College News Archives

Aug 09, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU engineering alumnus supports military through work at FRC East

John Hinson left East Carolina University as a member of the school’s second graduating class of engineers in 2009. This month, he’s celebrating 10 years of employment with the Fleet...

Aug 09, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ENGINEERING SUCCESS

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) in an...

Aug 07, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU student named a Google Women Techmakers Scholar

An East Carolina University computer science major has been named a Google Women Techmakers Scholar. Tiffany Nguyen, a senior from Cary, will receive $10,000 for the upcoming academic year. She...

Aug 01, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU students study construction methods in Europe

From ancient sites to new-era buildings, a group of East Carolina University construction management students experienced it all during a recent study abroad trip to Italy and the Netherlands. The...

Jul 30, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

CMAA NC creates scholarship for construction management

The North Carolina chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA NC) presented $25,000 to Dr. Harry Ploehn, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, for an endowed...

Jul 23, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU students, professor receive honors at ASSP national conference

Two students and a professor from the College of Engineering and Technology represented East Carolina University at the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) national Professional Development Conference and Exposition...

Jul 16, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU dean hears first-hand account of Apollo 11 moon mission

In a glass display case at the entrance to the Greenville home of Larry and Fran Nichols rests a scale model of the Apollo 11 lunar module that first landed...

Jul 12, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

PIRATE PROJECT

East Carolina University engineering students faced a daunting task. They had to come up with a way to flip a 1,600-pound piece of wood. But this was no ordinary piece...

Jul 02, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU student, professor receive honors for paper

An East Carolina University student and a professor in the Department of Engineering received honors at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida....

Jun 26, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

STEM camp designed to help students solve problems

Three years ago, Meredith Warren saw a story about a person with dementia who had wandered away and gotten lost. Since then, the Greene County High School junior has been...