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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.
Awards and Honors:
2011 Johnson Matthey Student Award,
The International Precious Metals Institute
Publications:
- Matthew B. Boucher, Simone Goergen, Nan Yi,
and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos,
'Shape Effects'
in Metal Oxide Supported Nanoscale Gold Catalysts,
Phys. Chem. Chem Phys., 13: 2517-2527 (2011).
- M. B. Boucher, N. Yi, F. Gittleson, B. Zugic,
H. Saltsburg, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos,
Hydrogen Production from Methanol over Gold Supported on ZnO and CeO2 Nanoshapes,
J. Phys. Chem. C, 115:1261-1268 (2011).
- Boucher, M.B; Weed, C;
Leadbeater, N. E; Wilhite, B. A; Stuart,
J.D; Parnas, R. S. Pilot Scale Two-Phase
Continuous Flow Biodiesel Production via
Navel Laminar Flow Reactor-Separator.
Energy & Fuels 23 (5) 2009
2750-2756.
- Boucher, M.B; Unker, S.A;
Hawley, K. R; Wilhite, B. A; Stuart, J.D;
Parnas, R.S. Variables Affecting
Homogeneous Acid Catalyst Recoverability
and Reuse After Esterification of
Concentrated Omega-9 Polyunsaturated
Fatty Acids in Vegetable Oil
Triglycerides. Green Chemistry 10
2008 1331-1336.
- McPhee, W. A. G; Boucher, M. B;
Stuart, J; Parnas, R. S; Koslowske, T.
T; Wilhite, B. A. Demonstration of a
Liquid-Tin Anode Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell (LTA-SOFC)
Operating from Biodiesel Fuel. Energy
and Fuels, 23: 5036–5041 (2009).
- Parnas, R.S; Weed, C; Leadbeater, N.
E; Boucher, M.B. Methods and
Systems for Alkyl Ester Production.
United States Patent, No. US 7,544,830
B2 2009.
- Parnas, R.S; Weed, C; Leadbeater, N.
E; Boucher, M.B. Methods and
Systems for Alkyl Ester Production.
United States Patent Application
Publication, No. US 2009/0208380 A1
2009.
- Parnas, R.S; Boucher, M.B.
US Patent Application,
20090247785 (2009).
- Tierney, H.L; Baber, A.E; Jewell,
A.D; Iski, E. V; Boucher, M.B;
Sykes E.C.H. Mode-Selective Electrical
Excitation of a Molecular Rotor.
Chemistry A European Journal 15 2009
9678-9680.
- Barnard, T.M; Leadbeater, N.E;
Boucher, M.B; Stencel, L.M; Wilhite,
B.A. Continuous-Flow Preparation of
Biodiesel Using Microwave Heating.
Energy and Fuels 21 2007
1777-1781.
Presentations:
- Boucher, M.B; Weed C; Li,
S-Y; Wilhite, B.A; Stuart J.D; Parnas,
R.S. Kinetics of Soybean Oil
Transesterification in a Batch System,
presented (oral) at the 234th ACS
National Meeting, Boston, MA, FUEL 032
2007.
- Boucher, M.B; Si, Rui;
Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, M. Shape
Effect on the Catalytic Properties of
Nanoscale Au-ZnO, will be presented
(oral) at the MRS Fall Meeting, Boston,
MA, section Y: Catalytic Materials for
Energy, Green Processes, and
Nanotechnology, Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 2009.
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