Research and Grants Archives

Feb 22, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

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...

Oct 08, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

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...

Sep 02, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

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...

Jul 06, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU database remains important for cancer researchers

What started as a master’s thesis about 10 years ago continues today to be an important database for cancer researchers throughout the world. Dr. Qin Ding, associate professor in the...

Jun 18, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

Grant to help ECU support underserved student researchers

A $400,000 grant will ensure underserved students from across the country will continue to have undergraduate research opportunities at East Carolina University. The National Science Foundation provided the funding for...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU’s Mariah Mook wins research competition

Mariah Mook, a senior mechanical engineering student at East Carolina University, won the undergraduate collegiate research competition at a regional conference of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in Raleigh...

Mar 04, 2020
  • Kenneth Buday

Randall Etheridge receives ECU’s Coastal Scholar Award

Dr. Randall Etheridge, assistant professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Engineering, received the Coastal Scholar Award from the ECU Coastal-Maritime Council (CMC) during the university’s fourth annual Research and...

Dec 09, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU’s Steinbaker earns award from Duke Energy

Griffin Steinbaker, an East Carolina University electrical engineering major, won an award for best undergraduate research poster during Duke Energy Week at Duke University in Durham. The idea behind his...

Dec 02, 2019
  • Kenneth Buday

Engineering students participate in undergraduate research symposium

Twelve students represented East Carolina University’s Department of Engineering at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium Nov. 23 at Duke University. The annual event is designed to...

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....