Prof. Akinwande has been selected as an Inaugural Gordon Moore Inventor Fellow.

https://www.moore.org/article-detail?newsUrlName=gordon-and-betty-moore-foundation-announces-inaugural-moore-inventor-fellows 

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/gordon-moores-foundation-funds-first-of-50-fellows-in-34-million-plan

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2016/11/11/professor-awarded-moore-inventor-fellowship