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Cameron Smitherman, wearing a camouflaged uniform, stands on the ground in front of the back of an open helicopter that has pallets of boxes of storm relief supplies.
Oct 10, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Above and Beyond

Flying in a Chinook helicopter over the mountains of North Carolina, ECU industrial technology student Cameron Smitherman saw the full scope of Helene’s devastation. “It’s very evident that the storm...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Recognizing Excellence

After working an overnight shift at Bristol Myers Squibb, Essence Anderson doesn’t see the work end. The Clayton resident cares for her parents and siblings, and then hops online to...

Aug 07, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Community Connection

Soon, Noah Gwynn will no longer have to fish for information as farm manager for Classic Seafood Group. He’ll have it right at his fingertips. Gwynn is working with Dr....

Jul 25, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Future of Research

In continuing efforts to study electrical activity in the brain, Dr. Sunghan Kim had a thought to give high school students a glimpse into hands-on university research. “The whole idea...

Jul 16, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Tomorrow’s Technologists

In a world where robots constructed from cardboard boxes battle for ultimate supremacy, Jordan Elliott surmised that his came out on top. “They double-teamed me at the end, but I...

Jul 08, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Summer Sounds

A summer along the North Carolina coast sounded too good to pass up for eight East Carolina University engineering students conducting field work for a research project on near-shore atmospheric...

May 13, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Summer of Research

Three students from East Carolina University’s Department of Engineering have received fellowships through the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and will be spending the summer working at the Naval...

May 04, 2024
  • Ken Buday

A Strong Force

More than 500 graduates of East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology heard their names, crossed a stage and celebrated like they had just destroyed the Death Star during...

Apr 29, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Connecting the Universe

The moon may be nearly 240,000 miles from Earth, but it’s a lot closer in Greenville thanks to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences and some East Carolina University technology...

Apr 22, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Green Heat

While running a natural gas furnace will warm you up on a cold night, it also can warm the earth with greenhouse gas emissions. East Carolina University’s Behzad Zeinolabedini would...