Presidential Awards For Excellence In Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Mentoring

1981年，艾金斯博士一到纽约市立大学，就向对科学有浓厚兴趣的高中生和本科生开放了他的研究实验室，他们愿意在学术上和实验室里努力学习。在一群志同道合的教职员工的帮助下，艾金斯博士通过建立结构和界面分析中心(CASI)扩展了这一模式，CASI是一个主要的研究中心和培训实验室，面向初高中学生、高中化学和物理教师以及本科生和研究生。这些努力使城市学院成为美国提供博士学位的领先者之一。给少数族裔学生。在1997-98学年，11名代表不足的少数族裔学生获得了博士学位。在城市学院化学或工程专业。

Upon arriving at The City College of New York in 1981, Dr. Akins opened his research laboratory to both high school students and undergraduates with a keen interest in science, who were willing to work hard both academically and in the laboratory. With the assistance of a cadre of like-minded faculty, Dr. Akins expanded this model by establishing the Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces (CASI), a major research center and training laboratory for high school students in their junior and senior years, high school chemistry and physics teachers, and undergraduate and graduate students. These efforts have led to City College being one of the nation's leaders in providing Ph.Ds. to minority students. During the 1997-98 Academic Year, eleven underrepresented minority students obtained their Ph.Ds. at City College in chemistry or engineering.