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Portrait of Dr. Damian Valles Molina

Dr. Damian Valles Molina

  • Associate Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • 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.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %35, Scolfaro, Luisa M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. Integration of Diamond with Ultrawide Bandgap Oxides: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling with Artificial Intelligence, Army Research Office, Federal, $1000000. (Submitted: November 2023, Funded: April 2025 - March 2029). Grant.
  • Valles Molina, Damian (Principal), Aslan, Semih (Supporting), Menezes De Carvalho, Marcelo (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting), Rolfe, 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.
  • Haque, Ariful (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. Development of Pulsed Laser Annealing for Enhanced Doping and Phase Purity in Synthetic Diamonds for Advanced Electronic and Energy Applications, ORSP, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 2024, Funded: January 2025 - May 2026). Grant.

2024

  • 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.
  • Muci-Kuchler, Karim Heinz (Principal), Talley, Kimberly Grau (Co-Principal), Valles, Damian (Co-Principal), Londa, Michelle (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra (Co-Principal), Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth (Supporting), Gutierrez, Carlos Felipe (Supporting), Hailey, Christine Elizabeth (Supporting). S-STEM: Scholars of Excellence in Engineering Design (SEED), National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $2499310. (Submitted: March 2, 2023, Funded: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2029). Grant.

2023

  • Chen, Heping (Principal), Asiabanpour, Bahram (Co-Principal), Drewery, Merritt L (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). AnimalCareBot: Bridging the Gap between Emerging Technologies for Livestock Production and Education in Agricultural Sciences, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Federal, $399720. (Funded: September 15, 2023 - September 14, 2027). Grant.

2022

  • Resendiz, Maria D, Umali, Lois A (Co-Principal), Vargas, Micaela (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). NSF I-Corps, NSF, Federal, $50000. (Submitted: June 2022, Funded: September 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Aslan, Semih (Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Molina, Damian Valles (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Starks, James (Principal), Percent Contribution: %51. STTR Phase I: Real-Time Mineral Data Collection and Identification Module, NSF, Federal, $276000. (Funded: May 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023). 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.
  • Resendiz, Maria D, Valles Molina, Damian. Emotion Validation Database, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $10894. (Submitted: October 2021, Funded: January 22, 2022 - May 31, 2022). Grant.

2021

  • Fulton, Lawrence V, Percent Contribution: %20, De Nadai, Alessandro Stevens, Percent Contribution: %20, Dong, Zhijie, Percent Contribution: %20, Yan, Yan, Percent Contribution: %20, Valles Molina, Damian, Percent Contribution: %20, Lehr, Ted. AMD Equipment and Software Grant, AMD, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $440000. (Submitted: May 2020, Funded: May 2021 - May 2022). Grant.
  • McClellan, Stanley A (Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). Engineering & Technical Support for Astro-Materials Curation, Jacobs JETS, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $200700. (Funded: January 2021 - December 2022). Grant.

2020

  • Mendez, Francis A (Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). Development of An Artificial Intelligence System to Prevent Overexertion Injuries at the Workplace, Texas State University, $14938. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - May 2021). Grant.

2019

  • Jimenez, Jesus (Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6, Aslan, Semih (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6, Koutitas, Georgios (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6, Mendez, Francis A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6, Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6, Wierschem, David C (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %16.6. Using Industry 4.0 Digital Twins to Model Human Labor in Smart Material Handling Systems, Toyota Material Handling, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $197411.11. (Submitted: December 14, 2018, Funded: August 14, 2019 - August 13, 2020). Grant.
  • Valles Molina, Damian (Supporting). Building Bridges for New Innovators in Engineering (BBNIE), Exxon Mobil – 100K Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Funded: April 2019 - July 2019). Grant.

2017

  • Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Larson, Lawrence Albert (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. SRCEA Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO), Semiconductor Research Corporation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $35000. (Submitted: August 24, 2017, Funded: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2019). Grant.

2016

  • Forstner, Michael R (Principal), McCracken, Shawn F (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). Houston Toad Recovery, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, State, $125881. (Funded: October 13, 2016 - August 31, 2019). Grant.

2015

  • Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal). Summer Technology Exploration Grants (STEP) for Enhancing Teaching, Learning, Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Grant, Wake Forest University, $500. (Funded: June 1, 2015 - April 5, 2016). Grant.