Georgia Southern University

Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art student, Tyler Lund, of Statesboro, Georgia, won first place in the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) 50th Anniversary Logo Contest for students. Lund, a Graphic Communications Management major, was awarded a prize package worth more than $1,000, which included free registration to the ATMAE Conference in Orlando, free admission to Universal Studios, and a one-year subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud. "The intent of my design was to stay clean and simple, yet give the viewer an appealing visual aesthetic. I used the lines and shapes of the background photo to my advantage by wrapping important text to give variation and emphasis to my design while still taking the clean and simple route," said Lund. "To achieve unity within my design, I used two fonts that had many variations giving my design a stronger appeal. The color choice I went with was the same colors from ATMAEs logo, this was once again done with intent of keeping unity throughout the entire piece and maintaining the feel of the association." Entries were judged on their strong visual impact, clear message relevant to the organization and occasion, effective use of text, images and symbols, and positive relationship and flow between elements. Students were required to submit an Illustrator and PDF file along with a brief written explanation of the design's intent.

Lukas Marlow, a scholar in the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program, and engineering student in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing, earned international recognition for his third-place finish in the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE). Each year, IMECE gathers dozens of top researchers from institutions of higher education, government entities and industry to drive innovative engineering solutions for the future. The exposition, which was held in Memphis, Tenn., sought to highlight the necessity of engineering while also recognizing global challenges within the profession.

Georgia Southern University special education majors Kylie Brady and Rebecca Hinrichs are passionate about helping students with disabilities, as well as the studied benefits of appropriate classroom management. Their passions led to a presentation at Harvard University's annual National Collegiate Research Conference, the largest student-run research conference in the country, in January.