Dr. Valles is an SME for TxDOT’s & TXST-CIEDAR’s Advance Air Mobility contract
Category: Awards
NSF S-STEM Grant
Dr. Valles is a Co-PI of the newly funded Scholars of Excellence in Engineering Design (SEED) from NSF-S-STEM program
NSF ExpandAI Grant
Dr. Valles is a Co-PI of the newly funded CAP: Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce from the NSF-ExpandAI program.
USDA’s AnimalCareBot Grant
Dr. Valles is a Co-PD of the newly funded AnimalCareBot: Bridging the Gap between Emerging Technologies for Livestock Production and Education in Agricultural Sciences from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Faculty Fellowship!
Dr. Valles has officially become a Faculty Fellow for the Translational Health Research Center (THRC) at Texas State University for FY2023.
Best Paper Award!
Mohammad’s and Dr. Valles’ paper, “An Advanced IoT Framework for Long Range Connectivity and Secure Data Transmission Leveraging LoRa and ASCON Encryption,” won the best paper award in the category of Security for IoT at the 2023 IEEE AIIoT.
IN THE NEWSROOM
Dr. Aslan’s & Dr. Valles’ — NSF STTR for real-time mineral data collection and identification module, which will incorporate machine learning and a unique sensor package to analyze the walls of mineral exploration and geotechnical boreholes. Newsroom: Texas State University:
Engineering Smart Firefighting with Dell-NVIDIA!
Dr. Valles was awarded $24,976.00 from Dell-NVIDIA for the Human Detection Using IR, and Scream DL Classifiers and Prototype Development of Autonomous Vehicle Units for Smart Firefighting.
NSF-STTR FUNDING AWARD!
Dr. Valles, in collaboration with Dr. Semih Aslan, was awarded $256,000 from the NSF-STTR Program for Phase I: Real-Time Mineral Data Collection and Identification Module with Stratajam, LLC as the TXST Co-PI!
Dr. Valles in the Newsroom
NSF grant establishes REU site for undergrad research into smart, connected communities, health. Newsroom: Texas State University:
