AEC News

Energy Center Welcomes New Project Manager to Coordinate Battery and Storage Curriculum Integration for Statewide Clean Energy Technical Training Initiative
Mar 1, 2023

The Appalachian Energy Center is pleased to welcome Kate Bashford to the team. Kate will serve as the Clean Energy and Storage Project Manager for STE...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series
Feb 1, 2023

Harnessing the Power of Technology: Sustainable Wind Energy in the SoutheastDr. Murray Fisher, Chief Rotor Engineer at Gulf Wind Technology, a le...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series
Feb 1, 2023

Adaptive Facades: Current State of the ArtDr. Adrian Pugsley, Research Fellow - Community Energy from Solar Envelope ArchitectureBelfast School of Arc...

Nexus Group Furthers Study in Biochar, Anaerobic Digestion, and Pilot System
Feb 1, 2023

Last semester, Nexus served App State and the greater community as a center for education, research, and outreach. A total of 16.5 hours of field days...

App State Programs Among the First Earning Federal Zero Energy Design Designation
Sep 28, 2022

Appalachian State University is one of 12 universities to receive the Department of Energy's (DOE) new Zero Energy Design designation for post-seconda...

Nexus Group Continues to Boost Greenhouse Systems Efficiencies
Aug 15, 2022

 The Nexus group has successfully carried out several projects to improve the energy efficiency of the high-tunnel greenhouse. The team improved ...

Energy Tech University Prize 2022 Competition
Jul 6, 2022

An Appalachian State University student team earned a Technology Bonus Prize in the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Tech University Prize 2022 Comp...

Energy Summit Student Poster Competition Returns in 2022
Jun 14, 2022

The Appalachian Energy Summit returned in 2022 after a three-year hiatus. Held June 8-10, the Summit welcomed sustainability professionals, faculty, a...

Reinventing heated greenhouses for the High Country
Jan 24, 2022

Project outcomes from the 2019 Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) On-Farm grant to the Nexus team "reinvent the heated gr...

Ryan Childress

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Ryan Childress
Jun 22, 2021

Event DetailsRyan Childress, Director-Gas Partnership Business Development Gas Infrastructure Group, Dominion EnergyRenewable Natural Gas: What It Is,...