Partner with CEC
At Georgia Southern University, we proudly collaborate with industry, government, and business partners to drive innovation, enhance student success, and contribute to regional and national workforce development.
Our Partnerships Help:
- Understand national workforce trends and align with regional workforce needs
- Identify experiential learning opportunities including internships, co-ops, and capstone projects
- Collaborate on sponsored research involving both faculty and student teams
Ways to Collaborate with CEC
Explore the many impactful ways your organization can engage with our students, faculty, and programs:
- Offer internship. Click here
- Offer co-op positions. Click here
- Sponsor senior design / capstone / course projects. Click here
- Host student and faculty tours at your facility
- Hold information sessions on campus for our engineering and computing students
- Support student organizations and student competitions
- Establish student scholarships. Click here
- Dean’s Corporate Advisory Committee. Click here
For more information about our Industrial & Corporate Relations, contact Dr. Reinhold Gerbsch, Director of Industrial Relations.
Leadership
Reinhold Gerbsch, Ph.D., P.E.
Director of Industrial Relations
912-478-5474
rgerbsch@georgiasouthern.edu
Reinhold Gerbsch is responsible for developing and strengthening relationships with industry, business, and government agencies. His goal is to strengthen economic development and expand student experiential learning opportunities while advancing the College of Engineering and Computing’s role as an engineering, technology, and education leader.
Gerbsch holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, graduate degrees in mechanical engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and held a postdoctoral appointment with the Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.