Jamie Russell

Dr. Jamie Russell serves as Director of the Appalachian Energy Center at Appalachian State University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Clemson University and earned his doctor of philosophy degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina. He joined Appalachian State University in 2008 where he now holds the rank of full professor. Dr. Russell has also worked for seven years as a machine design engineer and environmental health and safety manager in the architectural glass industry, two years as a research fellow at Ulster University in Belfast, as well as serving for two years as an invited professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Jamie enjoys working with teams to develop products from concept to reality and has managed three Solar Decathlon Competition projects including the Solar Homestead (US Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2011), Solar Decathlon Europe 2014, and US DOE Solar Decathlon 2017.