Professor
Ram is a professor at Prairie View A&M University. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. degree in Soil Science, and a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He has more than 10 years of working experience as faculty and research scientist at Prairie View A&M University and over ten years as an engineer in the federal government. Ray’s research interests include climate smart agriculture, carbon sequestration, and climate change Hydrology-land surface-atmosphere interactions, soil water dynamics, watershed hydrology and modeling. He has edited two books, several book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has been invited for several training and speeches around the globe. He is an editor and editorial board member of several journals, including Agronomy, Agricultural and Environmental Letters, Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, and Civil Engineering and Constructions.
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About Ram Ray
Ram is a professor at Prairie View A&M University. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. degree in Soil Science, and a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He has more than 10 years of working experience as faculty and research scientist at Prairie View A&M University and over ten years as an engineer in the federal government. Ray’s research interests include climate smart agriculture, carbon sequestration, and climate change Hydrology-land surface-atmosphere interactions, soil water dynamics, watershed hydrology and modeling. He has edited two books, several book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has been invited for several training and speeches around the globe. He is an editor and editorial board member of several journals, including Agronomy, Agricultural and Environmental Letters, Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, and Civil Engineering and Constructions.
| Present | Associate Professor, Prairie View A&M University ‐ College of Agriculture & Human Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2022 - Present | AI-based Program for Advancing Research, Education and Extension Activities in Precision Agriculture at PVAMU |
| USDA-NIFA | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $750,000 | |
| 2022 - Present | Fighting climate change through connection between study abroad and the UN SDGs |
| US department of State | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $15,000 | |
| 2022 - Present | GetAgSmart: Building Capacity in Smart Agricultural Technologies for Underserved Communities |
| USDA-NIFA | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $749,719 | |
| 2022 - Present | Multi-functional crosslinked carbon nanotube/hydrogel nanocomposites for enhanced fertilizer utilization efficiency and drought alleviation |
| USDA-NIFA | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $500,000 | |
| 2022 - Present | Multi-scale Multi-resolution Agriculture Data Analytics for Crop/Vegetation Health Prediction and Optimization |
| USDA-NIFA | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $450,000 | |
| 2019 - Present | An Integrated Approach to Study the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Quality |
| USDA-NIFA | |
| Role: PI | |
| $595,751 | |
| 2022 - 2023 | Navasota River Flood Study |
| TAMU-Galveston | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $131,610 | |
| 2019 - 2022 | • PVAMAPB Collaborative Motivate and Educate for Achievement (MEA) |
| 1890 Center of Excellence | |
| Role: CO-PI | |
| $100,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - Present | Associate Professor, Prairie View A&M University | 2013 - 2018 | Research Scientist, Prairie View A&M University | 2011 - 2013 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Merced | 2010 - 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, San Diego | 2009 - 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, San Diego State University | 1996 - 2002 | Civil Engineer, DOLIDAR, Government of Nepal | 1993 - 1995 | Civil Engineer, TAEC Consult P. Ltd. |
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Senate Awards for Excellence in Research in the Tenure Track category, PVAMU-2022
Courses
- Geospatial Technology
- Natural Resources Conservation Management
| January 2005 - July 2009 | PhD, University of New Hampshire, Durham ‐ Civil Engineering | |
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| August 2003 - September 2004 | MS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ‐ Soil Science | |
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| August 2002 - September 2003 | MS, Ghent University ‐ Soil Science | |
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| January 1989 - March 1993 | BS, Tribhuvan University ‐ Civil Engineering | |
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