Sustainability Research

Many UNC Asheville faculty members and students take an active interest in sustainability questions and solutions. Take a look at what our faculty and students are doing!

Applied Sustainability

UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), established in November 2003, is a center of the University and specializes in science communication and the development of decision support tools for local and regional planners, decision makers, and the public.

NEMAC helps people understand the relevance and importance of complex issues such as climate and weather, forest health, natural hazards, land use planning, and the efficient use of our energy and water resources. Our tools, developed with the assistance of UNC Asheville undergraduate research students, include web applications, interactive geographic information system (GIS) applications, multimedia delivery technologies, and print media. NEMAC and its many partnerships bring students, scientific professionals, and local decision makers together to help solve problems facing our society. NEMAC supports its applied research through mechanisms such as contracts, agreements, and grants with our various partners, including federal agencies; city, county, and state governments; and local entrepreneurs.

The McCullough Program at UNC Asheville facilitates applied undergraduate research projects in collaboration with a faculty advisor and local partner organization. To learn more about this research, visit the McCullough Institute past fellows webpage.

Faculty Researchers

Anthropology

Heidi Kelley, John Wood

Art

Virginia Derryberry, Carrie Tomberlin, Eric Tomberlin

Art History

Eva Bares, Leisa Rundquist

Atmospheric Science

Nina Hall, Chris Hennon, Doug Miller

Biology

David Clarke, Rebecca Hale, Jonathan Horton, Christopher Nicolay, Jennifer Rhode Ward

Chemistry

John Brock, George Heard, Bert Holmes, Oksana Love, Sally Wasileski, Amanda Wolfe

Classics

Lora Holland

Computer Science

Marietta Cameron, Susan Reiser, Adam Whitley

Drama

Robert Bowen, Lise Kloppel

Economics

Kathleen Lawlor, Leah Mathews

English

Erica Abrams-Lockyear

Environmental Studies

David Gillette, Jeff Wilcox, Irene Rossell, Jake Hagedorn

Health and Wellness

Aubrianne Rote, Aubrey Mast, Ameena Batada, Amy Lanou

History

Daniel Pierce

Joint Mechatronics (JME)

Moorthy Muthukrishnan

Management

Jeff Shields

Mass Communication

Sonya DiPalma

Mathematics-Statistics

Steven Patch

Music

Bill Bares, Toby King

Neuroscience

Patrick Foo

New Media

Lei Han

Physics

James Perkins

Psychology

Darren Bernal, Mark Harvey, Melissa Himelein