Team Information
Location: Prairie View, Texas
Established: 1876
Enrollment: 9.350
Mascots: The Black Panther
This will be the third Winter Classic for the PVAMU team, they were the very first team to sign up for the inaugural 2021 Winter Classic, so we have a soft place in our heart for them. The won the Gold Medal last year and are looking to defend the title in 2023. Their win last year couldn’t have been more dramatic. Going into the AWS OpenFOAM Challenge, the Prairie View team was in fifth place in a tight pack of competing teams – but significantly off the pace of the leading team.
The team closely studied OpenFOAM and came up with the idea of coarsening the mesh to see how that would impact results. It impacted the results. Their score was nearly 9x higher than the leader and way better than the rest of the field. This vaulted PVAMU into second place, only TWO points behind the leader. They notched a first place score in the judging interview and won going away.
So the team definitely has momentum coming into the 2023 Winter Classic, can they make history and become the first repeat winner? We shall see…..
"Greetings, I am Raygen Bostick a third-year Information Technology Student from Tampa, Florida. My core concentrations are Data Analytics and Web Design."
"Greetings I am Samuel Goodman, a third year Computer Science scholar hailing from from Fort Lauderdale, Florida currently attending Florida Agricultural and Mechanical university. Since I was young, technology was all around me. From playing video games to using the computer, I always know that tech would be a part of my future. I’ve always wondered how games run and respond to user input. Overtime, my interest grew deeper into the research of how applications work on mobile devices and how they are made to fit everyday life. This fueled my passion for developing which has led me to the career field of Computer Science."
"My name is Emmanuel Hilliard, I'm a 4th year computer science major from Jacksonville Florida with a deep passion for learning and problem solving. My interests are in machine learning, distributed systems, and cloud computation."
"My name is Reginald Johnson. I am in my 3rd year at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University as a Computer Information Systems major. I am originally from the DMV area and have enjoyed experiencing the big city of professionalism that DC and the metropolitan have to offer. With this, I can also appreciate the more local aspects of the culture, such as the food, sports, and people, which has allowed me to quickly adjust to being in a more rural area like Tallahassee."
"Greetings, I am Trevor Taylor Jr a master’s senior Computer Science major from Miami, FL. I displayed a strong interest in technology with an appreciation for science. I am deeply interested in cyber security and data analytics; I attended the ECP2023 Conference in Texas presenting research and placed first in the Smokey Mountain Data Challenge 2022 competition for paper."