Sustainability Archives

A man at left in a purple shirt holds a guage and points out readings to a female college student at center and a woman in a purple shirt at right as they sit in an office.
Oct 23, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Pollution Prevention Grant

East Carolina University’s Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) received validation of its work to prevent pollution through a new $652,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The...

A woman in a brown jacket at right smiles as she speaks with a man wearing a blue shirt with pink flamingos as they sit at a table in a classroom.
Aug 06, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Sustainable Summer

Pollution doesn’t take a summer vacation. That’s why the East Carolina University Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) has been busy putting on webinars, technical courses and workshops...

Fifteen people stand on steps in front of a building.
Jan 07, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Pollution Prevention Grant

The East Carolina University Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) has received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to enhance sustainability and prevent pollution in North Carolina...

Jul 30, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Going Green

Parker Primus didn’t want to make a miniature wind turbine. He wanted to make the best wind turbine. “I’m kind of a competitive person,” said Primus, a rising seventh grader...

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...

Apr 02, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Ray of Energy

East Carolina University mechanical engineering graduate student Emre Bal puts his career goals simply. “I want to apply my knowledge to real-life problems and save more energy, save forests and...

Oct 18, 2023
  • Ken Buday

TARGETING POLLUTION

One person’s trash is another, well, is everybody’s problem. East Carolina University’s Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) recognizes that and aims to help companies and manufacturers reduce...

Jul 31, 2023
  • Ken Buday

GREEN ROOM

Amid all the wires, panels and connectors, Liliana Sherman had the best piece of equipment possible as she worked on a solar energy experiment inside a lab at East Carolina...

May 11, 2023
  • Jules Norwood
  • Ken Buday

ENERGY ENGINE

Two multi-institutional teams involving East Carolina University faculty members have been awarded $1 million each from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program to create economic, societal and technological...

Feb 03, 2023
  • Ken Buday
  • Ronnie Woodward

WATER QUALITY RESEARCH

A team of East Carolina University researchers will explore how capped animal waste lagoons may affect water quality thanks to a new grant. Dr. Guy Iverson, assistant professor of environmental...

Back to top