W. Wayne Godwin

Specializing in 3D modeling and animation, W. Wayne Godwin has over 35 years of experience teaching design at the various levels at the University and in K-12. In addition to working in art and design, he teaches the Freshman Seminars in the Honors College, connecting students to the region’s needs. Before coming to East Carolina University, he served as the Director of the Computer Lab at North Carolina State School of Design. He now serves as the Director of the Honors College Innovation Design Lab. The lab is a technology-based environment that uses design to connect academics and industries for new products, processes, and policies. In addition, he works with industry to develop traditional and advanced programs that teach innovation and design thinking. Under Godwin’s direction, the University Economic Development Association ranks the IDL as one of the top three programs nationally in the “Excellence in Community Connected Campus” category.