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SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT (9/26/2023) With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important…
PREVENTING POLLUTION (9/18/2023) At a large manufacturing plant outside the small town of Tarboro, East Carolina University student Behzad Zeinolabedini looks toward the ceiling. Amid the spooling strands of copper wire that will…
ON THE JOB (9/15/2023) Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and…
LITTLE STEPS, BIG THINGS (9/11/2023) Pablo Hernández didn’t know English. He learned it. His parents didn’t go to college. He did. Growing up in Venezuela, he came to America, accepting an unpaid internship, knowing it…

 

Computer Science
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT (9/26/2023) With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important…
ON THE JOB (9/15/2023) Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and…
BYTES OF RESEARCH (6/14/2023) In a quiet lab on the second floor of East Carolina University’s Science and Technology Building, nine students study computer screens and tap away at keyboards. They’re seeking ways to…
SPECIAL DAY (5/5/2023) A sea of purple-clad Pirates walked into Minges Coliseum to be honored as new graduates of East Carolina University. The College of Engineering and Technology hosted its 2023 Spring Graduate…

 

Construction Management
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT (9/26/2023) With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important…
ON THE JOB (9/15/2023) Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and…
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (7/6/2023) The opportunity to visit the Netherlands and learn about how other nations are building with sustainability drew three East Carolina University construction management students to HAN University’s International Week. Stavros…
DRONES FOR DOT (6/7/2023) A team of East Carolina University researchers has shown how the N.C. Department of Transportation can use unmanned aerial vehicles to increase safety and efficiency. Dr. Zhen Zhu, associate professor…

 

Engineering
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT (9/26/2023) With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important…
PREVENTING POLLUTION (9/18/2023) At a large manufacturing plant outside the small town of Tarboro, East Carolina University student Behzad Zeinolabedini looks toward the ceiling. Amid the spooling strands of copper wire that will…
ON THE JOB (9/15/2023) Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and…
HELPING PEOPLE, SAVING LIVES (9/7/2023) Rolando Rosado returned to East Carolina University this fall with perspective from a summer spent helping people and saving lives. The junior engineering student participated in the Engineering World Health…

 

Technology Systems
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT (9/26/2023) With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important…
ON THE JOB (9/15/2023) Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and…
HAPPY CAMPERS (8/8/2023) Middle and high school students from five economically distressed tier 1 North Carolina counties made up the STEMx training and hackathon youth camp in the Department of Technology Systems. The…
GREEN ROOM (7/31/2023) Amid all the wires, panels and connectors, Liliana Sherman had the best piece of equipment possible as she worked on a solar energy experiment inside a lab at East Carolina…

 

Research and Grants
PREVENTING POLLUTION (9/18/2023) At a large manufacturing plant outside the small town of Tarboro, East Carolina University student Behzad Zeinolabedini looks toward the ceiling. Amid the spooling strands of copper wire that will…
HOT TOPIC (7/26/2023) It seems entirely appropriate that engineering graduate student Kenneth Weddle will soon be leaving East Carolina University for a job in Arizona. You see, he’s been dealing with heat for…
TEMP JOB (6/30/2023) A team of East Carolina University researchers has completed installation of a new air temperature profile monitoring system on two sites at the Coastal Studies Institute at ECU’s Outer Banks…
TREATMENT PLAN (6/22/2023) Dressed in a neon orange vest and hard hat, East Carolina University engineering student Ariel Lineberger grabs a shovel, spreading gravel that will be the base of a pool in…