| April, 2024 | We have successfully established a "Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing Cell" at RPI ★ |
 Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing and Rapid Deposition Cell at RPI |
| Feb, 2024 | Our lab has become a part of DARPA-SENSE project to develop "smart metallic structures". ★ |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Zhi Cheng Guan has joined our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Zhi! ★ |
| 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. |
