PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITYPRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITYA Member of the Texas A&M University SystemA Member of the Texas A&M University System

JANUARY 1999JANUARY 1999

Dear Supporters of Prairie View A&M University:

It is indeed a pleasure to present this 1998-1999 Statement of Capabilities booklet as a summary of expertise and capabilities present at Prairie View A&M University. The University has invested heavily in educational, research and service infrastructure in a variety of scientific, technical and related fields. This investment yielded outstanding results, in terms of original research, community activities, and well-prepared graduates in all disciplines who have contributed tremendously to the workforce of the State of Texas and the nation. These accomplishments are an important part of and the underpinnings of a broader effort to maintain and enhance the economic stability of Waller County, the State of Texas and the nation.

The areas of research discussed in this booklet form the nucleus of present research efforts and will strongly influence the theme of our future endeavors. Each area has interdisciplinary faculty and student support in addition to specialized laboratories.

Now, at the dawn of the Third Millennium, the University is enhancing the fourth component of its mission - relevance. In addition to pursuing the already successful research directions, we are ready and anxious to pursue commercialization and technology transfer scenarios. We are poised with several proof-of-concept results that should provide the basis for just such scenarios.

We feel that it is imperative for Prairie View A&M University to make critical partnerships with other academic, industry and government organizations. These partnerships can significantly strengthen focus areas and enhance our capability for the future. We invite you to work with us so that both our organizations may prosper.

Sincerely,

A. Anil Kumar

Charles A. Hines, Ph.D.President

Willie F. Trotty, Ph.D.Vice President for Research & Development

A. Anil Kumar, Ph.D.Director of Research &Special Assistant to the President for Science & Technology

Marcia Shelton, M.S.Ch.ECompliance Officer

A Strategic Framework of Research & Development for PVAMU of the Twenty-First Century

IndustrialCluster ORD

Technology Advisory Panels

ResearchFoundation

Co-Op Extension

Technology Incubators

Better StructureCommunities

Solution to

Juvenile Crime

Problems

State & FederalTrained Work

Force

Faculty &Teachers of the

Future TechnologyPrototypes

Major Activities

Interfaces/Liaisons

External Organizations

Research EducationOutreachHigh School

&Pre-CollegePrograms

Community Programs

Training/Retraining Programs

FederalLabs

IndustryHBCU/

MIS AcademiaCommunity

CentersSmall

Businesses

TexasJCPCPVCC

CARR/CM3 FAST CARC TXGEDTSRC NRTS

Economic and TechnologicalSecurity of Texas and the Nation

• models of cancer spreading• bone conduction and other

hearing mechanisms• biometrics

• coding & data compression• covert communication systems• signal detection & classification• image processing• signal analysis• computer software processing

• community center design and building• community economic development plan• community outreach partnership center

• device, systemsimulations

• novel simulation algorithmdevelopment

• database design anddevelopment

RESEARCH - AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISERESEARCH - AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE

• combustion CFD studies• air breathing propulsion• rocked based combines

cycle systems• industrial ecology• hot gas clean-up

Electronic• defects• high Tc

Superconductivity• a-Si:H• sensors• thin films• smart materials

Mechanical• tribology• ceramics• composites• high temp materials• coatings• structures• failure analysis

BiosystemsCommunications &Signal Processing

ComputationalFluid Dynamics

Materials Testing, Characterization & Processing

Modeling & Simulation

Urban/Rural Planning Development

Operations Research

• analysis of management information flows and needs• efficiency analysis of shipping and receiving operations

• Founded in 1876• 2nd Oldest University in the A&M System and in the State of Texas• 1 of 3 "Institutions of the First Class" in State of Texas• 1 of 4 HBCUs in State of Texas• 1 of 9 HBCUs in Nation with Accredited Engineering Programs• 1 of 4 HBCUs in Nation with Accredited Engineering, Computer Science

and Architecture Programs• Among top four of the largest producer of African American

Baccalaureates in engineering degrees

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY - STRATEGICPRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY - STRATEGICLOCATION FOR INTERACTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPSLOCATION FOR INTERACTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

