Captain Lowell is an instructor in the Department of Chemistry and Life Science and teaches the general chemistry course. After earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the United States Military Academy in 2014, he commissioned as an Aviation Officer and earned a post-graduate research scholarship to attend Naval Postgraduate School where he earned his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 and completed a thesis in the area of additive manufacturing under the supervision of Professors Jonathan Phillips and Claudia Luhrs. Following flight school, where he earned his qualification as a pilot in the UH-60M helicopter, CPT Lowell served as a Platoon Leader, Liaison Officer, and Assistant S3 Operations Officer with 5-101^st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While with the 101^st, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. CPT Lowell served as the Company Commander of C/2-210^th Aviation Regiment at Fort Eustis, Virginia. While in command he supervised over 60 Non-Commissioned Officers and oversaw the administration of Advanced Individual Training to over 600 Initial Entry Training Soldiers per year.