Topic: Research and Creative Works

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Racing on Solar Energy — ROSE's racing team
June 22, 2018
Meet Team Sunergy’s 2018 crew taking Appalachian State University’s solar car ROSE (Racing on Solar Energy) to international competitions this summer.
The making of ROSE, Team Sunergy’s first Cruiser Class solar vehicle — a photo gallery
June 22, 2018
Appalachian’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, designed and built its first Cruiser Class vehicle entirely in-house — including cup holders — ahead of the 2018 American Solar Challenge and Formula Sun Grand Prix.
Appalachian professor Dr. Steve Hageman receives Fulbright to study global warming’s effects in the polar Arctic
June 22, 2018
Hageman will apply methods he uses to study fossils to help determine whether environmental effects of global warming can already be observed in the body size of polar Arctic marine organisms.
Sociologist weighs in on immigrant family separations — including social, economic impact
June 20, 2018
Dr. Cameron Lippard says families are hiding from persecution, even if they’re in the U.S. legally, as a result of recent immigration family separations.
Nurses attitudes are key to better compliance with infection control practices
The University of Manchester
June 20, 2018
A study by researchers at The University of Manchester, Columbia University, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Appalachian State University has shown that attitudes among community nurses are important for their compliance with infection control practices. The study is published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
What caused the earthquakes that shook N.C.'s mountains this week? [faculty quoted]
Winston-Salem Journal
June 15, 2018
Dr. Sarah Carmichael in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences discusses how the old, inactive faults in the Appalachian mountains respond to shifts by the North American Plate.
From mitigating wildfires to re-creating a battlefield
Appalachian alumnae preserve history through National Park Service internships
June 13, 2018
Appalachian alumnae Cala Castleberry and Hayley Wynn put the hands-on training and education they received in Appalachian’s Anthropology (BS) – Archaeology degree program to use during back-to-back National Park Service internships.
Appalachian assistant professor featured in documentary on humanity’s big questions
June 8, 2018
Dr. Rachel Smith, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, joins a group of scientists in “The Most Unknown” — a documentary film investigating questions that have fueled scientific inquiry for generations.
Appalachian students present their research at the 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors
June 7, 2018
Undergraduate and graduate students representing several Appalachian colleges presented a total of 176 research posters at the university’s 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors.
‘Jordan and the Arab Uprisings’ — the latest book by Appalachian’s Curtis Ryan — published by Columbia University Press
June 6, 2018
Dr. Curtis Ryan’s book “Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State” is being published this month. Ryan is a professor of political science at Appalachian.
Appalachian students build research structure at Beech Mountain
June 4, 2018
The IDEXlab students designed and built mobiLANDING as sheltered workspace at the Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site.
Furniture design student puts knowledge to practice with Appalachian’s solar vehicle team
May 30, 2018
John Lalevee had the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream by designing the body of Appalachian’s newest solar vehicle, ROSE.
Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
May 24, 2018
“Climate change, population, and poverty: vulnerability and exposure to heat stress in countries bordering the Great Lakes of Africa” — co-authored by Appalachian professor Anton Seimon — was recently published in the journal Climate Change.
Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
May 18, 2018
The research of Appalachian’s Dr. Peter Soulé will continue thanks to additional National Science Foundation funding. Soulé and his colleagues study tree ring records of the longleaf pine to determine rainfall variability since the 1700s.
10 years of Naylor Award winners recognized at Appalachian’s Doctoral Spring Symposium
May 18, 2018
Appalachian alumni Star Brown and John Robinson were named joint recipients of the 2017-18 Alice Phoebe Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award at Appalachian’s Doctoral Spring Symposium. They join 10 years of Naylor Award winners.
Appalachian geology majors receive Explorers Club student grants for research in Mongolia
May 17, 2018
Appalachian geology majors Olivia Paschall and Allison Dombrowski will perform geologic research alongside Appalachian’s DAGGER (Devonian Anoxia, Geochemistry, Geochronology and Extinction Research) team in Mongolia in July and August 2018.
Reoxcyn Discoveries Group funds Appalachian research of caffeine and flavonoids’ effects on resting metabolic rate
May 17, 2018
Appalachian’s Dr. David Nieman will lead a clinical trial to evaluate the effects of ingesting a mixture of caffeine and flavonoids on energy expenditure and fat oxidation in healthy adult women.
NSF grant funds Appalachian research on ecological diversification of sponges in the Caribbean
May 17, 2018
Using NSF funding, Appalachian’s Dr. Cara Fiore will investigate the environmental and physiological factors that may have led to the presence of diverse and abundant sponge populations in the Caribbean.