health disparities as well as conduct exploratory health equity research and the influence of health policy. PVCON believes that lessons learned in Houston -- the fourth largest and most diverse city in the nation -- and selected rural communities can be applied to Texas as a whole and nationwide to ensure health equity for all Americans.

College of Nursing

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dawkins, Vivian H., PhDNursing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Nursing

RESEARCH INTEREST: Nursing Practice

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Educational Consultant, Houston Methodist Hospital International Services for program development with Mubadala and the Health Services Ministries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Al Ain in the UAE.

OTHER EXPERIENCE: Nursing journal peer reviewer; academic program evaluation; consulting for educational development; experienced in qualitative research methods.

Igbo, Immaculata N., PhD Nursing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Pharmacology

RESEARCH INTEREST: Student Retention; Web-based education; Minority Health; Cardiovascular disease.

Jones, Debbie A., MSNursing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Mammography screening among African American women; women with disabilities

Junious, DeMonica L., PhD Nursing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD:Nursing Science

RESEARCH INTEREST: Nursing Administration; Nursing Leadership; Transformational Leadership.

College of Nursing

CURRENT RESEARCH

Caldwell, Mattie G., DNS, RN Nursing


RESEARCH INTEREST: Nursing – EBP; Nursing Practice/Clinical Care

CURRENT RESEARCH: Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention: The KAPOW Project

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The Prairie View A&M University Office of Research and Graduate Studies offers programs in each of our eight colleges and schools, including Agriculture & Human Sciences, Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Juvenile Justice & Psychology, Nursing, and Architecture, for a total of 32 master’s and doctoral programs with various concentrations.

Prairie View A&M is home to many impressive and innovative research programs representing a wide range of academic areas. Our scholars are leaders in their disciplinary fields, and their contributions are world-renowned. The institutional imperative to Increase Applied and Basic Research gives direction to the Office of Research to focus on development, enhancement, and advancement of comprehensive research agenda. Utilizing the research-based centers and institutes to engage in a variety of critical need research areas, multiple mechanisms of inquiry are employed to identify solutions that advance the University’s tripartite mission of teaching, research and service.

Attending graduate school at Prairie View A&M University will open doors to inventive research projects and boundless opportunities for career development and advancement.

For more information about any of the research projects or graduate programs listed, please visit www.pvamu.edu/research

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Research at Prairie View A&M University

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