Prairie View A&M Selected to Lead National Transportation Center

Prairie View A&M University will lead the National Center for Infrastructure Transformation, which will focus on boosting the nation’s infrastructure, the Texas A&M University System announced earlier this month.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will award the group $4 million a year for five years.

University transportation centers are federally funded groups of colleges and universities that lead transportation research and technology efforts.

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M University will join the center, as well as Rutgers University, Michigan State University, Arizona State University and Blinn College.

Judy Perkins will serve as center director.