Engineering/Technology Archives

Jul 10, 2019
  • Ken Buday

PIRATE PROJECT

East Carolina University engineering students faced a daunting task. They had to come up with a way to flip a 1,600-pound piece of wood. But this was no ordinary piece...

Jun 19, 2019
  • Ken Buday

WILD RESEARCH

Growing up in Pitt County, Dr. Randall Etheridge had heard of Lake Mattamuskeet but admits he didn’t know much about its environmental importance. Shortly after arriving at East Carolina University...

ECU Baja team captain Evan Diener tests the buggy at the Blackjack Mx Off Road Park. (Contributed photos)
May 10, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

BAJA REBORN

Even in high school, Evan Diener was interested in building a Baja buggy. “I had seen this program at other colleges, and it was something I was really interested in,”...

Pirate Profile: Andrew Griffin
May 06, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Andrew Griffin

One challenge is just not enough for East Carolina University senior Andrew Griffin. Griffin, who graduated May 3, earned a degree in information and computer technology with a concentration in...

May 02, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

Graduate profile: Trina Locklear

Trina Locklear has had a full plate while working toward a master’s degree in software engineering at East Carolina University. Locklear, a Robeson County native and a member of the...

Researcher on arctic ice
Apr 26, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

SUCCESS IN THE ARCTIC

Changes seen in the Arctic climate have a direct impact on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes experienced in eastern North Carolina. That is why Dan Dickerson, an East Carolina...

East Carolina University professor Xin Hu shares his cell imaging research with attendees at the biomaterials research cluster launch event held at Research and Creative Achievement Week. The new cluster focuses on engineered materials that can be used for joint replacements, heart valves, surgical sutures or ligament replacements, among others.
Apr 18, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NEW RESEARCH CLUSTER

Researchers are putting a focus on biomaterials with the launch of East Carolina University’s newest research cluster. On April 5, the university launched its biomaterials research cluster as part of...

Mar 28, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

ARCTIC ADVENTURE

Snow sensors developed by students and faculty at East Carolina University to aid in climate change research will soon make their way to the Arctic with Dr. Dan Dickerson. Dickerson,...

The Department of Construction Management’s Dr. George Wang is researching the feasibility of using recycled concrete and other alternative materials to make new concrete. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 04, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

CONCRETE SOLUTIONS

An East Carolina University construction management professor and a local construction company have teamed up in search of a solution to a problem facing the North Carolina Department of Transportation...

ECU and Wells Fargo officials cut the ribbon on four new CNC machines funded in part by the Wells Fargo Foundation. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 11, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

HAAS IN THE HIGH BAY

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has officially launched the first phase of an effort to create a unique advanced manufacturing lab in the high bay of the...