Students

Notable Achievements

  • Rick Mitts (Technology Education, ’07) had his article “Gender Preferences in Technology Student Association Competitions” published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Journal of Technology Education.
  • Erica Porras (Appropriate Technology, ’09) led a student team that won first-round funding in the EPA P3 competition in May 2008, for their project “Closing the Carbon Loop: Growing Algae Using Sustainable Carbon Sources.” The team will compete for second-round funding in April 2009.
  • Mark Riggan (GAIT, Thesis Option, ’09) was the May/June winner of the Layers magazine Back Page Design Contest. His winning entry can be viewed at: http://www.layersmagazine.com/designcontest-winners.html
  • Joe Smith (Appropriate Technology, ’08) is working at the National Wind Technology Center, part of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Joseph Montemurno (AT, 2004) is working for Steven Winter Associates, Inc. in Norwalk, CT. He and wife Marie and their son Orion welcomed a new addition to their family in May 2008, a son, Asher.
  • Micah Shristi (Appropriate Technology, ’08) and his wife Charlotte are working as members of the Mennonite Central Committee’s United Mission to Nepal. Following orientation, they will be based in  Itahari, a small town in the tropical lowlands near Nepal’s borders with India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan.

Student Organizations

ASUSES (Solar Club)

Appalachian State University's chapter of the Sustainable Energy Society

Michael Uchal - President, 2008-09

Epsilon Pi Tau

Dr. Kevin Howell - Faculty Advisor

To promote the values and contributions for education in technology.

SOGS

Social Order of Graduate Students

GSAS

Graduate Student Association Senate

Anna Erwin - Department of Technology Senator, 2008-09 and Jordan Nance - Alternate Senator, 2008-2009 The Graduate Student Association Senate of Appalachian State University is an elected body through which the graduate students discuss their concern for the welfare of the graduate students at the University, develop and disseminate ideas for the improvement of graduate education, and contribute to the formation of relevant University policy.