DALLAS

HOUSTON

SAN ANTONIO

AUSTIN PRAIRIE VIEW

COLLEGE STATION

• PVAMU is 45 miles northwest of Houston• Houston is the 4th largest city in the US• Major materials and microelectronic industries are within reach• PVAMU is positioned along the northwest corridor of Houston - the

direction of all future development

PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCESPARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES

ACADEMICAlabama A&MClark AtlantaFiskFlorida A&MGeorgiaTechJackson StateNorth Carolina A&TPurdueTennessee StateTexas A&M - College stationTexas A&M-KingsvilleTuskegeeUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of Dayton

INDUSTRY3MAT&TLucent TechnologiesBoeingGeneral ElectricGeneral MotorsHewlett-PackardHoneywellLockheed MartinMotorolaNortelNorthropSAICTexas InstrumentsTRW

SMALL BUSINESSESGHG CorporationMetters IndustriesSmith Research CorporationTEXCOM

GOVERNMENTAir ForceArmyCIADODDOENASANIHNSFState of Texas

ALLIANCESHBCU/MI ConsortiumNASA NERTSScience & Engineering AllianceSouth Central Computational Sciences atMinority Institutions Consortium

DISTANCE LEARNING CAPABILITIESDISTANCE LEARNING CAPABILITIES• Hub for North Star Telecommunications Network• Electronic classroom with standards-based VTel Codec operating at

384K• Direct connection to TTVN (Trans Texas Video Network) and dial-on-

demand to Texas VidNet• Eight port multi-point control unit for eight site conferences• Direct connection from classroom to the Internet• Direct connection to tunable C/Ku band satellite dish• Direct connection to campus for free and cable television channels• VCR, Laser Video Disc and Computer inputs

• Accredited Education, Engineering, Technology, Computer Science and Architecture Programs

• Efficient Research Administration Infrastructure• Efficient Overhead Utilization Policy• Excellent Physical Infrastructure• Growth of Northwest Houston Corridor• Effective partnerships with Academia, Industry & Government• Geographical Location Relative to Other HBCUs• Three Trans Texas Video Network Locations on Campus• Comprehensive distance learning facilities

STRATEGIC ADVANTAGESSTRATEGIC ADVANTAGES

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS MANAGEMENTCONTRACTS AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

• PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY- Office of Sponsored Programs- Selected “Best Fiscal Report of the Year” in the TAMU System

• PRAIRIE VIEW A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION (PVAMRF)- A subsidiary of Texas A&M Research Foundation- An incorporated not-for-profit organization- Proposal and budget preparation, grants & contracts management, technology transfer & commercialization

Collins79,000 Sq.. Ft.Office, Classroom and Laboratory SpaceSpecial Purpose Facilities in the Areas of Computer Science, EngineeringTechnology and Industrial TechnologyFAST Center Lab

Greaux12,000 Sq.. Ft.Office, Classroom and Laboratory SpaceSpecial Purpose Facilities in the Areas of Fluids, Chemical Processes and Dynamics

Wilson63,000 Sq.. Ft.Office, Classroom andLaboratory SpaceSpecial Purpose Facilities in the Areas of Computer Aided Design, Robotics, Structures, and Mechanical Materials, CFD InstituteVLSI Design Facility w/MAGIC, LEditCARR & CM3 Offices

Gilchrist23,000 Sq.. Ft.Office, Classroom and Laboratory SpaceHP-TelLabs Communications LabMotorola Digital Lab.Modeling & Simulation LabEnvironmental Testing LabDevice fabrication Lab - clean room, dark roomSolar Car Design LabMaterials Testing LabUndergraduate EE Labs

All 4 buildings are connected to campus-widenetwork and the national networks via Internet.

COE - 177,000 Square Feet - 4 Building ComplexCOE - 177,000 Square Feet - 4 Building Complex

A. GreauxChemical

Engineering

G. Gilchrist

S. CollinsEngineering Technology

C. L. WilsonEngineeringAnnex

COE Complex

Research and Sponsored Programs ExpendituresResearch and Sponsored Programs ExpendituresFY 1994 - FY 1997 - College of EngineeringFY 1994 - FY 1997 - College of Engineering

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$5.8M$6.4M

$5.3M

Research and Sponsored Programs ExpendituresResearch and Sponsored Programs ExpendituresFY 1992 - FY 1996 - PVAMUFY 1992 - FY 1996 - PVAMU

