Alumnus Dr. Timothy C. Lieuwen Named Interim Georgia Tech President
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Double Jacket Tim Lieuwen, MS ME 97, PhD ME 99, has been named interim president of Georgia Tech by the University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue, effective Nov. 1, 2026.
A proud alumnus, Lieuwen has spent more than 25 years at the Institute, serving in multiple roles. He currently serves as the executive vice president for Research at Georgia Tech. He has served as executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute. He has also served as the interim chair of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.
Expert in Clean Energy, Propulsion
Lieuwen’s expertise is in clean energy and propulsion systems, fluid mechanics, combustion, and acoustics. Among his many recognitions, he has been elected an International Fellow by the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Engineering, named a Regents’ Professor, named the David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair at Georgia Tech, and he has received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal, the society’s highest honor, which he donated to the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
President Cabrera’s Next Chapter
In June 2026, Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera, MS Psy 93, PhD Psy 95, announced that he had been selected to lead the Aspen Institute as the organization’s next president and CEO. Cabrera, who became the second alumnus to lead Georgia Tech when he joined in 2019, has overseen a period of record growth at the Institute. Research expenditures have grown to a record $1.5 billion, enrollment has grown to nearly 57,000, and Georgia Tech’s Transforming Tomorrow campaign has surpassed its $2 billion goal.In July 2026, the Board of Regents of USG named members of the Georgia Institute of Technology Presidential Search Committee, which is conducting a national search for a new permanent president.
