Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

Fall 2025 Commencement Thumb

Celebrating Graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts
Dec 19, 2025

In the College of Fine and Applied Arts (CFAA), we take immense pride in the remarkable achievements of our students. Rooted in a student-first, trans...

Dr. Sohad and Three Minute Thesis

Dr. Sohad Abu-elzait’s Graduate Student Bradley DelVecchio Wins App State’s 3MT Competition with Solar-Powered Water Purification Project
Dec 8, 2025

Boone, NC — November 21, 2025Bradley DelVecchio, a graduate research assistant under Dr. Sohad Abu-elzait in the Department of Sustainable Technolog...

40th Anniversary Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology (now STBE) Celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a Three-Day Event, July 12-14, 2024
Jul 8, 2024

The Appropriate Technology Program at Appalachian State University is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with a 3-day event (July 12-14) featu...

Luke Southern

App State Alumni, Luke Southern of Fisher Marantz Stone, Named Among Light Collective's International 40 Under 40 in Lighting Design
Feb 5, 2024

BOONE, NC [February 6, 2024] — Luke Southern, an App State Alumnus and Senior Designer with FMS in New York City, has been recognized as one of...

Mount Everest weather station

On Everest, App State faculty fine-tune tools for sky-high scholarship
Aug 1, 2023

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