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RESEARCH CENTERS AT PVAMU - ONGOINGRESEARCH CENTERS AT PVAMU - ONGOING

CEYE2I - Community Empowerment Through Youth Education, EconomicDevelopment and Innovation

CODC - Community Outreach Development CenterCIT - Center for Intelligent TransportationCNISE - Center for Novel Intelligent Systems ExplorationCRETR - Coalition for Research/Education/Training/RetrainingCSE - Center for Software EngineeringCSET - Center for Environmental Sciences, Engineering & TechnologyLRRL - Long Range Research Laboratory

RESEARCH CENTERS AT PVAMU - RESEARCH CENTERS AT PVAMU - PROPOSED/PLANNEDPROPOSED/PLANNED

• Instrumentation for the Interdisciplinary Materials Research Program (ONR) • Photovoltaics (ONR)• Signal Processing in Noisy Environments (US Army CECOM)• Voice/Image Processing Using Novel Techniques (US Army CECOM)• Radiation Effects in Quantum Devices (AFOSR)• Intelligent Resin Transfer Molding for Integral Armor Application (Army)• Combustion CFD studies (NASA)• Industrial ecology program (NSF/Lucent)• Self-propagating high temperature synthesis of advanced materials (NSF)• Characterization of ceramic filters (DOE)• Advanced processing of tantalum-based alloys (DOE/Los Alamos)• Characterization and testing of superplasticity in aluminum alloys• Software Engineering Initiative (SEI) (NASA)• Orbital debris research (NASA)• Red River Depot Operations Study (Red River Army Depot)

RECENT & ONGOING PROJECTS - A PARTIAL LISTINGRECENT & ONGOING PROJECTS - A PARTIAL LISTING

FAST - Future Aerospace Science & Technology CenterCARR - Center for Applied Radiation ResearchCM3 - Center for Microdesign, Microelectronics, and MicrofabricationCARC - Cooperative Agricultural Research CenterNRTS - NASA Southwest Regional Network Resources and Training SiteIDGRC - International Dairy Goat Research Center

Technology Resource Center for Independent Oil ProducersTEXGED - Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data CenterTSRC - Thermal Science Research CenterNISE - Novel Intelligent Systems Explorers Group

Prairie View A&M University has extensive ongoing research, in the form of grants and contracts, and has excellent collaborative interactions among the disciplines in the University as well as with industry, government, national laboratories and academia. A major involvement is the formation of research centers which are multi-disciplinary, and which provide faculty, staff and students with modern facilities for conducting state-of-the-art research. Each center is an academic center of knowledge and technology transfer with partners and collaborators from NASA Centers, Universities, Government Laboratories & Industry.

MAJOR RESEARCH CENTERS/INSTITUTES/GROUPS

The Center for Applied Radiation Research (CARR), funded by NASA and headed by Dr. Thomas N. Fogarty, has as its goal to significantly contribute to NASA’s vast technology base, in particular, provide enabling technologies - new materials, electronics, shielding and radio-protectorants for humans - that will make major NASA missions even more successful, more safe and less costly, by examining the space radiation environment and developing an effective ground based testbed in the areas of radiation effects on electronic and photonic materials, devices, and systems, and on bio-systems. The outcomes of the CARR are expected to have tremendous dual-use potential in addition to initiating, at PVAMU and other HBCUs/OMUs, related and newer research areas.

CARR has developed, over the years, an impressive set of laboratories specialized to study radiation-related phenomena at the materials, devices and systems levels. CARR is unique in the sense that its activities address all aspects of radiation research - “vertical” integration - materials to systems. In particular, CARR possesses a surface characterization facility which is very comprehensive and is one of its kind in the country. The laboratories of CARR can also be employed to provide a well-proven facility for testing and characterizing ICs, surfaces and interfaces, as well as for design and Modeling. The following is a list of major equipment (available and planned for the near future).

The Center has several novel research results, among which are: novel circuit architectures for radiation hardened memories, novel circuit simulation algorithms for operational behavior of circuits to estimate reliability and fault-tolerance, novel materials (such as non-traditional semiconductors - Ilmenite), and novel approaches to radiation immunity for biological systems.

CARR is supported by more than fifteen faculty members, over twenty undergraduate students and four graduate students.

