Jennette’s Pier and CSI Use Spotter Buoys to Enhance Wave Energy Development

Jun 10, 2021 | CSI Latest News, NCROEP, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab, Renewable Ocean Energy

By Vega Sproul and Cora McQuaid. The Coastal Studies Institute has an ongoing relationship with NC Aquariums’ Jennette’s Pier for many years. Located just five miles apart, CSI, in partnership with Jennette’s Pier, operates a renewable ocean energy testing site at...

Students Reflect on Their Semester Experiences at the Coast

Jun 2, 2021 | Coastal & Oceans Observing Lab, CSI Latest News, ECU Semester Experience at the Coast, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab

In January 2021, sixteen ECU students arrived at the ECU Outer Banks Campus for the second annual Semester Experience at the Coast. In his welcome address to the students, Dean Reide Corbett emphasized the unique opportunity they had to take face-to-face courses on...

Meet the Scientist, Episode 2 Will Air This Week

Jan 25, 2021 | CSI Latest News, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab, Renewable Ocean Energy

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a scientist? Or are you curious about what research takes place on the ECU Outer Banks Campus? If you answered “YES!” to either of these questions, you should tune in to our monthly, live-streamed video series Meet the...

Converging Currents and Everything Else: The Magic of the Gulf Stream

Nov 13, 2020 | CSI Latest News, NCROEP, OBXFS, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab, Renewable Ocean Energy

Written by Lauren Colonair. Physics…but in the Ocean Dr. Mike Muglia has worked at CSI since it was established in 2003. The journey leading him to the institute has been full of many twists and turns since he began studying marine sciences as an undergraduate...

Muglia Research Group Collaborates with NOAA, SECOORA, FACT to Deploy Offshore Buoy

Oct 26, 2020 | CSI Latest News, NCROEP, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab, Renewable Ocean Energy

This month Dr. Mike Muglia and his team deployed a sub-surface buoy just east of Cape Hatteras on the upper shelf slope under the edge of the Gulf Stream in water 230 meters deep. The deployment site is the focus of the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program’s...

Coastal Studies Institute and Jennette’s Pier Chosen as Test Site for Department of Energy Waves to Water Competition

Jun 9, 2020 | CSI Latest News, Ecology & Biochemistry in Marine Coastal Systems Lab, NCROEP, Oceanography & MHK Ocean Energy Lab, Renewable Ocean Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently announced that the Coastal Studies Institute, in partnership with Jennette’s pier, was chosen for the final testing stage of their American Made Challenges Waves to Water...

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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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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.

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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.

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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.