Engineering/Technology Archives

Nov 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Professor’s research could help save the lives of military personnel

Dr. Teresa Ryan, an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University, has received a $370,000 grant to continue her efforts to help protect military personnel. Ryan...

Nov 22, 2019
  • Ken Buday

KICKING BOT

Preparation paid off for a team of East Carolina University engineering and technology students with a first-place finish at a national robot competition. The members of the robotics team of...

Nov 21, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

GOING HOME AGAIN

The move to college isn’t all about academics. Most students are living on their own for the first time, deciding when to come and go without curfews or parental supervision....

Nov 14, 2019
  • Ken Buday

WASTE NOT

Holly Whitmyer is happy to be out of the classroom. She hasn’t graduated from East Carolina University yet, but she is among seven students tasked with a real-world project that...

Nov 12, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

A HAND UP

When you see Nicholas Hill’s experimental prosthetic hand for the first time, it’s just too easy to crack a joke about the upcoming “Terminator: Dark Fate.” It looks that much...

Oct 29, 2019
  • Ken Buday

MEDICATION APPLICATION

Understanding the side effects of prescription medicine is not always easy. It can be especially troublesome for those who don’t speak English. Maria Alexandra Ortiz, a junior software engineering student...

Oct 28, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Sean Wear

East Carolina University student Sean Wear is a veteran with a passion for industrial engineering. Wear, a senior from Chicago, is majoring in industrial technology with a concentration in mechanical...

Oct 10, 2019
  • Ken Buday

RESEARCH WORK AHEAD

Saving lives and saving money are the main goals of six N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) grants totaling more than $862,000 received by faculty in East Carolina University’s College of...

Sep 20, 2019
  • Ken Buday

A NEW CYBER SPACE

It’s not just what you see in the new cybersecurity lab in the Science and Technology Building at East Carolina University. It’s also what you don’t see. The Department of...

Cliff Hollis | Videography by Rich Klindworth
Sep 16, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Jason Schodt

East Carolina University student Jason Schodt likes to get involved in the community and meet new people. Schodt, a senior from Wake Forest, is double majoring in engineering and music...