CARR’s collaborations are national - NASA centers, universities (Texas A&M, Penn State, North Carloina A&T, U of Alabama, Vanderbilt, Hampton, Texas A&M-Kingsville, among others), major industry (Boeing, Motorola, among others), and government laboratories (Los Alamos, Sandia, Brookhaven), and small businesses (GB Tech).

CARR Facilities/Equipment• Parametric Analyzer system• Charge Pumping System• Cosmic ray simulation (TAMU Cyclotron Institute)• Fully equipped 500 Sq..ft. Clean Room for 5 design rules for MOS devices and circuits• SEM modified for e-beam litho- graphy for submicron test devices• Workstations and plotters• X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy• Ion scattering spectroscopy• Scanning electron microscopy• Energy dispersive spectroscopy• X-ray diffractometer• Scanning tunneling microscopy• Ambient atomic force microscopy• Deep level transient spectroscopy• Scanning Auger spectroscopy• PSPICE circuit design simulator• In-house developed fault-tolerance simulation program (CSPIFF)• MAGIC• LEdit

PVAMU-NASACENTER FOR

APPLIED RADIATIONRESEARCH

(CARR)T. N. Fogarty, Ph.D.

Director

http:\\www.carr.pvamu.edu

A related center is the Center for Materials, Microdesign and Micro-fabrication (CM3), headed by Dr. Thomas N. Fogarty, has been approved by the Texas A&M University Board of Regents. This center serves as an umbrella structure for the CARR and several other materials and micro-electronics related projects.

The capabilities of the center include: a state-of-the-art laboratories in: surface and interface analysis and characterization (SEM, XPS, AFM, XRD), semiconductor material and device characterization (C-V, DLTS).

CENTERFOR MATERIALSMICRODESIGN ANDMICRO-FABRICATION(CM3)Thomas N. Fogarty, Ph.D.Director

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

The primary goal of the FAST (Future Aerospace Science and Technology) Center, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and headed by Dr. Paul Biney, is to develop a self-supporting and nationally recognized organization which conducts basic and applied research in high temperature lightweight materials in line with the needs of the Air Force, the industry and the government (DOD, DOE, NASA) while providing a strong education and training program for minority students leading into advanced degrees in the materials area. The center's research work is focused on three areas of polymeric composites: resin formulation and modification, polymer and composite processing, and testing/microstructural characterization of polymers and composites.

The center's capabilities include: 1. Resin synthesis, modification, and characterization with the objective of developing new high temperature polymers with improved oxidative and hydrolytic stability. 2. Polymer processing 3. Evaluation of processing-property relationships 4. Cure cycle optimization 5. Long and short term studies of environmental degradation of polymers and composites 6. Non-destructive evaluation of polymers and composites 7. Mechanical testing and microstructural characterization of polymers and composites.

The Center has received composite research and testing contracts from Bell Helicopter, Textron, Inc and former McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Division, now part of Boeing North America.

The Center has collaborative research on optimum cure cycle development for SuperImide800 with BF Goodrich Aerospace, and a collaborative research with University of Dayton Research Institute as well as the Wright Lab on high temperature polymers and composites.

FUTURE

AEROSPACE

SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

(FAST) CENTERPaul O. Biney, Ph.D.Director

FAST Facilities/Equipment• C Scan• DSC• TGA• DMA• FTIR• HPLC• NMR• Platen Press• Autoclave• RTM• Heated blanket• Micromet Dielectrometer• SEM and Instron machines.

The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Institute, established in partnership with the Rocketdyne Division of Boeing North America and headed by Dr. Ziaul Huque, was established in 1996. It has its own well equipped shop and laboratory facilities in addition to the elaborate computer and library facilities at the college and university level. The institute currently has two ongoing research projects with NASA Marshall and Rocketdyne. The Marshall grant is a two-year project to develop CFD technology for supersonic ramjet/scramjet combustion. The work involves detailed analysis using CFD of a Rocket Based Combined Cycle propulsion system for Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) space vehicle. The Rocketdyne subcontract is to perform detailed analysis of an Air Argumented Rocket (AAR).

