Competitive research and engineering honors, graduate scholarships and research sponsorships, teaching distinctions, and professional service span Dr. Omar Costilla Reyes’s work in machine learning, higher education, and science outreach. Eight organizations and programs connected with Equ Healthcare, including NSF I-Corps, extend this record into entrepreneurship.
41 Career milestones and program connections
Competitive awards, scholarships, research sponsorships, professional recognition, and Equ Healthcare connections
19 Scholarships and research sponsorships
Funding for graduate study, collaborative research, and scholarly exchange
8 Organizations and programs connected with Equ Healthcare
Startup programs, MIT entrepreneurship resources, mentoring, and NSF I-Corps (also counted with research sponsorships)
3 Awards and placements
Competitive results in engineering, research, and entrepreneurship
12 Academic and professional recognition
Distinctions for research, teaching, leadership, and service
Across these distinctions, a consistent thread is the application of engineering and machine learning to research, education, and public service. Equ Healthcare’s program network extends that work through technical resources, customer discovery, research connections, and founder mentorship.
Scholarships supported graduate study, while research, travel, and publication awards helped advance collaborative inquiry and share its findings with wider scholarly communities.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency supporting science and engineering research. Its US$5.68 million award funded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) collaborative “Understanding the World Through Code” project, advancing computational discovery; the amount is the total project award.
The University of Manchester’s Data Science Institute brings data science into research across disciplines. Its travel sponsorship enabled participation in ESOF 2018, an international meeting connecting science and society.
The Data Science Institute’s registration sponsorship enabled participation in the Advances in Data Science Conference and exchange with a cross-disciplinary research community.
The Data Science Institute’s £10,000 project grant supported gait-analysis methods being studied for earlier detection of cognitive decline.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid hosted the 2018 Machine Learning Summer School, an intensive program in current machine-learning research. Selection included registration sponsorship and up to €200 in travel and accommodation support.
The University of Manchester Library supports scholarly communication. Its open-access publication sponsorship made the coauthored deep-learning study on tomography sensors freely available to readers.
Manchester Doctoral College supports doctoral training and researcher development. Its £500 travel grant enabled a research presentation at IEEE SENSORS 2016.
The Neural Information Processing Systems conference—known as NIPS in 2016 and NeurIPS today—brings together research in machine learning and computational neuroscience. Student-volunteer selections in 2016 and 2018 recognized conference service and included registration sponsorship.
The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), the University of Manchester’s ageing research institute, funds new interdisciplinary work through its Seedcorn grants. This £6,000 team award supported “Lost Memory, Lost Way,” a project exploring technology to help locate people with dementia who have wandered; project role: co-investigator.
The University of Manchester’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering supports research and teaching in the discipline. Its postgraduate travel fund enabled a research presentation at IEEE SENSORS 2015 in Busan.
The University of North Texas (UNT) Toulouse Graduate School supports graduate research and development. Its travel grant provided US$600 in combined support to present work at the Fifth International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN 2014).
Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) supports research and advanced training through national fellowships. This graduate fellowship backed electrical engineering study, from master’s work at UNT to doctoral research at the University of Manchester.
Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) supports education through national programs. Its Beca Complemento provided MXN 75,000 in supplementary funding for full-time graduate study abroad during the 2014–15 academic year.
UNT’s Multicultural Scholastic Award Program supports students pursuing graduate study. The 2013 scholarship totaled US$3,000, with support continuing into the 2014–15 academic year.
UNT’s International Affairs office advances campus internationalization. Its scholarship recognizes students who contribute to that work; two annual awards provided a combined US$2,000 in support.
The Consejo Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología (COMECYT) is the State of Mexico’s science and technology council, promoting research and its connection with education and society. Its Beca de Apoyo Extraordinario supported postgraduate study abroad in 2012 and 2014; the 2012 award totaled MXN 25,000.
CONACyT and COMECYT jointly supported postgraduate study abroad. Their scholarship enabled graduate study in electrical engineering at UNT.
The Texas Mexican Waiver allows eligible students from Mexico to pay resident tuition at participating public universities. At UNT, it provided graduate tuition sponsorship at the in-state rate.
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program helps research teams test customer needs and a technology’s commercial potential through structured discovery. Its National Teams program funds participation and customer-discovery expenses.
