2026

• Prof. Erturk and collaborators receive the Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award from the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems Division (for Ananya’s 2025 paper).
• An SSDSL article in Physical Review Applied is selected as an Editor’s Suggestion.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the 35th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies in Hong Kong.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited talk at KOZWAVES 2026, the 7th Australasian Conference on Wave Science.
• SSDSL gives an invited talk at the 190th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL and collaborators contribute invited talks to the 1st International Conference on Metamaterials (METAMAT) and to the 16th META Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to the APS Global Physics Summit.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.
• SSDSL and collaborators contribute a presentation to the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting.
• SSDSL and collaborators contribute a presentation to the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting.

2025

• Prof. Erturk is elected an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the 6th International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Applications in Hong Kong.
• Prof. Erturk gives a distinguished lecture at Pennsylvania State University.
• SSDSL gives an invited talk at the 34th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies.
• SSDSL contributes seven presentations to the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting.
• Nima receives a student presentation award at the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Meeting.
• SSDSL contributes to ASME SMASIS, NODYCON, and the APS Global Physics Summit.
• SSDSL contributes conference papers to the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Forum Acusticum/Euronoise, the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Control, and the IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology.
• Sonali completes an M.S. thesis on a hybrid piezoelectric-servomotor-actuated robotic fish and joins Rivian.
• Sai joins IIT Hyderabad as a tenure-track assistant professor.
• Chongan joins the University of Maryland – College Park as a postdoctoral researcher.

2024

• SSDSL receives the ASME Best Paper Award in Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Control (for Mustafa’s 2023 paper).
• Prof. Erturk serves as the host and chair of the 33rd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies in Atlanta.
• H. Patel and J. Chen receive student presentation recognition at ICAST 2024.
• An SSDSL article in Applied Physics Letters is selected as a featured article.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a plenary lecture at the 8th International Conference on Smart and Nano Materials.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the EUROMECH meeting on Metamaterials and Architected Materials for Novel Energy Harvesting Solutions.
• Prof. Erturk gives invited talks at ASME IDETC and ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes eight presentations to the 33rd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes a paper to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• Prabha joins Apple as noise and vibration engineer.
• SSDSL contributes one presentation each to ASME IMECE, the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, and the Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation.
• Ananya completes his Ph.D. dissertation on underwater acoustic identification tags and joins Apple as acoustic transducer engineer.

2023

• Prof. Erturk becomes Editor-in-Chief of Smart Materials and Structures.
• Prof. Erturk is recognized as a Woodruff School Culture Champion.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at DINAME 2023.
• Prof. Erturk gives an iSmart Distinguished Lecture hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to ASME IMECE.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to NODYCON.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials.
• SSDSL and collaborators contribute conference papers to the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks and the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
• SSDSL and collaborators contribute a presentation to the Gordon Research Conference on the Science of Adhesion.
• Allen and Renan complete their M.S. theses.
• Eetu completes his Ph.D. dissertation on human skull dynamics and joins NASA.
• Mustafa completes his Ph.D. dissertation on programmable piezoelectric metamaterials and joins King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an assistant professor.
• Obaidullah completes his Ph.D. dissertation on nonlinear synthetic-impedance circuits and joins King Abdulaziz University as an assistant professor.
• Alan completes his Ph.D. dissertation on multimodal vibration damping and joins Boeing.
• Renan joins MathWorks.

2022

• Prof. Erturk is named the Carl Ring Family Chair in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
• Prof. Erturk and collaborators receive the Philip E. Doak Award from the Journal of Sound and Vibration (for Chris’ 2017 paper).
• Prof. Erturk delivers a plenary lecture at the Argentine Congress of Computational Mechanics.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the International Conference on Acoustics and Vibration.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited talk at the International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies.
• SSDSL gives an invited talk at the 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL contributes four papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes four presentations to the U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• SSDSL contributes two additional presentations to the 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL contributes presentations to PowerMEMS, the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, the European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, and the International Workshop on Piezoelectric Materials and Applications in Actuators.
• SSDSL hosts high-school teachers and students through Georgia Tech CEISMC’s GIFT program.
• Chris joins Stevens Institute of Technology as a tenure-track assistant professor.
• Ahmed Joins MIT as a postdoctoral researcher.

2021

• Prof. Erturk is named an Invited Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at KAIST.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a plenary lecture at PowerMEMS.
• Prof. Erturk delivers keynote lectures at the International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Applications, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, and DINAME.
• SSDSL contributes seven papers to the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
• SSDSL contributes three papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
• SSDSL contributes presentations to ASME IMECE, ASME IDETC, and the American Physical Society Fall Meeting.
• SSDSL research on the skull-brain system is featured in the Georgia Tech President’s Annual Report and multiple research and science-news outlets.
• SSDSL research on a multifunctional trout-like piezoelectric robotic fish receives international media coverage.
• Mohid and Herit complete their M.S. theses.
• Ahmed completes his Ph.D. dissertation and later joins the University of Cincinnati as an assistant professor.
• Herit joins NASA JPL.

2020

• Prof. Erturk is elected a Fellow of SPIE.
• Prof. Erturk receives the James W. Dally Young Investigator Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics.
• Chris receives the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award.
• Yiwei completes her Ph.D. dissertation and joins Exponent.
• SSDSL contributes five presentations to SEM IMAC.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
• SSDSL contributes presentations to ASME QNDE, the Society of Engineering Science Virtual Technical Meeting, and the Society for Experimental Mechanics International Congress.