The Institute has one Silicon Graphics workstation, two IBM RS6000 workstations and several SUN workstations. The Unix based applications available include USA, UNIS, Mentor Graphics, SoftPc 3.1, ANSYS, Aries, FLUENT CFD software and ADAMS dynamic analysis software. The institute also has the STARCD code that is popular with the automobile industry and the KIVA code for internal combustion engine research computations. For geometrical specifications the institute uses the popular Pro-Engineer CAD program. The CAD drawings are transferred to grid generating software. The institute currently has two grid programs, Genie++ and TrueGrid. It has close collaboration with the team of the National Grid Project System (NGP) at Mississippi State University, that enables us to obtain state of the art grid generation software.

The Institute recently acquired the NPARC (Navier Stokes Equation solver) and ALLSPD(combustion code) from NASA for use in research and training of graduate students. Planned research include the use of these codes in a parallelized environment consisting of Pentium based PC workstations. This will enable Parallel High Performance CFD Computations including optimization to be performed at Low Cost.

COMPUTATIONALFLUIDDYNAMICSINSTITUTE(CFDI)Ziaul Huque, Ph.D.Director

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

Another Center approved by the Board of regents is the Thermal Science Research Center (TSRC), headed by Dr. Ronald D. Boyd, addresses research areas such as: nucleate boiling; subcooled flow boiling; local heat transfer; natural convection in enclosures; mixed convection in internal and external geometries; optical interferometry of thermal transport problems; environmental flows; and microconvection. This center is well-equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation in optical interferometry, flow boiling laboratory and a thermal convective laboratory.

The capabilities of this center include: providing correlational assessment of sub-cooled flow boiling, thermal management systems for space applications and flow boiling for fusion applications.

THERMAL SCIENCERESEARCH CENTER(TSRC)Ronald D. Boyd, Ph.D.Director

The Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data Center (TEXGED), funded by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and headed by Dr. Safwat Shakir, is an academic center for knowledge and technology of Remote Sensing . This center is the result of the partnership and collaboration from NASA, Universities, and TRW Space & Technology.

TEXGED will be a center for collecting data from space through the TRW HyperSpectral Imaging System. The center will establish a database management system which will provide researchers and decision makers with information they need in planning and assessing the environmental problems facing the southern region along the Gulf Coast of Mexico and the United States of America. TEXGED will provide services to local and state agencies regarding the environmental data analysis.

One of the main research themes of TEXGED Center is to explore the capability of Hyperspectral Imager to detect stress in agricultural crops. The study will be conducted jointly with Purdue University. In addition, Hyperspectral images will be collected from Waller/Harris Counties, Texas, and the geometrical quality of the images will be analyzed. Information on ground truth is being collected based on reports and maps on soil survey and land use of the area. In addition to ground survey, analysis of relevant data will be conducted at Prairie View A&M University Laboratories.

TEXGED in cooperation with TRW Space & Technology and NASA held its first Remote Sensing and Hyperspectral Imaging Workshop at Prairie View A&M University between May 21-22, 1996. University faculty, TEXGED team, and students from Hempstead High School participated in the Workshop. The theme of this training was in Hyperspectral Imaging, Internet Archive Access and Usage, downloading Remotely Sensed Image and Analysis.

TEXGED Facilities/Equipment• Ultra Sun 140 workstations• A rewritable CD ROM• ARC/Info and ArcView GIS Software• IDL Image Analysis Software• Oracle Database System

TEXASGULFCOASTENVIRONMENTALDATA CENTER(TEXGED)Safwat Shakir, Ph.D.Director

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

http:\\texged.ips4.pvamu.edu

The Novel Intelligent Systems Explorers Group, headed by Dr. A. Anil Kumar, addresses problems relating to future communication systems, their components and the network and component (processor and memory) hardware architecture underlying them. The research encompasses software simulation program development to system level testing and characterization. Complex integrated traffic requirements will be supported including voice, data, image and video. Of importance is the need to provide, secure and efficient connectivity between high speed networks using Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) technologies and low-bandwidth users using tactical legacy systems.

Also, until recently, communication systems consisted largely of hardware components with software playing only a small part. However, the changing trends in the market forces (demand, technology and standards) are driving the industry towards making the basic functionality of communication devices to be incorporated into the software. Everything except the physical interface will be implemented in software, including control and error correction. This approach would simplify communications among heterogeneous/ dissimilar devices as well as allowing to set communications functions depending upon one's usage pattern, leading to the new concept of "communications customization on the fly."

