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Benjamin McCoy
	email: bjmccoy@ucdavis.edu
	Office: 2034 Kemper Hall
	Phone: (530)752-0400

Professor Emeritus

B.S., 1963, Illinois Institute of Technology
M.S., 1964, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1967, University of Minnesota

Research

Prof. McCoy's research program combines chemical reaction engineering (distribution kinetics of particulates, polymer reactions, and mixing and reaction} and complex processes (granular materials, network dynamics, and phase transitions).

Support

National Science Foundation
NATO
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency

Publications

162. G. Madras, G.-Y. Chung, J.M. Smith, B.J. McCoy. Molecular Weight Effect on the Dynamics of Polystyrene Degradation. I&EC Research. 36:2019-2024 (1997).

163. Y. Kodera, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics of Radical Mechanisms: Reversible Polymer Decomposition. AIChE Journal. 43:3205-3214 (1997).

164. A. Feng, B.J. McCoy, Z.A. Munir, D. Cagliostro. Wettability of Transition Metal Oxide Surfaces. Materials Science and Engineering. A242:50-56 (1998).

165. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Effect of Hydrogen Donors on Polymer Degradation. Catalysis Today. 40:321-332 (1998).

166. D.J. Duval, B.J. McCoy, S.H. Risbud, Z.A. Munir. Size selected silicon particles in sol-gel glass by centrifugal processing. Journal of Applied Physics. 83:2301-2307 (1998).

167. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Time Evolution to Similarity Solutions for Polymer Degradation. AIChE Journal. 44:647-655 (1998).

168. B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Evolution to Similarity Solutions for Fragmentation and Aggregation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 201:200-209 (1998).

169. H.C. Cabbar, N. Varol, B.J. McCoy. Sorption and Diffusion of Chlorinated Methanes in Moist Clay. AIChE Journal. 44:1351-1355 (1998).

170. N.A. Sezgi, W.S. Cha, J.M. Smith, B.J. McCoy. Polyethylene Pyrolysis: Theory and Experiments for Molecular-Weight Distribution Kinetics. I&EC Research. 37:2582-2591 (1998).

171. B.J. McCoy, C. Cabbar. Adsorption of VOCs in Moist Soil: Effects of the Gas Water Interface and Mineral Surface. Proc. 1st Internat. Workshop on Environmental Quality and Environmental Engineering in the Middle East Region. 305-313 (1998).

172. N. Yasyerli, G. Dogu, T. Dogu, B.J. McCoy. Pulse-Response Study for the Humidity Effect on Sorption of Ethyl Bromide on Clays. AIChE Journal. 45:291-298 (1999).

173. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics for Polymer Mixture Degradation. I&EC Research. 38:352-358 (1999).

174. B.J. McCoy. Branched Fractal Aggregates: Distribution Kinetics of Dendrite Growth. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 216:235-241 (1999).

175. B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics for Temperature-Programmed Pyrolysis. I&EC Research. 38:4531-4537 (1999).

176. M. Goto, B.J. McCoy. Inverse Size-Exclusion Chromatography for Distributed Pore and Solute Sizes. Chemical Engineering Science. 55:723-732 (2000).

177. B.J. McCoy, W.J. Sterling. Phase-Equilibrium Fractionation of Continuous Distributions. AIChE Journal. 46:751-757 (2000).

178. B.J. McCoy. Vapor Nucleation and Droplet Growth: Cluster Distribution Kinetics for Open and Closed Systems. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 228:64-72 (2000).

179. H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, B.J. McCoy, M.A. Mari�o. A Linear Driving Force Approximation to a Radial Diffusive Model. AIChE Journal. 46:2097-2105 (2000).

180. Y.-C. Kim, B.J. McCoy. Degradation Kinetics Enhancement of Polystyrene by Peroxide Addition. I&EC Research. 39:2811-2816 (2000).

181. B.J. McCoy. Polymer Thermogravimetric Analysis: Effects of Chain-End and Reversible Random Scission. Chemical Engineering Science 56:1525-1529 (2001).

182. H. Basagaoglu, B.J. McCoy. A Linear Driving Force Model for Diffusion and Reaction with Interphase Partitioning. AIChE Journal 47:754-757 (2001).

209. T.G. Smagala, B.J. McCoy. Mechanisms and Approximations in Macromolecular Reactions: Reversible Initiation, Chain Scission and Hydrogen Abstraction. I&EC Research. 42:2461-2469 (2003).

210. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects for Crystal Growth: A Distribution Kinetics Approach. Acta Materialia, 51:2031-2040 (2003).

211. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics of Ostwald Ripening at Large Volume Fraction and with Coalescence. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 261:423-433 (2003).

212. B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Analytical solution for a population balance equation with aggregation and fragmentation. Chemical Engineering Science. 58:3049-3051 (2003).

213. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Approximations in LSW theory for Ostwald Ripening. Chemical Engineering Science. 58:2903-2909 (2003).

214. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects During Ostwald Ripening. Journal of Chemical Physics. 119:1683-1693 (2003).

215. Y. Kodera, B.J. McCoy. Continuous Distribution Kinetics of Plastics Decomposition. Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute. 46:155-165 (2003).

216. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Ostwald Ripening in Two Dimensions: Time Dependence of Size Distributions for Thin-Film Islands. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 5:5459-5466 (2003).

217. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Growth and Ripening Kinetics of Crystalline Polymorphs. Crystal Growth & Design. 3:981-990 (2003).

218. R. Li, B.J. McCoy. Crosslinking Kinetics: Partitioning According to Number of Crosslinks. Macromolecular Theory & Simulations. 13:203-218 (2004).

219. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Chemical Kinetics and Reactive Mixing: Fragmentation and Coalescence in Turbulent Fluids. AIChE Journal. 50:835-847 (2004).
220. H. H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, B.J. McCoy. Radial Pore Diffusion with Nonuniform Intra-Particle Porosities. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 130:1170-1179 (2004).
221. M. Goto, B.J. McCoy. A Distribution Kinetics Model for Chromatography of Blocklike Molecules. Chemical Engineering Science. 59:2105-2111 (2004).

222. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Reversible Crystal Growth-Dissolution and Aggregation-Breakage: Numerical and Moment Solutions for Population Balance Equations. Journal of Powder Technology. 143:297-307 (2004).

223. R. Li, B.J. McCoy. Inter- and Intramolecular Crosslinking Kinetics: Partitioning According to Number of Crosslinks. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 25:1059-1063 (2004).

224. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects on the Transition from Nucleation and Growth to Ostwald Ripening. Chemical Engineering Science. 59:2753-2765 (2004).

225. H. Basagaoglu, C.T. Green, P. Meakin, B.J. McCoy. Lattice-Boltzmann simulation of coalescence-driven island coarsening. Journal of Chemical Physics. 121: 7987-7995 (2004).

226. B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Cluster Kinetics of Density Relaxation in Granular Materials. Physical Review E. 70: 051311--1-8 (2004).

227. B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Cluster Kinetics of Granular Mixing. AIChE Journal. 51: 406-414 (2005).

228. R. Li, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics Model for the Sol-Gel Transition Critical Exponent. Macromolecules. 38: 6742-6747 (2005).

229. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Population Balance Modeling of Turbulent Mixing for Miscible Fluids. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 127: 564-571 (2005).

230. J. Yang, B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Distribution Kinetics of Polymer Crystallization and the Avrami Equation. Journal of Chemical Physics. 122: 064901--1-10 (2005).

231. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Mixing Effects on Particle Precipitation. I&EC Research. 44: 5267-5274 (2005).

232. T.G. Smagala, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics of Polymer Branching and Hyperbranching. Chemical Engineering Science. 61: 3-17 (2005).

233. Y.-P. Jeon, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Dynamics of Evolving Networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering (2005).

234. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Nucleation, Growth, and Coarsening for Two- and Three-Dimensional Phase Transitions. Journal of Crystal Growth. 279: 466-476 (2005).

235. J. Yang, B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Temperature Effects for Isothermal Polymer Crystallization Kinetics. Journal of Chemical Physics. 122: 244905--1-8 (2005).

236. R. Li, B.J. McCoy, R.B. Diemer. Cluster Aggregation and Fragmentation Kinetics Model for Gelation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 291: 375-387 (2005).

237. Y.-P. Jeon, B.J. McCoy. Evolution of Power Law Distributions in Science and Society, Physical Review E. (2005).

238. J. Yang, B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Kinetics of Nonisothermal Polymer Crystallization. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109:18550-18557 (2005).

239. B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Cluster kinetics model of particle separation in vibrated granular media. Physical Review E. (2005).

240. G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. A Distribution Kinetics Model of Self-Assembly: Effects of Coalescence and Solvent Evaporation. Journal of Crystal Growth. (2005).

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