Jethro Libutan
When incoming Pirate Jethro Libutan steps on campus this fall, he’ll start his career at East Carolina University with a following – it just won’t be physically joining him in...
Engineering/Technology Archives
Lauren Humann
All good things come to those who wait. For Keri Elizabeth Humann of Rockingham, that adage turned out to be true. She called her daughter, 18-year-old Lauren Humann, to let...
Matthew Geib
For Hillsborough’s Matthew Geib, attending East Carolina University wasn’t on his radar. But after meeting some of the university’s top students, he will be coming to Greenville as part of...
ECU students avoid chickens, place second at game design competition
The chickens are angry. Farmers take their eggs and coop them up all day. They’re tired of it, and now they’re on the attack. You as a farmer have but...
ECU engineering student receives NSF research fellowship
East Carolina University engineering student Shea Middleton has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF GRFP provides a three-year...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Each year, the UNC Board of Governors selects one professor from each university in the UNC System to receive its Excellence in Teaching Award, which was established in 1994 to...
Engineering student receives prestigious Goldwater scholarship
East Carolina University engineering major Elliot Paul has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar, the most prestigious national undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. More than 1,200...
ECU student wins Palo Alto national cybersecurity competition
When East Carolina University senior Harrison Thaxton decided to enter the Palo Alto Networks national cybersecurity competition, he received some advice from last year’s winner — 2020 ECU graduate Alex...
ECU alumnus makes his mark on Mars
In a manner of speaking, purple and gold are visiting the red planet. Jackson Tucker, an East Carolina University alumnus, had a hand in designing some of the components NASA’s...
ECU professor’s research could impact 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...