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...
Research and Grants Archives
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Improved safety for UAVs in construction target of grant
Not surprisingly, construction work is among the most hazardous jobs in the United States. A grant awarded to East Carolina University looks to help change that. Dr. Mostafa Namian, assistant...
ECU part of effort to develop global, high-speed research network
The creation of a research data superhighway across the Atlantic Ocean is the subject of a collaborative project that includes East Carolina University. ECU and George Mason University have received...
ECU team to create computer models of infected lungs
A multidisciplinary team of East Carolina University researchers is hoping to gain new insights into the mechanical aspects of breathing and mechanical ventilation based on imaging data from hospitalized COVID-19...