NISE Group's approach was to create the building blocks for various technological needs of the twenty-first century communication and information processing systems. The active projects include: (i) signal and image processing (Army CECOM and DOE); characterization of complex communication channels (especially wireless channels) employing higher order statistics; exploration of new concepts in modulation schemes such as vector quantization modulation (VQM); image compression, storage and retrieval employing wavelet-based techniques; (ii) design and development of the prototype of a bone conduction headset (NASA); (iii) development of an electromagnetic compatibility simulation laboratory - ECSL (Motorola); (iv) development of novel computational and simulational algorithms - Communications Systems Simulator (CSIM) and Circuit Simulation Program In the presence of Fatal Faults - CSPIFF for reliability and fault-tolerance (NASA); (v) application of novel image processing techniques to biometrics and biotechnology; (vi) design and development of an adaptive noise canceller/filter for use in hearing systems; (vII) application of higher-order statistics algorithms for energy-related problems.

The NISE Group has currently three faculty members, three graduate students, and two undergraduate students. Four Master’s theses have been completed over the past two years.

The NISE personnel have extensive collaborations with: NASA, Motorola, Lucent Technologies, Department of Energy, Science & Engineering Alliance, Southern University-Baton Rouge, Alabama A&M University, Jackson State University, North Carolina A&T State University, Rice University, Texas A&M University, US Army CECOM, Dynamic Technology Systems, among others.

NOVEL INTELLIGENTSYSTEMS EXPLORERS(NISE)A. Anil Kumar, Ph.D.Director

NISE Facilities/Equipment• Sun SPARC 20s• Pentiums• MATLAB• FORTRAN• C, C++• Radiation Immunity• EMC-WorkBench• CSPIFF• CSIM

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

NETWORK RESOURCEAND TRAINING SITE(NRTS)John R. Williams, Ph.D.Director

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

The PVAMU NRTS was established to substantially increase the use of the Internet and its resources by faculty and students. The establishment of the NRTS was made possible with a grant from NASA funded through the Minority University - Space Interdisciplinary Network (MU-SPIN). The main object of the program is to transfer computer network technology and promote its use in support of collaborative interdisciplinary, scientific research among faculty and students, and other scientists.

The major components of the program are: Provide HBCU/OMU(Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Other Minority Universities) institutions with the expertise necessary to establish local and wide area network connectivity and other services in support of campus based networks. Provide User Support Services to enhance the campuses capability to manage and use the network and its resources effectively. Provide activities that will accelerate the development of MU-SPIN faculty and student expertise in network technology and its application to support information exchange between NASA and the MU-SPIN community. Provide a mechanism for integrating HBCUs and OMUs into scientific and technical programs sponsored and/or supported by NASA. Establish a MU-SPIN Users Working Group as a vehicle for exchanging scientific and technical information between NASA and the MU-SPIN community

The MU-SPIN Program offers many valuable needed services to the university community. These services include hands-on training to faculty and students in scientific network applications and in accessing resources available over the Internet, a worldwide network of networks; hands-on training to technical staff in local area and campus network installation, management and user support; and technical sessions as well as annual conferences.

http://endeavor.nrts.pvamu.edu

TEXAS JUVENILE CRIMEPREVENTION CENTER

H. Elaine Rodney, Ph.D.Director

RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)RESEARCH CENTERS (continued)

http://www.pvamu.edu/cspjcd

House Bill 1550, enacted by the 75th Texas Legislature, regular Session, 1997, authorized the establishment of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) under the control and management of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS).

The Center will conduct and evaluate research relating to juvenile crime; provide degree programs and continuing education; serve as an information resource; develop programs and policies to address juvenile crime; and collaborate with communities, state agencies, and private entities to implement programs and policies that target the prevention of juvenile crime and delinquency and related social problems. Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of higher education in Texas, originating in 1876, is uniquely qualified to serve as a platform for addressing the senseless youth violence, drug use, and gang-related activities that are devastating communities, families, and individuals, and consuming substantial fiscal resources of federal, state, local, and private agencies.

Prairie View A&M University provides comprehensive programs that teach, research, and provide public service to historically bypassed and under-represented constituents with diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The clientele traditionally served are growing at a significantly faster rate than any other population group in Texas and across America. This is especially revealing in the Texas juvenile justice system, where African-American and Hispanic males are over-represented, compared to the state's population.

