Semih Akin

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York, United States

About

*Additive manufacturing, Cold Spray, Printed electronics, CFD, Nanotechnology, Energy harvesting

Experience

  • Affiliated Faculty at Center for Smart Convergent Manufacturing Systems (CSCMS)
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Purdue University (6 yrs 5 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      Dec 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Lecturer, Ward A. Lambert Fellow
      Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 · 5 mos

      ME 354 Machine Design

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2019 - Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      ME 352: Machine Design I ME 452: Machine Design II

  • Internship at OYAK RENAULT
    Sep 2012 - Jun 2013 · 10 mos

    Intern at the OYAK-RENAULT AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, TURKEY *Assisted a project from concept through to minimize quality errors of the vehicle batteries. *Collected and analyzed data on quality errors of the vehicle batteries. *Designed the software for quality control of the vehicles. *Designed the CAD and FEA models of the brake system.