Engineering/Technology Archives

A large stone sign welcomes people to ECU's campus.
Aug 21, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Summer internships allow Pirates to gain experience

Every summer, East Carolina University students gain real-world experience and apply what they’ve learned in the classroom at an internship. The following stories highlight eight summer experiences that ECU students...

Aug 21, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Dylan Ramirez-Zarate, construction management, Consigli Construction

East Carolina University senior Dylan Ramirez-Zarate spent his summer in New York City, but not on Broadway or Wall Street. Instead, the construction management major and New York native interned...

Aug 12, 2025
  • Ken Buday

K-12 teachers dive into STEM at ECU symposium

As Shantres Clark dripped clear liquid into a test tube and watched it turn red, ideas bounced around in her head. “I’m thinking of a lesson right now,” said Clark,...

Jul 28, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

These classes give ECU students the coolest schedule

East Carolina University students can choose from hundreds of classes when they make their schedule for each semester and a handful may cause a second glance when looking through the...

Jul 08, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU tech labs getting a half-million-dollar upgrade

Network and internet connectivity are part of everything, from how businesses succeed to even how you wash your clothes. That’s just one reason labs and classrooms in the East Carolina...

A man in a neon yellow construction shirt and white hard hat holds a nail gun to the floor of the Whichard building on campus.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Summer 2025 Campus Construction Roundup

This summer, crews and contractors at East Carolina University are busy working on old buildings and putting up new ones, with the goal of providing safe, modern and spacious facilities...

Two men, one at left in a purple shirt and the other in a green shirt, stand next to a large machine that prints three-dimensional objects while holding prosthetic foot attachments.
Jun 24, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU engineering students help develop prototype to support amputees in Africa

East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...

Several students wearing pink and sitting in a row look up at someone on a stage and smile.
Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants

Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Marquise Webb

Major: Information and cybersecurity technology Hometown: Raleigh Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU for its ROTC program...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Marquise Webb

Major: Information and cybersecurity technology Hometown: Raleigh Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU for its ROTC program...