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center will enable Prairie View A&M University to undertake a comprehensive, multi-faceted effort to target the problems of youth violence, crime, drug use, and gang-related activity in a relevant, collaborative, and productive manner.

The Role of Competitive Adsorption on Suspended Sediments in Determining Partitioning and Colloid Stability

The Use of Oxide Thin Films in the Recovery, Recycling, and Remediation of Aqueous Wastes Containing Hazardous Metal Ions

Optimization of Oil Biodegradation by Mixed Bacterial and Fungal Population: an Innovative Microbial Delivery System, and Oil-Absorbing Natural Material

Effect of Toxic Minerals on Fungal DNA in Relation to Growth and Toxin Production in Contaminated Food and Food Crops

Integration of Biological, Cultural, and Chemical Management of Pests in Soils to Improve Environmental Quality

Accretion of Sediments in an Old River Cove Marsh Wetland-Pond Ecosystem Approach for Physical, Chemical, and

Biological Integrity of Small Watersheds Impacted by Agriculture Dynamic Soil Processes Associated with Fluctuating Water Tables in

Wetland Soils of the Texas Gulf Coast Prairie Effects of Environmental Pollutants on the Metabolism of Crop Species Bioremediation of Sediments and Technology Development Development of a Computer Model to Evaluate the Global Climatic

Changes and Soil Nutrients Cycling Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data Center (TXGED Center)

SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

PROPOSALS PENDING/IN PREPARATION Effect of Soil Chemistry Parameters on the Lability of Organic

Contaminants in Soil. Proposal submitted to EPA, R. Kommalapati, 9/’98. Two proposals in preparation to EPA’s STAR Program. Restoration of biological activities in soil during bioremediation of oil, to

NSF Texas Environmental Management and Planning Center (TEXEMP) to be

specialized center in all aspects of environmental management. The center will be a center for risk assessment, analysis and environmental Impact assessment of the environmental problems facing the southern region of the United States.

MAJOR EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES AVAILABLEMAJOR EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES AVAILABLEAT PVAMU - A PARTIAL LISTINGAT PVAMU - A PARTIAL LISTING

Electrical Characterization• Hewlett-Packard Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) with 128 channels for testing of integrated circuits • C-V (capacitance-voltage characteristics)• Charge Pumping• Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS)• Light and Dark conductivity measurements

Structural, Microstructural and Chemical Characterization and Thermal Analysis• Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM )• Atomic Force Microscope/Scanning Tunneling Microscope (AFM/STM)• x-ray Diffractometer (XRD)• Thin film thickness measurements (Nanoscope optical interferometer, Tencor potentiometer• Electromechanical Instron Testing Machine• Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA)• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)• Differential Scanning Colorimeter (DSC)• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)

Computational and Simulational Facilities• Numerous Sun, HP, SGI workstations• Connection to supercomputing centers across the nation• Software - Network Analyzer, MATLAB, PSPICE, Mentor Graphics, SoftBench, IDL, FORTRAN, C, C++,

ADA compilers, FEM

Other* a - particle and g - ray sources * Environmental Chambers* Wear and friction test machines* Thermal and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition systems* Fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition system* Autoclave* Flow Boiling Laboratory with a freon flow loop and data acquisition system* Thermal Convective Laboratory devoted to single-phase and two-phase convective studies involving a wide range of fluids (water, gases and organic fluids)* Optical Interferometry Laboratory - a holographic interferometer with 35 mw He-Ne lasers.

PLANNED SHORT COURSES FOR SUMMER 1999PLANNED SHORT COURSES FOR SUMMER 1999(with option for continuing education credits)(with option for continuing education credits)

• VLSI Testability & Coding Techniques, sponsored by CARR

• EMI/EMC - Modeling and Testing, sponsored by CARR

• Composites - Processing and Characterization, sponsored by FAST

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS), sponsored by TEXGED

• Image Analysis Work Shop Employing IDL, sponsored by TEXGED

• Ada Language and Software Engineering Training

The College also sponsors, through its research centers, several short courses based on the expertise existing among the center’s staff and their collaborators. These courses are first in a series of such continuing education courses that will be offered by the Centers. These courses may be taken either for continuing education units (CEUs) or just for enhancing one’s own knowledge in one’s field.

• Novel Circuit Architectures for SRAMs (Static Random Access Memories)

• Novel Circuit Simulation Program - CSPIFF

• Novel Simulation Program for Communications Systems (CSIM)

• Bone Conduction Headset Prototype

POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER/ POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER/ COMMERCIALIZATION PROJECTSCOMMERCIALIZATION PROJECTS

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIONOFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS

SERVICES TO RESEARCHERS

The Prairie View A&M University-Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides researchers with the administrative support and services necessary to obtain and administer sponsored projects. Specifically, OSP offers the following:

Proposal and AwardFull service in preparation and processing of proposals:

- assure proper format and completion of business forms- assist in budget preparation and proposal typing- coordinate routing for PVAMU approval and proper clearances-reproduce, bind, and mail

Negotiation and award cycle fully coordinated:-serve as negotiator and liaison between researchers and sponsor-review award, obtain approvals, provide interpretation of award requirements-establish project account and, when appropriate, subaccounts for multidisciplinary and muli-institutional programs-notify appropriate units of Prairie View A&M University

Project AdministrationProvide initial briefing to researcher and staff on policies and procedures, internal and external.Provide day to day assistance to researcher:

-in compliance with “red tape”-in financial monitoring and guidance-liaison with sponsor on administrative matters

Handle preparation and negotiation of subcontracts/subgrants.Accounting services:

-maintain financial records on all projects, including cost sharing data and provide monthly statement of accounts to researchers, and, as requested, to university administrators- bill sponsors for payment of project expenses

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIONPRAIRIE VIEW A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Up-to-date information on funding sourcesDissemination of information to departments and researchers based on faculty profile data Preparation and processing of proposals including:

Correct format and completion of business forms. Budget preparation in accordance with sponsor and TAMUS guidelines. Routing for TAMUS approval. Negotiation with sponsors. Coordination of pre-award documents. Review of award documents. Financial support to initiate research prior to receipt of award document, under certain conditions.

Project Administration Research Administrator assigned to each project. Research staff briefings on policies and procedures. Liaison between researchers and sponsors for administrative requirements. Distribution of financial reports to researchers.. Monitoring of financial status and compliance with regulations. Preparation and negotiation of subcontracts and consulting agreements. Coordination of project closing and post-award audits.

Support Operations Accounting services, including accounts payable, payroll interfaces, monthly financial reports and

accounts receivables. Maintenance of financial records, including cost sharing documentation. Disbursements directly to vendors for goods and services. Travel advances, change account privileges. Purchasing services, including bids, and assistance in resolving vendor problems. Assistance in compliance with Federal regulations for purchasing from small and disadvantaged

businesses. Maintenance of sponsor-approved property records. Financial support for repairs and maintenance of research equipment through allocations to Colleges. Assistance in obtaining excess property from Federal sources. Provision of liability and specialty insurance, as well as insurance for research equipment. Security services, including clearances, visit request, and storage facilities for classified documents.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITYColleges and DepartmentsCollege Of Agriculture & Human Sciences

Department of AgricultureDepartment of Human Sciences

School of Architecture

College Of Arts & SciencesDepartment of Music and Drama Department of BiologyDepartment of ChemistryDepartment of English, Foreign Languages and CommunicationsDepartment of MathematicsDepartment of Physics & High Energy PhysicsDepartment of Army ROTCDepartment of Navy ROTCDepartment of Social and Political Science

College Of BusinessDepartment of Accounting/Information SystemsDepartment of Management/Marketing

College Of Education

Department of Curriculum and InstructionDepartment of Health and Human PerformanceDepartment of Industrial TechnologyDepartment of School Services

College Of Engineering Department of Chemical EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Computer ScienceDepartment of Electrical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Engineering Technology

College Of Nursing

Cooperative Extension Program

Graduate School

POINT OF CONTACTPOINT OF CONTACT

Questions/Further Information?

Please call:

A. Anil KumarDirector of Research &

Special Assistant to the President forScience & Technology

Anil_Kumar@pvamu.edu (409)857-2591 (Tel)(409)857-2255 (Fax)

Mailing AddressP.O. BOX 4149

Building 1, L.W. Minor St.Prairie View A&M UniversityPrairie View, TX 77446-4149