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Personnel:
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Contact Info
Tufts University
4 Colby Street
Room 226
Medford, MA 02155
Tel: (617) 627-2267
E-mail
Joe
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Joe Lessard,
Master's Student
Education:
2011 B.Sc. Chemical & Biological
Engineering, Tufts University
Research Interests:
Clean and renewable energy; sustainable
design and practices; hydrogen fuel and the
hydrogen economy; fuel cells; water-gas
shift
Activities:
Currently focusing on the development of
lanthanum-based catalysts for hydrogen fuel
production. Investigating alternative design
and preparation methods that emphasize
sustainable and logical design. Additionally
conducting research on characterizing the
deactivation of supported gold catalysts and
novel approaches to reactivate spent
catalysts.
Publications
- Joseph Lessard, Ioannis Valsamakis
and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos,
Novel Au/La2O3 and Au/La2O2SO4 Catalysts
for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction
Prepared via an Anion Adsorption Method,
ChemComm 48 (40): 4857-4859
(2012).
Awards and Honors:
2012 – Dow Sustainability Innovation Student
Challenge, Honorable Mention – Dow
Chemicals, Tufts University
2012 – Outstanding Graduate Researcher,
Master's Level - Tufts University
2010 – Kokulis Family Summer Scholar,
Tufts University
2010 – Max Tishler Prize Scholarship, Tufts
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