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Personnel:
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Contact Info
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Tufts University
4 Colby Street,
Medford, MA 02155
Lab: SciTech 226, 138
Office: SciTech 226
Tel: 617-627-2267
E-mail
Matthew
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Matthew Blake Boucher, Ph.D. Student
Education:
2007 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut
2008 M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Research Interests:
Clean / Alternative Energy: Biofuels, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Production
Research Activities:
Studying synthesis and activity of nano-scale catalysts, particularly gold, platinum, and palladium, on catalytically interesting supports for use in hydrogen producing reactions. Publications:
Continuous-flow preparation of biodiesel using microwave
heating. Energy and Fuels, 2007 21 (3), pp 1777-1781.
Variable affecting homogeneous acid catalyst recoverability
and re-use after esterification of concentrated omega-9 polyunsaturated fatty
acids in vegetable oil triglycerides. Green Chemistry 2008 10, pp
1331-1336.
Pilot scale two-phase continuous flow biodiesel production
via novel Laminar flow reactor-separator. Energy and Fuels 2009,
in press.
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