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O'Connor, Aisling
Office Information:
CS-207B
Phone: 978-665-3401
Email: aoconn13@fsc.edu

 

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Education:

  • Graduate Certificate, Business, UMass Lowell, 2007
  • PhD, Industrial Chemistry, University of Limerick, Ireland, 1998.
  • BSc, Industrial Chemistry, University of Limerick, Ireland, 1994

Research Interests:

High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry;
Environmental and Food Safety Analysis;
Green Chemistry Education;
Industrial Adoption of Green Chemistry;
Heterogeneous Catalysis



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Representative Publications:

O'Connor, A.M., Y Schuurman, J.R.H. Ross and C. Mirodatos. Transient Studies of Carbon Dioxide Reforming Methane over Pt/ZrO2 and Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts. Catalysis Today, 115 1 (2006) 191-198.


Ross, J.R.H., A.H.J. van Keulen, A.M O'Connor, et al. Effect of the method preparation and pretreatment on the dispersion and catalytic behavior of finely divided Pt or Ni particles supported on zirconia for the dry reforming of methane. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 219: 68-Petr Part 2 (2000).


O'Connor, A.M, and J.R.H. Ross. The Effect of O2 Addition on the Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Pt/ZrO2 Catalysts. Catalysis Today, 46 2-3 (1998), 203-210.


Hegarty, M.E.S., A.M. O'Connor and J.R.H. Ross. Syngas Production from Natural Gas using Zirconia supported Metals. Catalysis Today, 42 3 (1998), 225-232.


O'Connor, A.M., F.C. Meunier and J.H.R Ross. An in-situ DRIFTS study of the mechanism of the CO2 reforming of CH4 over a Pt/ZrO2 catalyst. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 119 (1998) 819-824.


Ross, J.R.H., A.M. O'Connor, M.E.S Hegarty. Syngas production from natural gas using CO2-reforming or CO2 reforming combined with steam reforming or partial oxidation over a Pt/ZrO2 catalyst. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 215: 216-Coll. Part 1, April 2, 1998.



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