MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT Elevating the Research & Innovation Enterprise CULTIVATE | TRANSFORM | IMPACT LIVES
Dear Friends, We take pride in our Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) faculty, staff, and student’s innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that radiates throughout our region, state, and the world and significantly impacts our daily lives. Their innovation not only advances us as a society, but it also enhances the academic learning of our students and emboldens the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, and more. As the Vice President for Research & Innovation (R&I), I am committed to elevating PVAMU’s innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship enterprise for more outstanding economic development and impact on the university, region, and the state of Texas. We foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism across campus. We leverage innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities to create a vibrant innovation ecosystem. We are committed to providing support for intellectual property development, technology transfers, and commercialization that further fuels PVAMU’s research and innovation enterprise. We foster entrepreneurial talent, ideas, and opportunities through a variety of faculty and student-centered programs, funding support, competitions, and access to start-up resources. However, our vision extends beyond the PVAMU three campuses located in Prairie View, Waller County, North-West Houston, and Downtown Houston, Harris County, into the Greater Houston Area and the State of Texas. Inventors and entrepreneurs of color predominantly drive our support for wealth and job creation. This Innovation Capabilities booklet is an informational resource to share an overview of PVAMU innovation capabilities for economic growth and impact. This resource includes areas of innovation, commercialization, entrepreneurship, and economic development with focuses on curricular offerings, infrastructure resources, innovation spaces and laboratories, training programs, processes and procedures, and the economic impact of the university. As you peruse the innovation capabilities booklet, we invite partnership opportunities from corporations, industries, private entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and economic development organizations. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside our faculty, staff, and students across the PVAMU campus, who are driven to impact society for the greater good. I look forward to connecting and partnering with you on innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship endeavors on behalf of our world-class innovators and entrepreneurs at PVAMU for greater economic growth and a positive impact on society.
MAGESH T. RAJAN, PH.D., P.E., MBA Vice President for Research and Innovation Prairie View A&M University Texas A&M University System mtrajan@pvamu.edu
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