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App Solar Takes 1st Place in Solar District Cup Challenge (2 Years in a Row!)
May 2, 2025

Throughout the 2024-2025 academic year, a team of graduate and undergraduate students competed in the Department of Energy's 2024-2025 Solar District ...

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

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

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 ...

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Resume Clinic for CDST Career Fair
Feb 10, 2025

The Construction, Design, and Sustainable Technology Resume Clinic will be held in the Katherine Harper Hall Ground Floor Lobby on February 11, 12, 18...

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Climbing the ladder: How an App State graduate turned his internship into his career
Sep 19, 2024

App State celebrated the completion of the Holmes Drive Parking Deck on Aug. 22, a project completed by New Atlantic Contracting, which employed one o...

Appropriate Technology Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary This Month
Jul 8, 2024

The Appropriate Technology Program at AppState is celebrating its 40 th anniversary this year with a 3-day event (July 12-14) featuring alumni panels ...

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App State honors 27 students, faculty and staff at 2nd annual Awards of Distinction ceremony
May 17, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University recognized 27 students, faculty and staff at its second annual Awards of Distinction ceremony, honoring t...

App Solar receives 1st Place Award in US Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup – Collegiate Design Competition
May 8, 2024

Over the past two semesters, a team of graduate and undergraduate students competed in the Department of Energy’s 2023-2024 Solar District Cup Chall...

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...