News

December, 2024	Our group has been awarded a grant from the NSF Engines R&D Awards - New York Energy Storage Engine Projects. This funding will support the development of an innovative "Dry coating method for lithium-ion battery anodes". ★

November, 2024	Our work has received the Best Paper Award at the ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2024). ★

August, 2024	Our collaborative work has been published in the esteemed journal of Nano Energy [Link]. 👍

June, 2024	Multi-axis robotic cold spraying capability has been deployed at SEMI Lab. ★

April, 2024	We have successfully established a "Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing Cell" at RPI ★

Feb, 2024	Our lab has become a part of DARPA-SENSE project to develop "smart metallic structures". ★
Jan 1, 2024	Dr. Akin has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. ★
Oct 26, 2023	Dr. Akin gave a seminar at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on "Spray-based Additive Manufacturing of Functional Smart Surfaces".
May 20, 2023	Dr. Akin received the Early Career Travel Award by the NSF to attend NAMRC/MSEC 2023.
May 20, 2023	Dr. Akin was selected as one of the winners of the International Research Awards on Computer Aided Design in Mechanical Engineering.
March 21, 2023	Dr. Akin received the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award by the CoE at Purdue University.👍
Dec 23, 2022	Dr. Akin was selected as one of the winners of the Italian Packaging Technology Awards.