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Georgia Southern engineering professor selected for Governor’s Teaching Fellows Academic Year Program

Sevki Cesmeci, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, has been selected to take part in the 2025-2026 Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) Academic Year Program in Georgia. This program is designed to provide Georgia’s higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing teaching skills and innovative pedagogies.

Georgia Southern engineering students’ emissions research takes off on national stage

Keeping runways safer: Georgia Southern alumnus receive aircraft safety technology patent

Georgia Southern Mechanical Engineering Professor Valentin Soloiu, Ph.D., and alumnus David Ortegon (‘23) were awarded an aircraft safety patent recognizing them as the creators of a aircraft safety system.

Georgia Southern recognizes longtime donors at annual Gratitude Gala

Çï¿ûÊÓƵ hosted its annual Gratitude Gala to recognize key donors for their longtime support of institutional initiatives.

Georgia Southern engineering professor one of 10 honored with DOE EnergyTech University Prize Faculty Explorers Award

Sevki Cesmeci, Ph.D., was recently honored with the EnergyTech University Prize Faculty Explorers Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions. An associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Cesmeci was one of only 10 individuals across the United States to earn the award.

Georgia Southern selects experienced academic leader Avinandan Mukherjee, Ph.D., as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Çï¿ûÊÓƵ has chosen Avinandan (Avi) Mukherjee, Ph.D., as its next provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. Mukherjee will assume the role on July 1. 

Georgia Southern’s treasured live bald eagle mascot, ‘Freedom,’ passes away

Longtime Georgia Southern faculty member, Brent Feske, Ph.D., named Associate Vice President for Research

Brent Feske, Ph.D., has been named associate vice president for Research in the Office of Research and Economic Development, effective March 1.  

Software donation enhances Georgia Southern’s mechanical engineering research opportunities 

Georgia Southern psychology majors win nationally competitive awards for consecutive years

Students from Georgia Southern’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ psychology program have won nationally competitive travel awards for their research two years in a row.

Heaven Divinity (’24) and Carmen Ford (’24) won the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Social Science and Psychology Conference Travel Awards in 2025 and 2024, respectively.