Join Us! 2026 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian Event
The Office of Research and Innovation is hosting the eighth annual Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian Event (RECAPP) on Friday, September 18, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Broyhill Music Center to celebrate all research, scholarship and creative endeavors of App State faculty and staff.
2026 Event Schedule
3:00 p.m. — Welcome
3:03 p.m. - 4:22 p.m. — Research presentations
- 3:03-3:08 p.m. Dr. William Armstrong - Fishing for data: exploring the role of ice-contact lakes in accelerating global glacier change
- 3:09-3:14 p.m. Ms. IlaSahai Prouty - Biochar Drawings
- 3:15-3:20 p.m. Dr. Roshani Silwal - Creating Space-Like Conditions in the Laboratory with an Electron Beam Ion Trap
- 3:21-3:26 p.m. Dr. Rebecca Kappus - The Estrogen Advantage: What Young Women’s Vascular Function Reveals About Midlife Cardiovascular Risk
- 3:27-3:32 p.m. Dr. Pia Albinsson - “Wiser Tables, Healthier Homes: Cultivating Consumer Wisdom, Identity, and Well-Being for Families Navigating Dietary Constraints”
- 3:33-3:38 p.m. Dr. Caroline Smith - Development of a Human Model for In‑Water Dermal Chemical Absorption
- 3:40-3:45 p.m. Dr. Nimet Degirmencioglu - Fostering Communities: The Story of the Blue Ridge Fibershed
- 3:46-3:51 p.m. Dr. Zachary Russell - Automated Microscopy Platform Using Robotics and Edge-AI for AgTech and MedTech
- 3:52-3:57 p.m. Dr. Jui-Teng Li - The Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts of the Pandemic on Rural High School Students Academic Outcomes
- 3:58-4:03 p.m. Mr. Seth Overton - Appalachian Public Health Innovation Lab
- 4:04-4:22 p.m. Dr. Kelly Davis - "Admissions” (short film)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Poster presentations, light refreshments, and networking
- Mr. Seonwook Park - KH205B Studio Renovation: Transforming an Architectural Technology Studio into an Agile, Hybrid Making Space
- Mr. Anthony Love - Reading Solar System History, One Meteorite at a Time
- Dr. Todd Stincic - Utilizing Estrogenic Regulation of Orexin Neurons to Reveal Cellular Heterogeneity
- Dr. Tonya Coffey - An Aquatic Emissions Logger for Carbon Dioxide and Methane
- Mr. Conrad Suits - Integrated Modeling and Performance Study of Innovation District Energy System at Appalachian State
- Dr. Danielle Nunnery - Maternal Health Outcomes and Gestational Diabetes Across North Carolina Emergency Department Visits 2017-2022
- Dr. Kimberly Fasczewski - Aging Well and Moving More: Building Physical Activity Opportunities for Older Adults in a Rural Community
- Dr. Vicente Handa - Collaborative Action Research on Using AI in Lesson Planning with Prospective Elementary Science Teachers
- Dr. Laura Brown - 50 Years of IDEA: An Updated Systematic Review of Music Research with Children with Disabilities
- Dr. Casey Collins - Using Music Therapy Techniques to Build Community in Fraternal Music Organizations
- Dr. Andrew Bellemer - Mechanisms of polyunsaturated fatty acid mitigation of seizure severity in a Drosophila seizure model
- Dr. Jui-Teng Li - The Impacts of Two Types of Campus Visits on Rural Students' College-going Aspirations and Math Achievement,
- Dr. Jui-Teng Li - Teacher Self-Reflection on Self-Directed Learning: The Impact on Professional Capacity and Student Mathematics Outcome
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Official welcome, piano duet, and keynote speaker
- Official welcome by Dr. Neva Specht, executive vice chancellor and provost
- Piano duet "Tico-tico no Fubá" by Zequinha de Abreu, performed by Dr. Catherine Garner and Dr. Islei Hammer, Hayes School of Music
- Keynote speaker Dr. Martie Thompson, Chancellor's Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity awardee
For questions about the event or the presentations, please contact Karen Fischer at fischerkl@appstate.edu
Previous Research & Creative Activity at Appalachian Events
To view previously recorded events and abstracts, visit the links below.
Contact Information
For more information or questions about the event, please contact grs@appstate.edu.