Gordon A. and Mary Cain Endowed Chair Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 B.S. 1963, Illinois Institute of Technology M.S. 1964, University of Minnesota Ph.D. 1967, University of Minnesota (all degrees in Chemical Engineering) Tel. (225) 578-1377 E-mail: bjmccoy@lsu.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chemical reaction engineering: distribution kinetics, polymer reactions, phase transition dynamics, adsorption and reaction, supercritical fluid processes, reactor dynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena.
Separation processes: extraction and purification, chromatography, optimization and scale-up, environmental engineering.

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, AIChE, ACS, APS, AAAS
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1993.
Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, 1999.
Patent No. 6,136,452 awarded October 24, 2000 (with Z. Munir and S. Risbud).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• B.J. McCoy. Polymer Thermogravimetric Analysis: Effects of Chain-End
  and Reversible Random Scission. Chemical Engineering Science. 56:1525-1529
  (2001).
• H. Basagaoglu, B.J. McCoy. A Linear Driving Force Model for Diffusion
  and Reaction with Interphase Partitioning. AIChE Journal. 47:754-757 (2001).
• B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Discrete and Continuous Models for
  Polymerization and Depolymerization. Chemical Engineering Science.
  56:2831-2836 (2001).
• W.J. Sterling, K.S. Walline, B.J. McCoy. Experimental Study of
  Polystyrene Thermolysis to Moderate Conversion. Polymer Degradation and
  Stability. 73:75-82 (2001).
• W.J. Sterling, B.J. McCoy, Y.-C. Kim. Peroxide Enhancement of
  Poly(a-methylstyrene) Thermal Degradation. I&EC Research. 40:1811-1821 (2001).
• B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics Modeling of Nucleation, Growth, and
  Aggregation Processes. I&EC Research. 40:5147-5154 (2001).
• B.J. McCoy. A New Population Balance Model for Crystal Size
  Distributions: Reversible, Size-Dependent Growth and Dissolution. Journal
  of Colloid and Interface Science. 240:139-149 (2001).
• W.J. Sterling, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics of Thermolytic
  Macromolecular Reactions. AIChE Journal. 47:2289-2303 (2001).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics Theory of Ostwald
  Ripening. Journal of Chemical Physics. 115:6699-6706 (2001).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Time Evolution of Molecular Weight
  Distributions for Ultrasonic Degradation of Polymers. AIChE Journal
  47:2341-2348 (2001).
• M. Goto, H. Koyamoto, A. Kodama, T. Hirose, S. Nagaoka, B.J. McCoy.
  Degradation Kinetics of Polyethylene Terephthalate in Supercritical
  Methanol. AIChE Journal. 48:136-144 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Numerical and Similarity Solutions for
  Reversible Population Balance Equations With Size-Dependent Rates. Journal
  of Colloid and Interface Science. 246:356-365 (2002).
• B.J. McCoy. A Population Balance Framework for Nucleation, Growth, and
  Aggregation. Chemical Engineering Science. 57:2279-2285 (2002).
• H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, B.J. McCoy. Formulation of a soil-pesticide
  transport model based on a compartmental approach. Journal of Contaminant
  Hydrology. 56:1-24 (2002).
• Y. Kodera, B.J. McCoy. Distribution Kinetics of Polymer
  Thermogravimetric Analysis: A Model for Chain-End and Random Scission.
  Energy & Fuels. 16:119-126 (2002).
• H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, C.T. Green, B.J. McCoy. Modeling Transport
  in Heterogeneous Media: Tracer Dynamics in Complex Flow Networks. AIChE
  Journal. 48:1122-1132 (2002).
• H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, B.J. McCoy. Comment on Model coupling
  intraparticle diffusion/sorption, nonlinear sorption, and biodegradation
  processes. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 57:303-310 (2002).
• W.S. Cha, S.B. Kim, B. J. McCoy. Study of Polystyrene Degradation
  Using Continuous Distribution Kinetics in a Bubbling Reactor. Korean
  Journal of Chemical Engineering. 19:239-245 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Dynamics of crystal size distributions with
  size-dependent rates. Journal of Crystal Growth. 243:204-213 (2002).
• B.J. McCoy. Cluster Kinetics for Glassforming Materials. Journal of
