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Traditional data center designs have servers set up in rows and racks, with cables connecting devices. Appalachian State University’s Dr. Abdelbaset Hamza and his App State research team are simulating different configurations — such as this geometric cell-based design — with the goal of improving efficiency and speed of data transfers. Hamza received a nearly $175,00 National Science Foundation grant in support of the project. Illustration provided by Dr. Abdelbaset Hamza

App State’s Dr. Abdelbaset Hamza studies efficiency in internet data centers
Sep 8, 2021

Answers to Google searches, information on websites, files stored in the cloud, and music and movies for streaming — all resources at people’s fingertips as part of their daily lives — are housed in large data centers all over the world.

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Grace Rogers, senior, SAFE fund recipient. Photo submitted.

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Grace Rogers, Mathematical Sciences
Sep 3, 2021

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Grace Rogers, Mathematical Sciences Grace Rogers is a senior from Durham, N.C.

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

Project: “Automatic Identification of Landslides”

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Caroline Fehlman, Andrew Bagwell, Nicholas Gastelle and Caity Duncan, student climate change researchers
Austin Melzer, graduate student and SAFE Fund recipient. Photo submitted.

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Austin Melzer, Psychology
Aug 26, 2021

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Austin Melzer, Psychology
Austin Melzer is a graduate student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management from Apex, N.C.

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

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Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation (RRI) university titlemark

Rural Resilience and Innovation Seed Grants
Aug 25, 2021

New Department in the College: Rural Resilience and Innovation

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Solar-powered ROSE glides by a wind farm during the first leg of the 2021 American Solar Challenge. Photo by Kyla Willoughby

App State's Team Sunergy wins big in US solar racing challenge — No. 1 in Cruiser Class
Aug 13, 2021

Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, blazed through the 2021 American Solar Challenge (ASC) — finishing in first place for multiple-occupant vehicles (MOV), winning all three stages of the race from Missouri to New Mexico and clocking a total of 964.8 mile

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Caption: SAFE faculty recipient Dr. Brooke Christian, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences. Photo by University Communications.

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brooke Christian
Aug 2, 2021

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brooke Christian  Dr. Brooke Christian, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences 

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

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Patricia Ferreira, ’21, masters in Experimental Psychology graduate. Photo submitted.
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SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Duygu Ercan-Oruc
Jul 20, 2021

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Duygu Ercan-Oruc Dr. Duygu Ercan-Oruc, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry & Fermentation Sciences

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

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SAFE faculty recipient, Megyn Culpepper, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Megen Culpepper
Jul 14, 2021

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Megen Culpepper Dr. Megen Culpepper, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

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