Dr. John "Jack" Hannon Martin
Professor Dr. John“Jack”Hannon Martin is a specialist in alternative energy technologies and is an active lecturer on a broad range of environmentally sustainable systems. He is a faculty member in the Department of Technology at Appalachian State University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Sustainable Transportation, Renewable Energies, Bio-fuels, Sustainable Resource Management, and Water and Waste Water Technologies, among others. He leads the Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing Initiative in the graduate program at NCA&TSU, and is an Adjunct Professor in Appropriate Technology at a number of universities and community colleges. Dr. Martin holds a Post Doctorate in Agricultural Environmental Technology at West Virginia University, an M.A. in Technology Education at West Virginia University, and a B.A. in Biology and Secondary Science Education at Warren Wilson College.
Dr. Martin is the Vice Chair & Reviewer of the Transportation and Renewable Fuels Division of the American Solar Energy Society, and was a Board candidate in 2004. He is the former Director of the South Carolina Environmental Training Center, and was Program Coordinator of the West Virginia Economic Regeneration Program. He has also done USAID contract work for the Eastern European Environmental Center, and has worked as a consultant for alternative, green building systems. Jack Martin is the founder of the Rural Recycling Institute, Morgantown, W.V., and is the founder and Coordinator of the Triad Electric Vehicle Association (TEVA).
Among his work involving environmentally sustainable energy, Dr. Martin has worked with the returned Peace Corps Volunteers service in the development of biogas and ethanol-powered vehicles; presently, he is in collaboration with T.S. Designs, a company that is part of a co-op that has been producing local biodiesel since 2003. For his contributions to the project, he was recognized as a Sustainability Fellow by T.S. Designs.
Jack Martin is also a keen supporter and advocate of solar energy, having helped organize and take part as an official in the Tour de Sol, EVChallenge, Solar Bike Rayce, SunRayce, American Solar Challenge, World Solar Challenge, and the Solar Decathlon. He served as judge in the NC Sustainable Building Competition and has been involved with the EPA P3 (People, Planet, Prosperity) competitions. He also participated in the Energizing Schools Conference, the Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference, and numerous technology and science fairs.
He is the 2008 Grand Champion of the 21st Centuy Automotive Challenge for his feat of achieving a fuel mileage rating of 124.4 MPG in a stock hybrid Honda Insight.
