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Staff Highlight: Dylan Winstead
Cultivating Growth on the ECU Outer Banks Campus Late last summer, Dylan Winstead was finally able to call the Outer Banks home. Some might call it a full-circle moment- after all, his middle name is Banks, which was chosen by his parents to commemorate their first...
New Sensing Platform Assists Local Oyster Farmers
Water currents are now affecting aquaculture operations in more than one way at a local Outer Banks oyster lease. While a balanced flow of water has always delivered essential nutrients to oysters and assisted with their shell growth, currents are now also powering a...
From K to Gray
One need not be enrolled at East Carolina University to take advantage of programs on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. While there are undergraduate and graduate students taking classes and conducting research onsite, the Coastal Studies Institute provides both free and...
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A Bigger Vision
The Coastal Studies Institute is one facet of ECU’s Outer Banks Campus, which brings together scientists and researchers across ECU and integrates the fields of engineering, health, natural, and social sciences. CSI and the ECU Outer Banks Campus are dedicated to transdisciplinary research, high-quality academic programs, and meaningful community engagement, using an interdisciplinary approach and scientific advances to provide effective solutions to complex problems while helping coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies thrive.
The ECU Outer Banks campus is home to the Coastal Studies Institute.
Based at the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP) advances inter-disciplinary marine energy solutions across UNC System partner colleges of engineering at NC State University, UNC Charlotte, and NC A&T University. Click on the links below for more information.
