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New Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Camilah Powell – Assistant Professor
My research has two main focuses:
1. Upgrading existing water infrastructure with nanotechnology to address emerging and persistent contaminants like oxyanions, organics, bacteria, and viruses.
2. Investigating the electromagnetic properties of carbon-based nanotechnology to promote environmentally friendly catalysis.
I aim to use chemical engineering techniques such as catalysis, kinetics, and reactor design, along with nanotechnologies like laser-induced graphene and magnetic nanoparticles, to provide access to clean drinking water.
Currently, I teach Thermo I and will begin coordinating department seminars next Fall. In the future, I hope to teach a course on environmental science and water chemistry to educate scientists and engineers about environmental remediation efforts.
I am looking forward to contributing to my community and helping UTSA develop their new Chemical Engineering program. It's exciting for me to see the city of SA growing, especially since there were limited chemical engineering programs available when I was an undergraduate student.
On a lighter note, I'm a huge Astros fan, and Jose Altuve is my favorite player because, despite being small, he is incredibly powerful – a personal life goal of mine.
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