  Chemistry and Physics of Solids. 63:1967-1974 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Tracer Mixing Dynamics during Aggregation and
  Fragmentation. AIChE Journal. 48:2167-2178 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Transition from Nucleation and Growth to
  Ostwald Ripening. Chemical Engineering Science. 57:3809-3818 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Denucleation Rates during Ostwald Ripening:
  Distribution Kinetics of Unstable Clusters. Journal of Chemical Physics.
  117:6607-6614 (2002).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Ostwald Ripening with Size Dependent Rates:
  Similarity and Power-Law Solutions. Journal of Chemical Physics.
  117:8042-8050 (2002).
• Y. Kodera, B.J. McCoy, Y. Ishihara, K. Saido, T. Kuroki. Distribution
  Kinetics for Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Polymer Decomposition. Proceedings
  of the 2nd International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Plastics.
  A56:1 (2002).
• H. Basagaoglu, B.J. McCoy, T.R. Ginn, F.J. Loge, J.P. Dietrich. A
  diffusion limited sorption kinetics model with polydispersed particles of
  distinct sizes and shapes. Advances in Water Resources. 25:755-772 (2002).
• H. Basagaoglu, E.E. Chung, D. Gandhi, K. M. Scow, B.J. McCoy, T.R.
  Ginn. Rate Parameters for Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Biodegradation via a
  Radial Diffusion Model. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 129: 565-570
  (2003).
• B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Chemical Kinetics in Dispersed-Phase Reactors:
  Effects of Fragmentation and Coalescence. International Journal of
  Chemical Reaction Engineering. 1:A10 (2003).
• 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).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects for Crystal Growth: A
  Distribution Kinetics Approach. Acta Materialia, 51:2031-2040 (2003).
• 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).
• B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Analytical solution for a population balance
  equation with aggregation and fragmentation. Chemical Engineering Science.
  58:3049-3051 (2003).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Approximations in LSW theory for Ostwald
  Ripening. Chemical Engineering Science. 58:2903-2909 (2003).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects During Ostwald Ripening.
  Journal of Chemical Physics. 119:1683-1693 (2003).
• Y. Kodera, B.J. McCoy. Continuous Distribution Kinetics of Plastics
  Decomposition. Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute. 46:155-165 (2003).
• 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).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Growth and Ripening Kinetics of Crystalline
  Polymorphs. Crystal Growth & Design. 3:981-990 (2003).
• R. Li, B.J. McCoy. Crosslinking Kinetics: Partitioning According to
  Number of Crosslinks. Macromolecular Theory & Simulations. 13:203-218 (2004).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Chemical Kinetics and Reactive Mixing:
  Fragmentation and Coalescence in Turbulent Fluids. AIChE Journal.
  50:835-847 (2004).
• H. Basagaoglu, T.R. Ginn, B.J. McCoy. Radial Pore Diffusion with
  Nonuniform Intra-Particle Porosities. Journal of Environmental Engineering.
  130:1170-1179 (2004).
• M. Goto, B.J. McCoy. A Distribution Kinetics Model for Chromatography
  of Blocklike Molecules. Chemical Engineering Science. 59:2105-2111 (2004).
• 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).
• R. Li, B.J. McCoy. Inter- and Intramolecular Crosslinking Kinetics:
  Partitioning According to Number of Crosslinks. Macromolecular Rapid
  Communications. 25:1059-1063 (2004).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Temperature Effects on the Transition from
  Nucleation and Growth to Ostwald Ripening. Chemical Engineering Science.
  59:2753-2765 (2004).
• 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).

In Press:

• B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Cluster Kinetics of Granular Mixing. AIChE
  Journal. (2004).
• B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Cluster Kinetics of Density Relaxation in
  Granular Materials. Physical Review E. (2004).
• G. Madras, B.J. McCoy. Population Balance Modeling of Turbulent Mixing
  for Miscible Fluids. Journal of Fluids Engineering. (2005).
• J. Yang, B.J. McCoy, G. Madras. Distribution Kinetics of Polymer
  Crystallization and the Avrami Equation. Journal of Chemical Physics. (2005).
  

