PVAMU Opens $70M Engineering and Research Building
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Today, Prairie View A&M University officially opened its new $70 million Engineering Classroom and Research Building. In its 75th year, ENCARB is the sixth building to be added to the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering complex.
Nearly two-thirds of ENCARB’s 106,000 square feet are dedicated to classroom instruction and specialized labs. The lab spaces support multidisciplinary research in space exploration, data analytics and artificial intelligence, robotics, structural analysis, 3-D manufacturing, and more. The remaining third of the facility provides dedicated research lab space for faculty and graduate students.
“Since the early 1940s, the engineering education at Prairie View A&M University has focused on educating and preparing scholars to become paramount members of society capable of groundbreaking discoveries to solve real-world problems. We have continued a rich legacy of producing top engineers, computer scientists and technologists. Today is a testament to the College’s mission,” said Dean Pamela H. Obiomon, Ph.D.
Today’s ribbon cutting was the first significant event for PVAMU’s new president, Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande. You can find an interview with Dr. LeGrande here and complete footage of the event here. A downloadable image of the new building can be found here. Please use the courtesy Prairie View A&M University for all materials.
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, founded in 1876, is the second oldest public institution of higher education in the state of Texas and the third largest Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in the nation. Designated as an “institution of the first class” in the Texas Constitution, the enrollment exceeds 9,000 students and over 80,000 graduates. PVAMU offers academic programs through its seven colleges, Undergraduate Studies and School of Architecture, boasting degree options leading to bachelor’s to doctoral-level degrees. A Carnegie-classified high-research (R2) University and a member of The Texas A&M University System, PVAMU is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research and service. For more information, visit www.pvamu.edu.
