General Interest

STBE BuildingNEXT 2025 team

Solar Decathlon Teams from App Earn Honorable Mentions at BuildingNEXT Competition in Colorado
Apr 30, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy BuildingsNEXTâ„¢ Student Design Competition (formerly Solar Decathlon) is a collegiate competition that has inspired tho...

Dr. Joyner Awards of Distinction

Dr. Rita Joyner Awarded the 2025 W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion
Apr 29, 2025

Last Thursday, April 24th, one of our esteemed faculty Rita L. Joyner, Ph.D. ("Dr. J") won the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion, a 2025 Awards of Di...

STBE Students win awards April 2025

STBE Students Ethan Wittig, Skyler Strzelecki, Jonathan Culpepper, and Joseph Crews Receive Leadership and Research Awards
Apr 23, 2025

Over the last few weeks, a number of students in the STBE Department have been recognized for their incredible leadership, research, and service. One ...

STBE Career Fair

Construction, Design, and Sustainable Technology Career Fair
Feb 7, 2025

The Construction, Design, and Sustainable Technology Fair will be held in the Holmes Convocation Center on Tuesday, February 25th from 12:00 - 3:00 p....

Appstate Today Article Regarding Students Winning National Solar Competition
Jul 6, 2022

Appstate Today has published an article about our students winning in a national solar competition.https://today.appstate.edu/2022/06/29/solar?fbclid=...

Honors Student Denise Renteria with Dr. Yu and Dr. Shirzad

Three Honors Students Successfully Defend Their Honors Thesis
Jun 3, 2022

Reflecting back on Spring 2022 semester's end, we'd like to announce that three of our undergraduate students in the Honors program defended their Dep...

NEXUS Project NCDA grant

NEXUS Project NCDA grant
Feb 1, 2022

The NEXUS research team has received a North Carolina Department of Agriculture Bioenergy Research Initiative grant for $76,396.  This two-year p...

adaptable solar shades used in a research project

Adaptable Solar Shades Installed
Jan 27, 2022

Graduate students Jackson Sloan and Dani Stockman constructed adaptable solar shades for one of Dr. Foroughi's research projects. The aim is to study ...