Kenneth Buday Archives

Three young women, the one in the middle with a purple graduation gown holding flowers, smile and embrace as they pose for a photograph.
Dec 13, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Graduation Celebration

Carlos Schwarzbauer watched as his oldest daughter, Yordana Schwarzbauer, posed for a picture with her younger sisters. “She’s my baby. I’m going to cry again,” he said. Yordana Schwarzbauer had...

A young woman wearing a purple graduation gown stands at left with her arms crossed next to a young man in a purple graduation gown standing with his arms crossed.
Dec 11, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Twice as Nice

It’s not that twins Sydney and Charlie Bosworth do everything together — well, except for attending the same university, deciding on the same major and graduating on the same day....

Two young men, one in a short-sleeved shirt and the other in a hooded sweatshirt, sit at a table and look at a laptop computer.
Dec 09, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Cyber Success

A team of East Carolina University students finished in the top 2% of the country during the National Cyber League’s national cybersecurity competition Nov. 8-10. “We’re thrilled with our standing...

A young woman smiles as she looking through the opening of a metal container.
Dec 02, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Engineering Exhibited

Students exhibited the very definition of engineering during East Carolina University’s Department of Engineering Capstone Symposium in the Main Campus Student Center. “There’s always going to be something to go...

A man in a purple and white shirt stands at a podium and speaks to people who are sitting in front of him.
Nov 27, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Research Showcase

Researchers in the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology (CET) highlighted their work on military projects that can save lives and save money as part of the CET...

A smiling man in a black shirt uses a small wrench to fasten two pieces of metal.
Nov 20, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Bot Battle

A team of East Carolina University students placed second in the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) national robotics competition Oct. 28-31 in Las Vegas. The finish continued...

A man wearing a brown sport coat and white shirt sits at a desk in an office in front of two computer screens with an empty glass mug on the desk in front of him.
Nov 15, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Lifetime Achievement

Brian Dietrick, teaching assistant professor in the East Carolina University Department of Computer Science, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology. “I...

Four people wearing ECU construction hard hats sit at a table and sign documents.
Nov 11, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Signing Day

Signing day is known as the day high school athletes commit to play for a particular university. Last week at East Carolina University, four construction management students put pen to...

Dr. Jerry Gao, wearing a dark sport coat, gestures as he stands and speaks while a person sits at a table in front of him.
Nov 07, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Welcome Aboard

For Dr. Jerry Gao, construction is part of his DNA. “Both of my parents started their first jobs as construction laborers when they were teenagers,” said Gao, the new chair...

A woman wearing a black shirt sitting at a table gestures with her hand in the air as she talks to another woman sitting at the table with orange, black, yellow and white balloons in the background.
Nov 01, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Peer Project

When East Carolina University computer science student Qanitah Danial began searching for an internship, she didn’t know where to turn. “I had a terrible experience because I was running across...