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After Sam Smith zeroed in on construction as a career, he looked at colleges for his best option. The Youngsville, NC resident didn’t look long. “I first became interested in ECU because I have two neighbors that went there for construction management and loved it,” he said. “After touring the campus multiple times and meeting…
Will Janning watches as a seagull flies across a clear sky. The nearby water greets the sand he stands on, allowing him a dry spot from where he can see more than two years of his work in front of him. The 45-foot-tall bridge stretches more than half a mile across The Straits, a waterway…
An East Carolina University professor is taking a crack — literally — at solving road problems in North Carolina. Dr. Amin Akhnoukh, associate professor in the Department of Construction Management, will be working with N.C. State’s Dr. Mohammed Pour-Ghaz as part of a grant from the N.C. Department of Transportation to study commercial concrete sealants used…
They end up in the trash. They end up in waterways. They end up on the ground in parks, at the beach or in yards. They end up in landfills. Perhaps soon, those disposable medical masks that have been such a big part of the COVID-19 pandemic may end up reinforcing the asphalt used in…
With professional experience in industry and 13 years teaching at East Carolina University, Dr. George Wang has been named the chair of the Department of Construction Management. Wang was born in Tianjin, China, and obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil engineering from Tongji University. He taught civil engineering at Tianjin University in China and…
