Progress Issue 5
Welcome to the new online version of Progress, the magazine of the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing. We are approaching 10,000 subscribers, and as we are the College of Engineering and Computing, we think online is the way to go! This issue features three of our first female engineering graduates, a recent student success story, two of our pre-eminent female faculty, as well as one of our most influential female industry/business collaborations. Welcome to the Women of Engineering and Computing issue of Progress!
- Welcome to the New Magazine!
Welcome to the first digital issue of Progress. I am especially excited that this issue is focusing on the Women in the fields of Engineering and Computing, and being published during Women’s History Month. You may not know that for the past […] - Student Success – Gracia Dardano, BS MechE ’20
Gracia Dardano hanging out with friends in N95 masks In her final semester as a senior Mechanical Engineering major at Georgia Southern, Gracia Dardano Castro was not only taking 16 credit hours of courses, she was also interviewing for jobs, serving as […] - Georgia Southern College of Engineering Partnership Success Story
When Lee Brandon, a successful inventor, and creator of the patented AB-Inforcer® core biofeedback and spine stabilization training system, wanted to make strategic improvements to her internationally acclaimed system, she approached the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Georgia […] - Liz Majestic, BS MechE ’13
Liz Majestic, one of the first female B.S. in Mechanical Engineering graduates from Georgia Southern, loves a challenge. Even as an undergrad, she says her favorite professor was tough. Dr. [Aniruddha] Mitra was a challenging professor but in a good way. He […] - JingJing Qing, Assistant Professor, Manufacturing Engineering, Studies in Metallurgy
Jingjing Qing came to Georgia Southern from the Materials Research Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is a metallurgist with expertise in cast iron solidification, ferrous metallography, and materials characterization using electron microscopies. An assistant professor in the Department […] - Sade Trammell, BSCE ’13
Like many engineers, Sade Trammell loves learning. Even now, more than seven years after graduating from Georgia Southern’s first Civil Engineering cohort, she reads all the time via Audible®. This works well in her current job with Norfolk Southern as Supervisor of […] - Lixin Li, Spatiotemporal Interpolation Methods
Dr. Lixin Li is a tenured full professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia Southern. She started at Georgia Southern immediately upon receiving her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003. Dr. Li is married […] - Azell Francis, BS MechE ’13
Azell Francis, BS MechE 2013 Magna cum Laude, with minors in Management and International Studies, Honors Program MS Applied Engineering 2015, and graduate certificate in Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance. If you ever have the good fortune of meeting Azell Francis, you […]
| March 27 | Eagle Preview and virtual tour for accepted students on Gatherly platform (To register click on: https://discover.georgiasouthern.edu/register/cecmarch27) |
| April 2 | Virtual tour for accepted students of Paulson College of Engineering & Computing on Gatherly platform (To register click on: https://discover.georgiasouthern.edu/register/cecapril2) |
| April 16 | Virtual tour for accepted students of Paulson College of Engineering & Computing on Gatherly platform (To register click on: https://discover.georgiasouthern.edu/register/cecapril16) |
| April 23 | College Corporate Advisory Committee meeting College Virtual Student Research Symposium (https://cec.georgiasouthern.edu/our/symposium/) |
| May 8 | 10am, Savannah Convention Center – Commencement Ceremony for students from colleges including the Paulson College of Engineering & Computing |
| May 12 | 9am, Paulson Stadium, Statesboro – Commencement Ceremony for undergraduate students from CBaSS and Paulson College of Engineering & Computing |
| May 13 | 9am, Paulson Stadium, Statesboro – Commencement Ceremony for graduate students |
| Sept 24 | proposed date for 2021 PCEC Golf Tournament |
Last updated: 9/10/2021
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