News & Events

App State Team Wins 2nd Place Division of Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition
May 31, 2022

Coming in recently as 2nd  place Division winners of the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition (DOE), our Solar Team was recognized as...

Rob Howard Named Plug-In NC Ambassador
May 31, 2022

One of our building science lecturers, Rob Howard, became a Plug-in NC ambassador in 2019 and is a long-time advocate for the adoption of electric veh...

Department Proudly Graduates Seven Students with M.S. in Technology
May 27, 2022

Our department congratulates the seven graduate students who graduated in May, 2022 with an M.S. in Technology. These outstanding and award-winning st...

Leni Sinke

Graduate Student Spotlight: Leni Sinke
Mar 27, 2022

Leni Sinke is a graduate student in the Appropriate Technology program within the Departmentā  of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environme...

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 ...