Sustainable Technology

Dr. Abu-elzait’s Graduate Student Research Group Presents at the Distributed Wind Energy Conference 2024
Mar 18, 2024

The “Hybrid Renewable Energy System Project” team presents their system design at the Distributed Wind Energy Association’s Conference (DWEA) 20...

On Everest, App State faculty fine-tune tools for sky-high scholarship
Aug 9, 2023

Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geography and Planning, returned to...

Solar-Ops technicians Calian Micallef, Jack Lundie, and Caroline Piephoff. Both Jack (STBE) and Caroline (Physics) are App State alumni.

Solar-Ops and App State Partner on Wind and New EV Charging Station Monitor
Oct 13, 2022

Solar Operations Solutions (Solar-Ops), in collaboration with Appalachian State University's Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Envi...

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...

Anisha Sharma

ST Student Anisha Sharma chosen for WRISE Wind Power Fellow
May 26, 2021

Brooklyn, NY —WRISE (Women of Renewable industries and Sustainable Energy) has selected six 2021 Rudd Mayer Memorial Fellows and two 2021 Wind at Ou...

Tyree Wilmoth

Graduate Student Looks For Ways To Help Others Access Clean Water
May 24, 2021

A brief moment observing two young Rwandan boys gathering water from a rural pond influenced Tyree Wilmoth’s decision to dedicate her future toward ...

Greenhouse Comparative Research Study Underway at Appalachian State’s Farm

Greenhouse Comparative Research Study Underway at Appalachian State’s Farm
Nov 2, 2020

 By Tyree Wilmoth        In 2017, ASU’s Food Services made a contract with the Sustainable Development department to purcha...

Sustainable Technology Students at Beech Mountain, NC

Continued opportunity for Sustainable Technology program students to test turbines at premier wind research center
May 15, 2020

 Students in the Sustainable Techology program in Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment at Applachian State Univers...

Brent Summerville, Appalachian State University Practioner-in-Residence

Brent Summerville takes 2nd place in 2020 Strata Solar Clean Tech contest
May 8, 2020

At the Clean Tech Summit in Chapel Hill, Feb 20-21, 2020, Brent Summerville, Practitioner-in-Residence in Sustainable Technol...

Aaron Bradshaw, Graduate Student at Nexus facility, Appalachian State University making hemp stalk biochar

Researching Biochar from Hemp Waste
Apr 9, 2020

Since the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, the cultivation and production of industrial hemp in the United States has grown exponentially. The Fa...