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Dr. Damian Valles Molina

  • Associate Professor - Ingram School of Engineering
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Biography and education

Dr. Damian Valles is an Ingram School of Engineering Electrical Engineering Associate Professor at Texas State University. He focuses on High-Performance Computing (HPC), Machine Learning (ML), and Embedded System implementations under the High-Performance Engineering (HiPE) research group. Dr. Valles received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from The University of Texas at El Paso from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, focusing on Reconfigurable Processors and HPC research. Dr. Valles did a post-doc at Montana Tech as the HPC Application Scientist under the Computer Science department. He also worked as an HPC System Administrator in the Information Systems department and an adjunct position in the Computer Science department at Wake Forest University. He is currently a member of IEEE, ACM, ACM's SIGHPC, and SHPE.
  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Scolfaro, Luisa M (Supporting), Miller, David R von (Supporting), Ahmed, Mohammad Iqbal (Supporting). Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials, National Science Foundation, Federal, $7500000. (Submitted: December 6, 2024, Funded: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2029). Grant.
  • Valles Molina, Damian (Principal), Aslan, Semih (Supporting), Menezes De Carvalho, Marcelo (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting), Koldenhoven, Rachel Mary (Supporting), Farrell, John Wayland (Supporting), de la Cruz, Berenice (Supporting), Liu, Ting (Supporting). REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experience in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health, National Science Fundation, Federal, $371758. (Submitted: August 2024, Funded: April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2028). Grant.
  • Ekin, Tahir (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Supporting), Liu, Xiangping (Supporting), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting). Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Carvallo, Andres Eloy (Principal), Davio, Rebecca Lynn (Co-Principal), Oskam, Judith B (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Supporting), Higgins Joyce, Vanessa D (Supporting), Blasingame, Dale C (Supporting), Buschhorn, Jennifer L (Supporting), Scharlach, Jennifer M (Supporting), Suarez, Albert (Supporting), Jorgensen, Elissa Claire (Supporting). Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Texas Department of Transportation, State, $400000. (Submitted: December 8, 2023, Funded: January 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Valles Molina, Damian, Liu, Ting (Co-Principal), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting), Aslan, Semih (Supporting), Farrell, John Wayland (Supporting), Li, Yumeng (Supporting), Koldenhoven, Rachel M. (Supporting). REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Machine Learning, Analytics, and Augmented Reality for Smart and Connected Health, National Science Foundation, Federal, $344029. (Submitted: August 2021, Funded: January 2022 - December 2024). Grant.
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  • Sharotry, A., Jimenez, J. A., Mendez, F. A., Wierschem, D. C., Koldenhoven, R. M., & Valles Molina, D. (2022). Manufacturing operator ergonomics: A conceptual digital twin approach to detect biomechanical fatigue. IEEE Access, (10), 12774–12791. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3145984
  • Sharotry, A., Jimenez, J., Wierschem, D. C., Mendez, F. A., Koutitas, G., Valles Molina, D., … Rolfe, R. M. (2021). A Digital Twin Framework for Real-Time Analysis and Feedback of Repetitive Work in the Manual Material Handling Industry (pp. 2637–2648). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9384043
  • Chowdhury, B. U., Valles Molina, D., & Shougat, M. R. E. U. (n.d.). Low-Cost Sensor Fusion Framework for Organic Substance Classification and Quality Control Using Classification Methods. IEEE.
  • Bowler, D. W., Deinhardt, A. M., Menezes De Carvalho, M., Liu, T., & Valles Molina, D. (n.d.). Simulation-Based Smart Home Architecture for Autism Support Using CSI-Based Movement Detection. In 11th National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS 2025) in the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2025). IEEE.
  • Deinhardt, A. M., Bowler, D. W., Menezes De Carvalho, M., Liu, T., & Valles Molina, D. (n.d.). IoT for Autism: Analyzing Motor Behaviors in Virtual Environments Using Visual Data. In 11th National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS 2025) in the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2025). IEEE.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Presenter Award, IEEE-AIIoT 2024. October 19, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Presenter Award, IEEE-AIIoT 2024. May 31, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Presenter Award, IEEE-AIIoT 2024. May 31, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Presenter Award, IEEE-CCWC 2024. January 10, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, IEEE AIIoT 2023. June 7, 2023 - June 10, 2023
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  1. Member

    CoSE 60th Anniversary Committee

  2. Editor

    MDPI-Sensors, Special Issue: Novel Technologies and Applications for Internet of Things

  3. University Mentor

    Ingram School of Engineering

  4. Chair

    IT Oversight Committee

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    MPDI Journal - Entropy

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    American Society for Engineering Education

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