Sustainable Technology

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...

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...