
Sevki Cesmeci, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Georgia Southern University, 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 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 University hosted its annual Gratitude Gala to recognize key donors for their longtime support of institutional initiatives.

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 Georgia Southern University, Cesmeci was one of only 10 individuals across the United States to earn the award.

Georgia Southern University 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.


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


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.