HiPE Research Group @ TXST

Md Sakif Uddin Khan is joining the HiPE group for his thesis work in USDA's AnimalCareBot’s Transformer-Based Vision Classification and Segmentation Modeling. Welcome!

At College Station for the 2025 Texas Semiconductor Summit with the all-stars: Dr Ariful Haque, Dr Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage, Dr Ming-Hsun Lee, and Dr Dhanu Chettri. Many thanks to Div of Research - Materials Application Research Center (MARC)!

#semiconductors #uwbg #engineering #research #txst

Kaavya Sri Ramarapu‘s paper, “Multi-Modal Emotion Temporal Environment Facial Classification to Help Children with ASD,” was accepted to the 2025 IEEE UEMCON at IBM Learning Center in Armonk, New York. Congratulations!

#deeplearning #smarthealth #ai #autism #research #engineering #txst

Kaylee Scanlin has joined the HiPE research group through the #txst Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS) for #HPC and #AI support across the University.

#research #support #education #engineering #datascience

Welcome, Utsav Adhikari, to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.

animalbot.wp.txstate.edu

#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST

Welcome, Mimi Fariha and Nathan Charles, to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.

animalbot.wp.txstate.edu

#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST

📢 Recruiting 2 PhD students (start Jan 2026)!
Work on NSF-funded research in AI for UWBG semiconductor processes.

✅ MS in ECE/CS/related (thesis required)
✅ Publications in applied AI
✅ Research + mentoring focus

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Erich Ellsworth has rejoined the HiPE research group for his thesis research work. Welcome back!

Dr. @dvalles.bsky.social collaborative papers, “Simulation-Based Smart Home Architecture for Autism Support Using CSI-Based Movement Detection” and “IoT for Autism: Analyzing Motor Behaviors in Virtual Environments Using Visual Data,” were accepted to REUNS 2025 in IEEE MASS 2025, Chicago, USA.

We want to welcome Md Masrur Hossain Rakin to the HiPE research team for his upcoming thesis research work!

Learn about him and his work at hipe.wp.txstate.edu/people/

#ai #physics #uwbg #engineering #research #txst

Join our USDA-sponsored AnimalCareBot project! 🤖🐄
Use ROS2 on Linux to read LiDAR, camera & other sensors on a mobile robot, then test in the field at Freeman Ranch.

📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week
🎓 Linux terminal skills, ROS2 basics

Info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...

Texas State undergrads: Help build the AnimalCareBot! 🚜🔍
Work with LiDAR, cameras & sensors on a mobile robot and test at Freeman Ranch under USDA sponsorship.

📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week

#robotics #research #txst

More info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...

Calling all @txst.edu undergrads! 🚀
We’re hiring for a CHIPS-funded UGRA position to fuse diamond with ultrawide bandgap oxides using AI.

📅 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | $12/hr | 10 hrs/week

Info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...

Congrats to the amazing EE grad class! Proud of the @hipelab.bsky.social current and former students on their biggest day!

👩‍🔧 Kaavya Sri Ramarapu – The engineer who mastered
🚁 Daniyar Boztayev – The drone meister
🐄 Jamal Close – The cattle meister
🎄 Joni McCawley – The one who brought Xmas to HiPE

Huge thanks to the @hipelab.bsky.social HiPE Research Group team for an incredible Spring Dinner! Great conversations, company, and amazing work from Baxter, Elysia, Susan, Pawan, Alexandra, Isabela, Jillian, Kevin, Shafiqul, Kaavya, and Zaheen. 🙌 #Grateful #Teamwork

Shafiqul Alam Khan has successfully defended his thesis titled “UAV Navigation for Urban Firefighting Using Deep Reinforcement Learning“

#research #engineering #reinforcementlearnig #firefighting #drones #txst

Congratulations to Kaavya Sri Ramarapu, who has successfully defended her thesis, "Environmental Emotion Recognition for Children with ASD."

Start the cap & gown fitting!

#research #engineering #deeplearning #ASD #TXST

I was invited to talk at the Department of Physics @txst.edu Colloquium and will present on “Neural Operators for Physics-Informed #AI in Ultrawide Bandgap (UWBG) Semiconductor Research.”

When: April 2nd, 2025
Where: RFM-3219
Time: 5 – 6 PM

Fire Tech: Frontline Innovation for Resilient and Effective Firefighter Technology

healthresearch.txst.edu/thrc-events/...

Session 1: How Can Robotics, Drones, and AI Transform Fire Response?

March 26th, 12 PM – 1 PM CST

Register: txstate.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Reinforced NEAT Algorithms for Autonomous Rover Navigation in Multi-Room Dynamic Scenario This paper demonstrates the performance of autonomous rovers utilizing NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT) in multi-room scenarios and explores their potential applications in wildfire mana...

Dhadkan Shrestha's and Dr. Valles's (@dvalles.bsky.social) paper titled “Reinforced NEAT Algorithms for Autonomous Rover Navigation in Multi-Room Dynamic Scenario” is now available at MDPI-FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥

mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/...

#reinforcementlearning #smartfirefighting #research #engineering #txst

End-of-the-semester HiPE dinner and before the drama of Finals Week! Thanks to the whole group for their time effort and dedication to their research projects!

#research #ai #edgeHPC #robotics #encryption #drones #engineering #txst

First post and pic from #SC24!!

#hpc #ai #engineering #research