TEACHING EXCELLENCE
East Carolina University celebrated its faculty during the 2022 University Teaching Awards ceremony Thursday night at the Murphy Center. Chancellor Philip Rogers presided over the night’s festivities, crediting all ECU...
Engineering Archives
ENGINEERING CAPSTONES
More than two dozen teams of engineering students at East Carolina University showcased their senior capstone projects during a symposium on Monday night at the Main Campus Student Center. Projects...
BACK TO SCHOOL
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’...
TRASH TO TREASURE
While some may see trash, others see opportunity. “You want to fully utilize any waste. It’s not waste. It can be a resource,” said Dr. George Wang, chair of East...
ALWAYS LEARNING
Engineers are always learning — even if that learning takes place on a warm afternoon in the middle of a field. A group of engineering students at East Carolina University...
CRACK RESEARCH
An East Carolina University professor is taking a crack — literally — at solving road problems in North Carolina. Dr. Amin Akhnoukh, associate professor in the Department of Construction Management,...
RECRUITING PIRATES
Joe Rist came to Greenville on a recruiting trip. As the sales engineering manager for JASCI and a 2014 East Carolina University graduate in industrial distribution and logistics, he knew...
TEACHING ROBOTICS
An East Carolina University professor has received a nearly $300,000 grant to support robotics education, especially in rural areas. Dr. Rui Wu, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer...
ECU professor receives award from SAE International
An engineering professor and associate dean for research at East Carolina University has received a prestigious award from SAE International, a global association of professionals in the aerospace, automotive and...
ROBOT WORLD
Seymone Gugneja gave a firm command — “Hands up.” The response was immediate — “I surrender.” Gugneja is no police officer. She’s a senior computer science major at East Carolina...