Research and Grants Archives

May 03, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

College honors faculty, students for research

The College of Engineering and Technology recognized faculty and students with College Research Awards as the spring semester concluded. The honorees include five faculty members, five graduate students and eight...

Apr 22, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU blast simulator provides opportunities for research

John Benson puts in ear plugs and steps back. Five seconds, 10 seconds and then — BANG. Air bursts through a mylar film membrane and slams through the test chamber...

Apr 12, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU engineering student gets NSF research fellowship

East Carolina University engineering student Shea Middleton has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF GRFP provides a three-year...

Apr 08, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

National lab to support ECU team’s desalination system

A wave to water team from East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has been selected to work with the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research...

Apr 05, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU student earns second in national research poster competition

The idea of a car that drives itself may seem like something for the future, but vehicles with some driver assistance systems are already on the road today. As technology...

Mar 22, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

PIRATES scholars program works through pandemic’s challenges

Two Department of Engineering professors are credited with obtaining a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program. The five-year grant program...

Mar 19, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU’s Department of Computer Science to host research program

The East Carolina University Department of Computer Science has received a grant for a Research Experience for Undergraduates program beginning in May. The paid, 10-week program scheduled from May 17...

Mar 09, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

Research to explore the future of bridge construction

An associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Construction Management is part of two research projects that could shape the way bridges are constructed in North Carolina. Dr. Amin...

Mar 08, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

Research shows effectiveness of new hazard training for firefighters

East Carolina University graduate Don Gray Jr. can list the duties firefighters routinely perform with ease. After all, he is a fire inspector and investigator with the Kannapolis Fire Department....

Mar 02, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

Five engineering professors honored during ECU research awards

Five professors in the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology received recognition during the annual Research & Scholarship Awards. The event honors faculty members throughout the university for...