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Alexis Carpenter

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering
Pratt School of Engineering

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering · 2025 - Present Pratt School of Engineering

In the News


Published October 25, 2024
Individuals and Groups Collect 19 Climate and Sustainability Awards

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Recent Publications


Comparative study of trichloroethylene removal by different carbons and FeNi-carbon composites

Journal Article Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering · October 1, 2021 Nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) has been proven effective at degrading environmental ‎contaminants of concern, yet field performance as an in situ remedy is lacking due to short ‎reactive lifetimes and poor transport through porous media. The main ‎objec ... Full text Cite

Sustainable environmental remediation using NZVI by managing benefit-risk trade-offs

Chapter · January 31, 2019 Ensuring the sustainable development and use of NZVI for in situ remediation requires the incorporation of a multitude of factors and criteria, including those related to technology performance, cost, potential impacts to the environment and human health, ... Full text Cite

Low thermal conductivity carbon fibrous composite nanomaterial enabled by multi-scale porous structure

Journal Article Materials and Design · November 15, 2017 Low thermal conductivity carbon is a type of material for special uses such as thermal insulation/protection and particularly for ablative thermal protection material of reentry vehicles and rocket engine components. In this research, a low thermal conduct ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2012 Ph.D.