Engineering/Technology Archives

Sep 19, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

ECU remains a top college in 2024 U.S. News rankings

East Carolina University is a top five school in North Carolina in best public schools and top 10 in the state in all national university categories in U.S. News & World...

Behzad Zeinolabedini, an East Carolina University engineering graduate student, interned with LS Cable & System USA as part of a unique pollution prevention program through ECU's Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering.
Sep 18, 2023
  • Ken Buday

PREVENTING POLLUTION

At a large manufacturing plant outside the small town of Tarboro, East Carolina University student Behzad Zeinolabedini looks toward the ceiling. Amid the spooling strands of copper wire that will...

Sep 06, 2023
  • Ken Buday

ECU engineering student spends summer repairing medical equipment in Uganda

Rolando Rosado returned to East Carolina University this fall with perspective from a summer spent helping people and saving lives. The junior engineering student participated in the Engineering World Health...

Graphic of student wearing purple shirt and ECU tie with a name tag that says,
Aug 17, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

CAREER INSIGHT

Over the summer, 20 East Carolina University undergraduates took part in the rewarding and impactful SECU Public Fellows Internship program. The internship program places undergrads with government and nonprofit organizations...

East Carolina University psychology major Jasmine Johnson uses her computer science experience to assist One Place with an important database project that benefits the community.
Aug 17, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

ONE PLACE

Going from a mostly online, data- and coding-focused environment to an in-person environment that deals with human emotion and well-being can be a hard transition to make. But rising East...

East Carolina University graduate student Michael Moody captured this drone image showing Sugarloaf Island and Morehead City’s waterfront in November 2022.
Aug 15, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

DISAPPEARING ISLAND

There’s nothing like being at the beach in the summer. The sun is shining, the water is sparkling and the science is flowing. Yes, summertime at the beach is synonymous...

Students compile data from water samples in ECU’s Community Science Camp in Graham Building.
Aug 01, 2023
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Michael Rudd

SUMMER CAMP

While East Carolina University students have been away from campus, faculty members welcomed K-12 summer campers who explored college life and a range of interests from technology to music. Students...

East Carolina University sign when entering campus.
Jul 27, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

HISTORIC PHILANTHROPY

Donors contributed nearly $100 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2022-23, making it the most successful fiscal year fundraising endeavor of the comprehensive Pursue Gold campaign and...

Jul 20, 2023
  • Ken Buday

New name emphasizes cybersecurity in ECU’s ICT program

The Information and Computer Technology program at East Carolina University is getting a new name that more accurately reflects the importance and relevance of cybersecurity in its concentrations. The new...

Jun 26, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Student: William Bauer

William Bauer left his campus tour of East Carolina University knowing it was the school for him. “Really, I think it was the campus that made me choose it. I’m...