These seven supporters and program connections, together with NSF I-Corps listed with the research sponsorships above, link Equ Healthcare with technical resources, research, entrepreneurship education, and mentorship.
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Google for Startups connects founders with Google Cloud credits, technical guidance, and business resources through eligible programs. Equ Healthcare’s materials name the program among the company’s supporters.
Microsoft for Startups offers eligible companies Azure credits, technical guidance, and go-to-market resources. Equ Healthcare’s materials name the program among the company’s supporters.
NVIDIA Inception equips technology startups with technical training and tools, preferred pricing, partner offers, and investor-network access. Equ Healthcare lists the program among its startup supporters.
MIT Sandbox combines entrepreneurship education and mentoring with non-dilutive seed funding for eligible student-led teams. Awards can reach US$25,000 per idea, helping teams test concepts and develop early ventures.
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) connects organizations with its research community and startup ecosystem through Alliances. Equ Healthcare appears in CSAIL’s Startup Connect community.
MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service pairs eligible MIT community entrepreneurs with experienced volunteer mentors for practical business advice and coaching. Equ Healthcare’s materials list the service among the company’s supporters.
MIT’s Martin Trust Center equips founders through entrepreneurship courses, programs, advisory services, and practical resources. Equ Healthcare’s materials name the center among the company’s program connections.
Competition results recognize research quality, engineering creativity, and entrepreneurial potential, from an award-winning sensors paper to practical design and venture development.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Council serves researchers advancing sensing technologies. At the 2015 conference, the Best Student Paper Award recognized outstanding work in Optical Sensing Applications.
The Engineering Young Entrepreneur Scheme (Engineering YES) helps researchers explore how technical ideas can become viable ventures. Second place in the Birmingham heat recognized the proposal’s commercial promise and secured a place in the final.
The Dallas Regional Chamber works with regional partners on business and community development. At its DEP Hackathon, “Walk this Way” placed second with a downtown-route prototype that considered safety, comfort, shade, lighting, and architecture.
Research distinctions, teaching honors, speaker selections, service recognition, and jury appointments reflect contributions and expertise across academic and professional communities.
EuroScience brings researchers and the public together through the Open Forum. The 2016 Marie Curie Young Researcher distinction highlighted machine-learning research using smart-carpet sensors for gait analysis, bringing early-career work to an international science audience.
The University of Manchester’s accredited Leadership in Education Awards Programme develops and recognizes teaching practice. Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy honors professional practice in university teaching and support for student learning.
IEEE Sensors Journal publishes research on sensor technologies and applications. The coauthored gait-recognition study was one of the journal’s 25 most-downloaded papers in 2017, reflecting broad readership of the work.
The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society advances research and professional exchange in industrial electronics. Its Transactions on Industrial Electronics journal featured the coauthored machine-learning study among its top-downloaded papers, recognizing its reach with readers in the field.
Women in AI is a nonprofit advancing inclusion and broader participation in artificial intelligence (AI). Selection for its North America Awards jury recognized expertise in evaluating AI achievements; service took place in 2023 and 2025, including research categories in 2023.
The University of Manchester’s Masood Entrepreneurship Centre runs Venture Further to showcase promising ventures. Selection as a research-category finalist recognized “Sense My Steps,” combining gait analysis, machine learning, and floor sensors in a research-led venture concept.
Innovation Match MX connects companies, researchers, and students to advance science and technology. The forum selected an oral presentation on intelligent-carpet gait analysis and provided travel sponsorship, bringing the research to a cross-sector audience.
Innovation Match MX connects companies, researchers, and students around science and technology. Its Engineering and Manufacture track selected the smart-carpet and machine-learning gait research for an oral presentation and provided travel sponsorship to share the work.
Selection as a Deep Learning Club speaker at the University of Manchester’s Data Science Institute recognized expertise and created a forum to share research on machine-learning methods.
STEM Learning runs the UK Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassadors programme, connecting volunteers with schools and young people. The recognition honored outreach that shared science and engineering knowledge and careers with public audiences.
Hosted by the UNT College of Business, the Professional Leadership Program develops leadership and professional skills through a year of mentoring and learning. Selection recognized participation in a program centered on servant leadership.
UNT awards its Community Engagement Service Cord to graduating students for documented volunteer service and community involvement. The distinction recognizes service extending beyond the classroom into the wider community.