Nine members of the AIHA ECU Student Section with their faculty adviser, Dr. Jo Anne Balanay, attended the AIHA Carolinas Spring Conference from March 9-10, 2017 at Charlotte, NC. This was the first time the AIHA ECU Student Section attended an industrial hygiene (IH) conference as a group.  In the conference, the students listened to IH and related presentations, and interacted with various IH and safety professionals/ practitioners and vendors.  Two of the student members made poster presentations as follows:

• Alexis Parale – “Industrial Hygiene On The Internet: A Source Analysis”
• Lauren Plis – “Current Engineering Controls not Sufficient in Reducing Surgical Smoke Exposure”

BS Environmental Health student, Rene Vanek, also gave an oral presentation of her Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) study titled “Assessment of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds during 3D Printing in Laboratory Settings at East Carolina University”.  It is great to see the ECU EHS Program well-represented in this conference.