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• 1999 National University of Singapore, "Distribution Kinetics--A Tour of
  Theory and Experiment."
• 2000 Engineering Foundation Conference on Population Balance Modeling,
  Kona, "Population Balance Solutions for Macromolecular Reactions,
  Fractionation, Growth, and Aggregation."
• Engineering Foundation Conference, Kona, "Polymer
  Thermogravimetric Analysis: Effects of Chain-End and Reversible Random
  Scission."
• National Institute for Resources & Environment, Tsukuba,
  "Distribution Kinetics Applied to Polymer Reactions--Oxidative Thermolysis,
  Pyrolysis, and Aggregation."
• University of Tokoshima, "Distribution Kinetics Applied to Polymer
  Reactions."
• Kumamoto University, "New Developments in Distribution Kinetics."
• Yolo County Rotary Club, "Alchemists Playing with Fire--An Early
  History of Chemical Reaction Engineering."
• 16th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering,
  Krakow, "Polymer Thermogravimetric Analysis: Effects of Chain-end and
  Reversible Random Scission."
• AIChE, Los Angeles, "Vapor Nucleation and Droplet Growth: A
  Population Blance Theory,"
• AIChE, Los Angeles, "Linear Driving Force Models for Environmenal
  Engineering--Chemical Reactions with Interphase Partitioning."
• AIChE, Los Angeles, "Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation--A
  Distribution Kinetics Approach."
• 2001 United Engineering Foundation, Chemical Reaction Engineering VIII,
  Barga, "Distribution Kinetics Modeling of Nucleation, Growth, and
  Aggregation Processes."
• Ljubljana University, "Distribution Kinetics and Applications."
• University of Bologna, "Distribution Kinetics: Applications to
  Polymer and Cluster Processes."
• AIChE, Reno, "A Distribution Kinetics Model for Chromatography of
  Blocklike Molecules."
• AIChE, Reno, "Dissolution and Growth in Ostwald Ripening."
• AIChE, Reno, "Kinetics of the Glass Transition."
• AIChE, Reno, "Population Balance Equations for
  Aggregation-Deaggregation."
• Louisiana State University, "Perspectives on Distribution Kinetics
  and Its Applications."
• MRS, San Francisco, "Growth and Ripening of Cluster Distributions."
• 2002 AIChE, Indianapolis, "Two-Phase Mixing Dynamics during Coalescence
  and Breakage."
• AIChE, Indianapolis, "Dynamics of Multiscale Phase Transitions:
  Nucleation, Growth, and Ripening."
• AIChE, Indianapolis, "Kinetics and Thermodynamics of
  Pressure-Induced Glass Formation."
• 2003 Texas A&M Symposium, "Population Balance Modeling: Phase
  Transitions, Turbulent Mixing, and Beyond."
• AIChE, San Francisco, "Chemical Kinetics and Turbulent Mixing."
• AIChE, San Francisco, "Evolution of the Size Distribution of Thin
  Film Islands."
• 2004 Population Balance Modeling 2004, Valencia, "Blending and Reactive
  Mixing in Turbulent Fluids: Population Balance Modeling of the
  Fragmentation Cascade."
• Population Balance Modeling 2004, Valencia, "Population Balance
  Modeling of Distribution Kinetics of Polymer Branching and Hyperbranching."
• 18th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering,
  Chicago, Polymer Crosslinking Kinetics: Partitioning According to Number
  of Crosslinks."
• 18th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chicago,
  "Models for Macromolecular Folding and Denaturation Based on Kinetics of
  Energy Landscapes."
• AIChE, Austin, "Distribution Kinetics Modeling of Mixing and
  Reaction."
• AIChE, Austin, "Cluster Kinetics of Granular Mixing: Population
  Balance Modeling."
• AIChE, Austin, "Polymer Crosslinking Kinetics: Partitioning
  According to Number of Crosslinks."

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