Saltwater Sounds

Saltwater Sounds

Dec 6, 2025 | CSI Latest News, Fisheries Ecology Lab

Rahdiaz Delvillar, most often referred to as Ray, grew up on the North Carolina coast. His time spent fishing, boating, and keeping aquariums as a child connected him to estuarine habitats and the species that utilize them. As an adult, he continued to lean into these...
Interesting Internships

Interesting Internships

Aug 19, 2025 | Coastal & Oceans Observing Lab, CSI Latest News, Ecology & Biochemistry in Marine Coastal Systems Lab, Fisheries Ecology Lab, Marine Social-Ecological Systems Lab, NCROEP, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab

While younger student campers made their rounds at CSI this summer, a group of twelve undergraduates made the ECU Outer Banks Campus their home for the season. The older students arrived in late May from all over the United States and stayed nearly two months as part...
Integrated Coastal Programs Announces 2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients

Integrated Coastal Programs Announces 2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients

Dec 16, 2024 | Coastal Engineering & Adaptation Lab, Coastal Water Resources Lab, CSI Latest News, Fisheries Ecology Lab, Integrated Coastal Sciences PhD, Renewable Ocean Energy

ECU Integrated Coastal Programs (ICP) is pleased to announce five student scholar awards for the 2024-2025 academic year. Elnaz Pezeshki received the Anja Sjostrom Memorial Scholarship in Coastal Studies, an award that was established in January 2022 after the...

Led by East Carolina University (ECU), The Coastal Studies Institute is a multi-institutional research and educational partnership of the UNC System including North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington, and Elizabeth City State University.

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CSI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

JENNETTE'S PIER WAVE ENERGY TEST CENTER

SMALL-SCALE WAVE TANK

ECU's Integrated Coastal Programs (ECU ICP) is a leader in coastal and marine research, education, and engagement.   ECU ICP includes the Coastal Studies Institute, ECU's Department of Coastal Studies, and ECU Diving and Water Safety.

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The faculty and staff at the Coastal Studies Institute come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, as well as departments and organizations including ECU Department of Biology, ECU Department of Coastal Studies, NC Sea Grant, the North Carolina Renewable Energy Program, and the UNC Institute for the Environment.

MEET THE TEAM

Tour the ECU Outer Banks Campus and learn about the research, education, and engagement projects of CSI and ECU Integrated Coastal Programs through our 360 virtual tour.

VIRTUAL TOUR

The ECU Outer Banks campus is home to the Coastal Studies Institute.
Located on Roanoke Island along the banks of the second largest estuary
in the United States, this coastal campus spans 213 acres of marshes, scrub wetlands, forested wetlands, and estuarine ecosystems.

FACILITIES

SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS