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How PVAMU research is helping make Texas roads safer and stronger

Prairie View A&M University is contributing to research that aims to improve the safety, durability, and sustainability of Texas roadways, work that affects millions of drivers across the state.
Through two statewide studies in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, PVAMU researchers are helping shape practical solutions for how roads are built, maintained, and repaired.
 
Hella'. Sounds eerily familiar except the company was AT&T (post divesture). "Distributed N-Cube Processing," before it was a thing. Welcome Dell, IBM, Intel, Motorola lol. 😂

He just scripted his future. Congrats to him and those who helped establish the foundation of PVCS. (braintrust Dr Hawkins, Dr Frazier, Dr Stewart, Dr Paick, Dr Foster, Mr Ravi (BL) & too many initial students who performed flawlessly in industry).
 



“Our project started as a collaborative effort from day one because of the TEES Annual Research Conference (TARC),” said Dr. Merlyn Pulikkathara, assistant professor at Prairie View A&M University. “We met each other, looked for commonalities and practiced together.”

Every year, TARC fosters collaboration among TEES educational partners and affiliates — universities and two-year colleges — by inviting collaborative proposals for seed funding opportunities.

In 2023, a team with expertise in materials science, physics, engineering, mechanical modeling and nanomaterials from TEES, Prairie View A&M, Lamar University and West Texas A&M University was awarded $10,000 in seed funding. Inspired by their project “Multi-medium robot smart skin for extreme environment applications,” they named their team SHIELD.

 
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