RESEARCH SHOWCASED
Students from universities in North Carolina and across the U.S. fine-tuned their research skills with a range of projects –from creating useful organic compounds to detecting concussions through virtual reality...
Research Archives
ECU team develops cybersecurity game as learning tool
About 20 computer teaching instructors participated in a high-stakes game of cybersecurity during a Competitive Labs-as-a-Service (CLaaS) workshop Wednesday and Thursday in the College of Engineering and Technology at East...
PACIFIC TRAVELER
Most oceanographers would rather find themselves studying sardines instead of being packed like one, but East Carolina University assistant professor Rebecca Asch squeezed into the research vessel Kilo Moana last...
RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The risk of these diseases is reduced by intake...
Research shows fewer males born in U.S. during periods of stress
It is a common understanding in scientific research that the male species, in general, are frailer and experience higher rates of mortality across their lifespans than females. Now, there is...
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...
DESIGN MATTERS
East Carolina University researchers hope their findings on consumers’ views of packaging design will impact the FDA’s review of a new heated tobacco product expected to be sold in the...
Postdoc researches new treatment targets for pulmonary disease
An East Carolina University researcher is investigating new ways to treat a disease that disproportionately affects African Americans and women in the Southeast. Eman Soliman, a postdoctoral scholar in the...
HEELING IS HEALING
Brent Carpenter says he sometimes feels like a duck out of water, but research at East Carolina University is helping him get back in his element by learning to sail....
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION
An East Carolina University associate professor will travel to Zambia next year to assist in water quality testing of the African nation’s groundwater system. Alex Manda, a hydrogeologist in the...