Chemistry Department
Associate Professor
Gifted High School Advisor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Fields: Analytical, Environmental
贰尘补颈濒:听ahupp@holycross.edu
Office Phone: 508-793-2502
Office: Haberlin 334
Lab: Smith Labs 36S
PO Box: C
Courses Taught
- CHEM 141
- CHEM 181
- CHEM 231
- CHEM 300
- CHEM 322
Research Interests
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel source produced via transesterification of fatty acids in plant oils and animal fats.听 Biodiesel is composed of a series of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) that are characteristic of the feedstock type.听 Biodiesel can be blended with traditional petro-diesel, a fossil fuel, in any proportion, but typically at a level of 20% or less (B20 or less).听 The Hupp Lab studies the FAME profiles of various feedstocks using Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry detection (GC-MS).听 With the rich data provided by GC-MS, we utilize chemometric methods, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS), to further characterize biodiesel feedstock source and concentration.
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Publications
Karina Ramos, Alicia Riddell, Helen Tsiagras, Amber M. Hupp, 鈥淓valuation of Biodiesel/Diesel Blends: Does Ultrafast Chromatography provide for similar resolution in less time?鈥 Journal of Chromatography A. 1667 (2022) 462903.
Edward J. Soares, Alexandra J. Clifford, Carolyn D. Brown, Ryan R. Dean, Amber M. Hupp, "Balancing Resolution with Analysis Time for Biodiesel-Diesel Fuel Separations Using GC, PCA, and the Mahalanobis Distance" Separations. 6, 28 (2019) 1-13.
Amber M. Hupp, Joseph Perron, Ned Roques, John Crandall, Scott Ramos, Brian Rohrback, 鈥淎nalysis of Biodiesel-Diesel Blends Using Ultrafast Gas Chromatography (UFGC) and Chemometric Methods: Extending ASTM D7798 to biodiesel鈥澨Fuel. 231 (2018) 264-270.听
Mariel E. Flood,听Mary P. Connolly,听Michael C. Comiskey,听Amber M. Hupp, 鈥淓valuation of single and multi-feedstock biodiesel-diesel blends using GCMS and chemometric methods鈥澨Fuel. 186 (2016) 58-67.
Edward J. Soares,听Gopal R. Yalla,听John B. O'Connor, Kevin A. Walsh,听Amber M. Hupp, "Hotelling Trace Criterion as a Figure of Merit for the Optimization of Chromatogram Alignment"听Journal of Chemometrics. 29 (2015) 200-212.
听Mariel E. Flood,听Julian C. Goding,听Jack B. O鈥機onnor,听Dorisanne Y. Ragon,听Amber M. Hupp, 鈥淎nalysis of Biodiesel Feedstock Using GCMS and Unsupervised Chemometric Methods鈥澨Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 91 (2014) 1443-1452.
听 Julian C. Goding,听Dorisanne Y. Ragon,听Jack B. O鈥機onnor,听Sarah J. Boehm,听Amber M. Hupp, 鈥淐omparison of GC Stationary Phases for the Separation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters in Biodiesel Fuels鈥澨Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.听听405 (2013)听6087-6094.
Stephanie A. Brouet,听Amber M. Hupp听鈥淧romoting Student Interest in Chemical Concepts by Implementing Creative Learning Activities in a Chemistry in Society Course for NonScience Majors鈥澨Journal of Chemical Education.听90 (2013) 1349-1352.听
Brian P. Blum,听Amber M. Hupp, 鈥淐haracterization of a Zwitterionic C18 Stationary Phase Used in Liquid Chromatography鈥澨The Nucleus LXXXIX, No 7听(March 2011) 8-13.听
Amber M. Hupp, Victoria L. McGuffin, 鈥淭hermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization of Bridged-Ethylene Hybrid Stationary Phase鈥澨Journal of Chromatography A.听1217听(2010) 6241-6249.
Amber M. Hupp, Victoria L. McGuffin, 鈥淐omparison of Theoretical Methods for Extracting Retention Factors and Rate Constants in Liquid Chromatography鈥澨Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies.听33(15)听(2010) 1427-1458.
Amber M. Hupp, Lucas J. Marshall,听Dahlia I. Campbell,听Ruth Waddell Smith, Victoria L. McGuffin, 鈥淐hemometric Analysis of Diesel Fuel for Forensic and Environmental Applications鈥澨Analytica Chimica Acta.听606听(2008) 159-171.
Xiaoping Li,听Amber M. Hupp, Victoria L. McGuffin. 鈥淭he Thermodynamic and Kinetic Basis of Liquid Chromatography鈥, In听 Eli Grushka & Nelu Grinberg (Eds.),听Advances in Chromatography. Vol.听45听(2006) Ch 1: 1-88, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
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