Dr. Valles is a Co-PI for the awarded NSF-CREST Phase I Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials, $7,500,000.00 with Dr. Edwin L. Piner (PI – Physics), Yoichi Miyahara (Co-PI – Physics), and Ariful Haque (Co-PI – EE).
Dr. Valles is a Co-PI for the newly awarded TXST FY25 Research Enhancement Program (REP) for the Pulsed Laser Annealing for Enhanced Doping and Phase Purity in Synthetic Diamonds for Advanced Electronic and Energy Applications, $16,000.00 with Dr. Ariful Haque (PI).
Dr. Valles’s NSF-REU was renewed in collaboration with Texas A&M-San Antonio, “REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health“
The Firefly Robotics team, including Saad Rafiq, Daniyar Boztayev, Dr. Jitendra Tate, and Dr. Valles, was awarded $20k from TXST Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) – New Ventures!
The Senior Design team (Firebot) won the Best Project Industry Choice at the Ingram School Senior Design Day.
Dr. Valles is an SME for TxDOT’s & TXST-CIEDAR’s Advance Air Mobility contract
Dr. Valles is a Co-PI of the newly funded Scholars of Excellence in Engineering Design (SEED) from NSF-S-STEM program
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.
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)
Dr. Valles has officially become a Faculty Fellow for the Translational Health Research Center (THRC) at Texas State University for FY2023.
