Research Archives

Jul 20, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU part of state cybersecurity initiative

East Carolina University will work with seven other universities and colleges as part of a $2 million initiative to boost cybersecurity education and research in North Carolina. Issued by the...

Jul 13, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU professor teams up on COVID-19 vaccine research

A statewide COVID-19 research team that included an East Carolina University faculty member determined the vaccine alone may not be enough to end the pandemic. Dr. Raymond Smith III, an...

Jun 25, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU research explores use of recycled masks to reinforce asphalt

They end up in the trash. They end up in waterways. They end up on the ground in parks, at the beach or in yards. Perhaps soon, those disposable medical...

Jun 23, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU-led research team receives UNC System grant

For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina System announced that a team led by an East Carolina University researcher was awarded a grant through the...

Jun 23, 2021
  • Matt Smith

BACK-TO-BACK

For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina System announced that a team led by an East Carolina University researcher was awarded a grant through the...

Jun 21, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU professor developing safety device for road workers

Earlier this month, a road construction worker in Ohio was struck and killed by a car. Last year near Statesville, three road workers were killed when they were struck while...

Jun 08, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU engineering students have acoustic research published

Two East Carolina University undergraduate students had research published through the Acoustical Society of America. Faith Cobb and Nia Wilson, both engineering majors, have been working with Dr. Teresa Ryan,...

Jun 07, 2021
  • Kenneth Buday

ECU program provides financial, academic support for engineering students

Oscar Maldonado grew up watching and later working on the big rigs in his father’s trucking company in Clinton. His passion for trucks and cars grew — he’s the proud...

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...