2019

• Prof. Erturk is promoted to Professor and named the Woodruff Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
• Prof. Erturk is selected to receive the James W. Dally Young Investigator Award.
• Prof. Erturk delivers an Institute Lecture at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a plenary lecture at the International Workshop on Piezoelectric Materials and Applications in Actuators.
• SSDSL gives invited talks at the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting and the Acoustical Society of America Fall Meeting.
• SSDSL contributes five papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to Phononics.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations each to the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting and ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes presentations to ASME IDETC, the AmeriMech Symposium on Nonreciprocal and Topological Wave Phenomena, the Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, and the International Interdisciplinary Chaos Symposium.
• Chris and Adriane complete their Ph.D. dissertations.
• Adriane receives an NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship at the Air Force Research Laboratory.
• Yiwei receives third place in the Phononics Student Presentation Competition.

2018

• Prof. Erturk is elected a Senior Member of SPIE and named a Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow.
• Prof. Erturk delivers a keynote lecture at the International Energy Harvesting Workshop–China.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited lecture at the PowerMEMS School.
• SSDSL contributes five papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes a presentation to the European Fluid Mechanics Conference.
• Yiwei receives second place in the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound Student Paper Competition.
• Ellen receives the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award.
• Serife joins the University of Michigan as a tenure-track assistant professor.
• Ellen joins Apple as a noise and vibration engineer.
• Bharat completes an M.S. thesis and joins Tesla.
• Prof. Erturk begins serving as an Invited Adjunct Professor at Politecnico di Milano.

2017

• Prof. Erturk is elected a Fellow of ASME.
• Prof. Erturk receives the ASME C.D. Mote Jr. Early Career Award.
• An SSDSL article receives the ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award (for Serife’s 2016 paper).
• An SSDSL article in Smart Materials and Structures is selected as a featured article.
• Prof. Erturk gives keynote lectures at ASME IDETC and the Workshop on Probabilistic Prognostics and Health Management of Energy Systems.
• SSDSL contributes seven papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes five papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes three presentations to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes papers to the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology and the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials.
• SSDSL contributes invited talks to the SIAM Dynamical Systems Conference and the Joint IEEE ISAF-IWATMD-PFM Conference.
• David receives first place in the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound Student Paper Competition.
• Serife and Ellen complete their Ph.D. dissertations.
• Prof. Erturk is named a Woodruff Faculty Fellow and receives the Georgia Tech Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award.

2016

• Prof. Erturk is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
• Prof. Erturk receives the TASSA Young Scholar Award.
• SSDSL contributes seven papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes five papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes papers to the International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies and IEEE Sensors.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited lecture at the PowerMEMS School.
• Serife wins the symposium-level Best Student Paper Award at ASME SMASIS.
• Chris receives second place in the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound Student Paper Competition.
• The Chinese edition of Prof. Erturk’s book Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting is published.
• An SSDSL article is included in the Smart Materials and Structures “Highlights of 2015” collection.
• Shima joins Virginia Tech as a tenure-track assistant professor.
• Stephen joins Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

2015

• Prof. Erturk receives the ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award.
• An SSDSL article becomes the inaugural recipient of the ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award.
• An SSDSL article in Smart Materials and Structures is selected as a featured article and included in the journal’s “Highlights of 2015.”
• Prof. Erturk delivers a plenary lecture at the Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop.
• SSDSL contributes six papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes three papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the TMS Middle East–Mediterranean Materials Congress.
• Shima and Stephen complete their Ph.D. dissertations.
• Shima and Stephen receive second and third place awards in the ASME IDETC Student Paper Competition.
• Shima receives honorable mention in the ASME/SPIE Best Student Paper Competition.

2014

• SSDSL contributes seven papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes one paper each to ASME IMECE, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, and ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• SSDSL contributes a presentation to the Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Localization, and Energy Transfer.
• Sihong receives the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best M.S. Thesis Award.
• Two SSDSL articles are included in the Smart Materials and Structures “Highlights of 2013” collection.
• An SSDSL article is included in the Bioinspiration and Biomimetics “Highlights of 2013” collection.

2013

• Prof. Erturk receives an NSF CAREER Award in Dynamical Systems.
• Two SSDSL articles in Smart Materials and Structures are selected as featured articles.
• SSDSL contributes three papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes three papers to the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference.
• SSDSL contributes three papers to SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
• SSDSL contributes two papers to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes a paper to the International Congress on Acoustics.
• SSDSL contributes two presentations to the Acoustical Society of America Fall Meeting.
• SSDSL contributes a presentation to the American Physical Society March Meeting.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited presentation at the Acoustical Society of America Fall Meeting.
• Prof. Erturk offers short courses at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Conference and the IIMEC Winter School on Computational Materials Science.
• Sihong and Algan complete their M.S. theses.

2012

• SSDSL contributes six papers to ASME SMASIS.
• SSDSL contributes a paper to ASME IDETC.
• SSDSL contributes a paper to the International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited talk at the Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) Conference.
• Prof. Erturk gives an invited talk at the NSF International Workshop on Smart and Resilient Transportation Infrastructure.
• Prof. Erturk offers a short course at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Conference.
• Sihong receives the conference-level Best Student Paper Award at ASME SMASIS.
• Lejun completes an M.S. thesis on fish-like locomotion using flexible piezoelectric composites.
• Prof. Erturk is named a Georgia Tech Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow.