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Kim McAuley

Kim B. McAuley, P. Eng.

Professor

Tel: (613) 533-2768
Fax: (613) 533-6637
Email: kim.mcauley@chee.queensu.ca
Office: Dupuis Hall 314


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Journal Publications

Nasr, A.T., L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical modelling of the response of polymer gel dosimeters to HDR and LDR brachytherapy radiation," Macromolecular Theory & Simulations 21, 36-51, 2012.

Campbell, D.A., G. Hooker and K.B. McAuley, "Parameter Estimation in Differential Equation Models with Constrained States," Journal of Chemometrics 2011.  (Accepted)

Karimi, H., M.A. Schaffer and K.B. McAuley, "Kinetic Moded for Non-Oxidative Thermal Degradation of Nylon 66," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2011.  (Accepted)

Chain, J.M.N., A. T. Nasr, L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical Modeling of Depth-Dose Response of Polymer Gel Dosimeters," Macromolecular Theory & Simulations 20, 735-751, 2011.

McLean K. A. P. and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical Modelling of Chemical Processes – Obtaining the Best Model Predictions and Parameter Estimates using Identifiability and Estimability Procedures," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 2011.  (Accepted)

Woloszyn, J.D. and K.B. McAuley, "Application of Parameter Selection and Estimation Techniques in a Thermal Styrene Polymerization Model," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 5, 453-466, 2011.

Wu, S., K.A.P. McLean, T.J. Harris and K.B. McAuley, "Selection of Optimal Parameter Set using Estimability Analysis and MSE-Based Model Selection Criterion," International Journal of Advanced Mechantronic Systems 3, 3, 188-197, 2011.

Latham, D.A., K.B. McAuley, B.A. Peppley and T.M. Raybold, "Mathematical Modeling of an Industrial Steam-Methane Reformer for On-line Deployment," Fuel Processing Technology 92, 1574-1586, 2011.

Chain, J.N.M., A Jirasek, L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Cosolvent-free polymer gel dosimeters with improved dose sensitivity and resolution for x-ray CT dose response," Physics in Medicine and Biology 56, 2091-2102, 2011.

Snyder, S.L., K.B. McAuley, P.J. McLellan, E.B. Brouwer and T. McCaw, "Modeling the thermal stability of enzyme-based in vitro diagnostics biosensors," Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 156, 621-630, 2011.

Olding, T., O. Holmes, P. DeJean, K.B. McAuley, K. Nkongchu, G. Santyr and L. J. Schreiner, "Small field dose delivery evaluations using cone beam optical computed tomography-based polymer gel dosimetry," Journal of Medical Physics 36, 1, 3-14, 2011.

Wu, S., K.B. McAuley and T. J. Harris, "Selection of Simplified Models: II. Development of a Model Selection Criterion Based on Mean-Squared Error," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89, 325-336, 2011.

Wu, S., K. B. McAuley and T. J. Harris, "Selection of Simplified Models: 1. Analysis of Model Selection Criteria Using Mean-Squared Error," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 1, 148-158, 2011.

Nasr, A. T., J. N. M. Chain, L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical modelling of response of polymer gel dosimeters to brachytherapy radiation," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 250, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012066, 2010.

Schreiner, L. J., T. Olding and K. B. McAuley, "Polymer Gel Dosimetry," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 250, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012014, 2010.

Jirasek, A., M. Hilts and K. McAuley, "Isopropanol-Based Polymer Gel Dosimeters for Use with X-Ray CT Imaging," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 250, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012072, 2010.

Chain, J. N. M., L., J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical Modelling of Depth-Dose Response of Polymer Gel Dosimeters," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 250, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012065, 2010.

Jirasek, A., M. Hilts and K. B. McAuley , "Enhanced-sensitivity x-ray CT polymer gel dosimetry," Physics in Medicine and Biology 55, 5269-5281, 2010.

Hayashi, S., M. Munenori, K., Haneda, T. Kondo, K. B. McAuley and T. Tominaga, "A study of the role of gelatin in methacrylic-acid-based gel dosimeters ," Radiation Physics and Chemistry 79, 7, 803-808, 2010.

Baldock, C, Y. De Deene, S. Doran, G. Ibbott, A. Jirasek, M. Lepage, K.B. McAuley, M. Oldham and L.J. Schreiner, "Polymer Gel Dosimetry," Physics in Medicine and Biology 55, 5, R1-R63, 2010.

Littlejohns J., K. B. McAuley and A. J. Daugulis, "Model for a Solid-Liquid Stirred Tank Two-Phase Partitioning Bioscrubber for the Treatment of BTEX," Journal of Hazardous Materials 175, 872-882, 2010.

Littlejohns J., K. B. McAuley and A. J. Daugulis, "Model for a Solid-Liquid Airlift Two-Phase Partitioning Bioscrubber for the Treatment of BTEX," Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 85, 2, 173-184, 2010.

Thompson, D. E., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Design of Optimal Sequential Experiments to Improve Model Predictions from a Polyethylene Molecular Weight Distribution Model," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 4, 73-85, 2010.

Koeva, V. I., S. Daneshvar, R. J. Senden, A. H. M. Imam, L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Mathematical Modeling of PAG and NIPAM-Based Polymer Gel Dosimeters Contaminated by Oxygen and Inhibitor," Macromolecular Theory and Simulation 18, 495-510, 2009.

Koeva, V. I., K. B. McAuley A. Jirasek and L. J. Schreiner, "Preliminary investigation of the NMR, optical and x-ray CT dose response of polymer gel dosimeters with cosolvents and increased crosslinker levels," J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 164, 2009.

Jirasek, A., K. B. McAuley and M. Lepage, "How does the Chemistry of Polymer Gel Dosimeters affect their Performance," J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 164, 2009.

Koeva, V. I., T. Olding, A. Jirasek, L. J. Schreiner and K. B. McAuley, "Preliminary investigation of the NMR, optical and x-ray CT dose response of polymer gel dosimeters incorporating cosolvents to improve dose sensitivity," Physics in Medicine and Biology 54, 2779-2790, 2009.

Thompson, D. E., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Parameter Estimation in a Simplified Molecular Weight Distribution Model for HDPE Produced by Ziegler-Natta Catalyst," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 3, 160-177, 2009.

Jirasek, A., M. Hilts, A. Berman and K. B. McAuley, "Effects of glycerol co-solvent on the rate and form of polymer gel dose response," Phys. Med. Biol. 54, 907-918, 2009.

Varziri, M.S., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Approximate Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimation for Nonlinear Dynamic Models: Application to a Lab-Scale Nylon Reactor Model," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 47, 19, 7274-7283, 2008.

Varziri, M.S., K.B. McAuley and P.J. McLellan, "Parameter and State Estimation in Nonlinear Stochastic Continuous-Time Dynamic Models with Unknown Disturbance Intensity," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 86, 5, 828-837, 2008.

Varziri, M.S., A.A. Poyton, K.B. McAuley, P.J. McLellan and J.O. Ramsay, "Selecting Optimal Weighting Factors in iPDA for Parameter Estimation in Continuous-Time Dynamic Models," Computers and Chemical Engineering 32, 3011-3022, 2008.

Koeva, V.I., E. S. Csaszar, R. J. Senden, K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Polymer Gel Dosimeters with Increased Solubility: A Preliminary Investigation of the NMR and Optical Dose-Response Using Different Crosslinkers and Co-Solvents," Macromolecular Symposia 261, 157-166, 2008.

Varziri, M. S., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan , "Parameter Estimation in Continuous-Time Dynamic Models in the Presence of Unmeasured States and Non-Stationary Disturbances," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 47, 380-393, 2008.

Schaffer, M. A., K. B. McAuley, E. K. Marchildon and M. F. Cunningham, "Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Nylon 66: Experimental Study and Comparison with Model Predictions," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 563-577, 2007.

Karlsson, A., H. Gustavsson, S. Mansson, K. B. McAuley and S. A. J. Back, "Dose Integration Characteristics in Normoxic Polymer Gel Dosimetry Investigated using Sequential Beam Irradiation," Phyics in Medicine and Biology 52, 4697-4706, 2007.

Thompson, D.E., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Simplified Model for Prediction of Molecular Weight Distributions in Ethylene-Hexene Copolymerization Using Ziegler-Natta Catalysts," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 523-536, 2007.

Puskas, J.E., S.W.P. Chan, K.B. McAuley, G. Kaszas and S. Shaikh, "Living Carbocationic Copolymerization of Isobutylene with Styrene," Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry 45, 1778-1787, 2007.

Wu, S., T. J. Harris and K. B. McAuley, "The Use of Simplified and Misspecified Models: Linear Case," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 85, 386-398, 2007.

Thompson, D. E., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Exploring Reaction Kinetics of a Multi-Site Ziegler-Natta Catalyst Using Deconvolution of Molecular Weight Distributions for Ethylene-Hexene Copolymers," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 1, 264-274, 2007.

Zheng, W., K. B. McAuley, E. K. Marchildon and K. Z. Yao, "Melt-Phase Nylon 612 Polycondensation Kinetics: Effects of Sodium Hypophosphite Catalyst," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 85, 180-187, 2007.

Puskas, J. E., P. Chan, K. B. McAuley, G. Kaszas, S. Shaikh, "Fundamental Aspects of Measuring Copolymerization Reactivity Ratios using Real-Time FTIR," Macromolecular Symposia 243, 46-52, 2006.

De Jean, P., R. J. Senden, K. B. McAuley, M. Rogers and RL. J. Schreiner, "Initial experience with a commercial cone beam optical CT unit for polymer gel dosimetry II. Clinical potential," J. Phys: Conf. Ser. 56, 183-186, 2006.

De Jean, P., R. J. Senden, K. B. McAuley, and L. J. Schreiner, "Initial experience with a commercial cone beam optical CT unit for polymer gel dosimetry I: Optical dosimetry issues," J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 56, 179-182, 2006.

Senden, R. J., P. De Jean, K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Polymer Gel Dosimeters with Reduced Toxicity," J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 56, 156-159, 2006.

McAuley, K. B., "Fundamentals of Polymer Gel Dosimeters," J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 56, 35-44, 2006.

Puskas, J. E., P. Chan, K. B. McAuley, G. Kaszas and S. Shaikh, "Real-Time FTIR Monitoring of the Carbocationic Copolymerization of Isobutylene with Styrene," Macromolecular Symposia 240, 18-22, 2006.

Sun, L., P. H. Oosthuizen and K. B. McAuley, K. B.,, "A Numerical Study of Pressure Variation and Flow Cross-Over through Gas Diffusion Layer in PEMFC Flow Plate Using Serpentine Channel with Trapezoidal Cross-Section," Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal 15, 1, 159-166, 2006.

Senden, R. J., P. De Jean, K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Polymer gel dosimeters with reduced toxicity: a preliminary investigation of the NMR and optical dose-response using different monomers," Physics in Medicine and Biology 51, 3301-3314, 2006.

Ben-Zvi, A., P. J. McLellan and K. B. McAuley, "Identifiability of Nonlinear Differential Algebraic Systems via a Linearization Approach," Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 84, 590-596, 2006.

Sun, L., P. H. Oosthuizen and K. B. McAuley, "A Numerical Study of Channel-to-Channel Flow Cross-Over Through Gas Diffusion Layer in a PEM Fuel Cell Flow System using a Serpentine Channel with a Trapezoidal Cross-Sectional Shape," International Journal of Thermal Sciences 45, 1021-1026, 2006.

Poyton, A., M. S. Varziri, K. B. McAuley, P. J. McLellan and J. O. Ramsay, "Parameter Estimation in Continuous-Time Dynamic Models Using Principal Differential Analysis," Comput. Chem. Eng. 30, 698-708, 2006.

Oosthuizen, P. H., L. Sun and K. B. McAuley, "The Effect of Channel-to-Channel Gas Crossover on the Pressure and Temperature Distribution in PEM Fuel Cell Flow Plates," Applied Thermal Engineering 25, 1083-1096, 2005.

Fuxman, A. M., K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Modelling of Polyacrylamide Gel Dosimeters with Spatially Non-Uniform Radiation Dose Distributions," Chem. Eng. Sci. 60, 1277-1293, 2005 [More information].

Kou, B., K. B. McAuley, C. C. Hsu, D. W. Bacon and K. Z. Yao, "Gas-Phase Ethylene/Hexene Copolymerization with Metallocene Catalyst in a Laboratory-Scale Reactor," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44, 2443-2450, 2005.

Kou, B., K. B. McAuley, C. C. Hsu, D. W. Bacon and K. Z. Yao, "Mathematical model and parameter estimation for gas-phase ethylene homopolymerization with supported metallocene catalyst," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44, 2428-2442, 2005.

Kou, B., K. B. McAuley, C. C. Hsu and D. W. Bacon, "Mathematical model and parameter estimation for gas-phase ethylene/hexene copolymerization with supported metallocene catalyst," Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 290, 537-557, 2005.

Puskas, J. E., S. W. P. Chan, K. B. McAuley, S. Shaikh and G. Kaszas, "Kinetics and Mechanisms in Carbocationic Polymerization: The Quest for the True Rate Constants," J. Polym. Sci., A: Polymer Chemistry 43, 5394-5413, 2005.

Puskas, J. E., S. Shaikh, K. Z. Yao, K. B. McAuley and G. Kaszas, "Kinetic Simulation of Living Carbocationic Polymerizations. II. Simulation of Living Isobutylene Polymerization using a Mechanistic Model," European Polymer Journal 41, 1, 1-14, 2005.

Zheng, W., K. B. McAuley, E. K. Marchildon and K. Z. Yao, "Effects of End-Group Balance on Melt-Phase Nylon 612 Polycondensation: Experimental Study and Mathematical Model," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44, 2675-2688, 2005.

Cunningham, M.F., M. Lin, J.-A. Smith, J. W. Ma, K. McAuley, M. K. Georges and B. Keoshkerian, "Nitroxide Mediated Living Radical Polymerization in Dispersed Systems," Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 124, 88-93, 2004.

Ben-Zvi, A., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Identifiability Study of a Liquid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalyzed Reaction System," AIChE Journal 50, 2493-2501, 2004.

Ben-Zvi, A., P. J. McLellan and K. B. McAuley, "Identifiability of Linear Time-Invariant Differential-Algebraic Systems - II: The Differential Algebraic Approach," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 43, 1251-1259, 2004.

McAuley, K. B., "The Chemistry and Physics of Polyacrylamide Gel Dosimeters: Why they Do and Don't Work," J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 3, 29-33, 2004.

McAuley, K. B., A. M. Fuxman and L. J. Schreiner, "Modeling Chemical and Physical Phenomena in Polyacrylamide Gel Dosimeters," J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 3, 159-162, 2004.

Yao, Z. K., K. Karan, K. B. McAuley, P. Oosthuizen, B. Peppley and T. Xie, "A Review of Mathematical Models for Hydrogen and Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Fuel Cells - From Fundamentals to Systems 4, 1/2, 3-29, 2004.

Ben-Zvi, A., P. J. McLellan and K. B. McAuley, "Identifiability of Linear Time-Invariant Differential-Algebraic Systems - I: The Generalized Markov Parameter Approach," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 42, 6607-6618, 2003.

Fuxman, A. M., K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Modeling of Free-Radical Crosslinking Copolymerization of Acrylamide and N,N'-Methylenebis(acrylamide) for Radiation Dosimetry," Macromol. Theory Simulation 13, 9, 647-662, 2003.

Ma, J. W., M. F. Cunningham, K. B. McAuley, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Mechanistic Model Studies of Living Nitroxide-Mediated Styrene Miniemulsion Polymerization - Opportunities for Process Improvement," Macromol. Theory Simulation 12, 72, 2003.

Ma, J. W., M. F. Cunningham, K. B. McAuley, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Nitroxide-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene in Miniemulsion - Modelling Persulfate-Initiated Systems," Chem. Eng. Sci. 58, 7, 1177, 2003.

Ma, J. W., J. A. Smith, M. F. Cunningham, K. B. McAuley, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Nitroxide-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene in Miniemulsion - Model Studies of Alkoxyamine-Initiated Systems," Chem. Eng. Sci. 58, 7, 1163, 2003.

Schaffer, M. A., K. B. McAuley, M. F. Cunningham and E. K. Marchildon, " Experimental Study and Modeling of Nylon Polycondensation in the Melt Phase," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 42, 13, 2946, 2003.

Schaffer, M. A., K. B. McAuley, M. F. Cunningham and E. K. Marchildon, "Prediction of Water Solubility in Nylon Melts Based on Flory-Huggins Theory," Polym. Eng. Sci. 43, 3, 639, 2003.

Yao, Z. K, K. B. McAuley and E. K. Marchildon, "Simulation of Continuous Solid-Phase Polymerization of Nylon 6,6 (III): Simplified Model," J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 89, 3701, 2003.

Yao, Z. K., B. M. Shaw, B. Kou, K. B. McAuley and D. W. Bacon, "Modeling Ethylene/Butene Copolymerization with Multi-Site Catalysts: Parameter Estimability and Experimental Design," Polym. React. Eng. 11, 3, 563, 2003.

Chung, J. S., G. Tairova, Y. Zhang, J. C. Hsu, K. B. McAuley and D. W. Bacon, "Polymer-Supported Metallocene Catalysts for Gas-Phase Ethylene Polymerization," Korean J. Chem. Eng. 19, 597, 2002.

Cunningham, M.F., K. Tortosa, K., J. W. Ma, K. B. McAuley, M. K. Georges and B. Keoshkerian, "Nitroxide Mediated Styrene Polymerization in Miniemulsion," Macromol. Symp. 182, 273, 2002.

Cunningham, M. F., M. Xie, K. B. McAuley, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Nitroxide-Mediated Styrene Miniemulsion Polymerization," Macromolecules 35, 59, 2002.

Krywko, W. P., K. B. McAuley and M. F. Cunningham, "Mathematical Modeling of Particle Morphology Development Induced by Radical Concentration Gradients in Seeded Styrene Homopolymerization," Polym. React. Eng. 10, 3, 135, 2002.

Salomons, G. J., Y. Park, K. B. McAuley and L. J. Schreiner, "Temperature Increases Associated with Polymerization of Irradiated PAG Gel Dosimeters," Physics in Medicine and Biology 47, 1435, 2002.

Ma, J. W., M. F. Cunningham, K. B. McAuley, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Mechanistic Model Studies of Living Nitroxide-Mediated Styrene Miniemulsions Polymerization - Interfacial Mass Transfer of Nitroxide," Macromol. Theory Simulation 11, 953, 2002.

Ma, J. W., K. B. McAuley, M. F. Cunningham, B. Keoshkerian and M. K. Georges, "Nitroxide Partitioning between Styrene and Water," J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. 39, 1081, 2001.

Sandink, C. A., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Selection of Parameters for Updating in Online Models," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40, 3936, 2001.

Schaffer, M. A., E. K. Marchildon, K. B. McAuley and M. F. Cunningham, "Assessment of Mixing Performance and Power Consumption of a Novel Polymerization Reactor System," Chem. Eng. & Tech. 24, 401, 2001.

Yao, Z. K., K. B. McAuley, D. A. Berg and E. K. Marchildon, "A Dynamic Mathematical Model for Continuous Solid-Phase Polymerization of Nylon 6,6," Chem. Eng. Sci. 56, 4801, 2001.

Yao, Z. K. and K. B. McAuley, "Simulation of continuous solid-phase polymerization of nylon 6,6 (II): processes with moving bed level and changing particle properties," Chem. Eng. Sci. 56, 5327, 2001.

Schaffer, M. A., E. K. Marchildon, K. B. McAuley and M. F. Cunningham, "Thermal Non-Oxidative Degradation of Nylon 6,6," J. Macromol. Sci. Rev. 40, 233, 2000.

Dadebo, S. A., K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "On the Computation of Optimal Singular and Bang-Bang Controls," Opt. Control Appl. Meth., 19, 287, 1998.

Shaw, B. M., K. B. McAuley and D. W. Bacon, "Simulating Joint Chain Length and Composition Fractions from Semi-Batch Ethylene Copolymerization Experiments," Polym. React. Eng. 6, 113, 1998.

Dadebo, S. A., M. L. Bell, P. J. McLellan and K. B. McAuley, "Temperature Control of Industrial Gas-Phase Polyethylene Reactors," J. of Proc. Cont. 7, 83, 1997.

Jiang, Y., K. B. McAuley and C. C. Hsu, "Heat Removal from Gas-Phase Polyethylene Reactors in Supercondensed Mode," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36, 1176, 1997.

Jiang, Y., K. B. McAuley and C. C. Hsu, "Effects of Operating Conditions on Heat Removal from Polyethylene Reactors," AIChE J. 43, 2073, 1997.

Jiang, Y., K. B. McAuley and C. C. Hsu, "Nonequilibrium Modeling of Condensed-Mode Cooling of Polyethylene Reactors," AIChE J. 43, 13, 1997.

Miller, N. C., R. W. Toffolo, K. B. McAuley and P. J. McLellan, "Determining Polymer Chain Length Distributions Using Numerical Inversion of Laplace Transforms," Polym. React. Eng. 4, 279, 1996.

Dadebo, S. A. and K. B. McAuley, "A Simultaneous Iterative Solution Technique for Time-Optimal Control Using Dynamic Programming," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 34, 2077, 1995.

Dadebo, S. A. and K. B. McAuley, "Dynamic Optimization of Constrained Chemical Engineering Problems Using Dynamic Programming," Computers chem. Engng. 19, 513, 1995.

Dadebo, S. A. and K. B. McAuley, "Iterative Dynamic Programming for Minimum Energy Control Problems with Time-Delay," Opt. Control Appl. Meth. 16, 217, 1995.

McAuley, K. B., D. A. Macdonald and P. J. McLellan, "Effects of Operating Conditions on Stability of Gas-Phase Polyethylene Reactors," AIChE J. 41, 868, 1995.

Xie, T., K. B. McAuley, C. C. Hsu and D. W. Bacon, "Modeling Molecular Weight Development of Gas-Phase Olefin Copolymerization," AIChE J. 41, 1251, 1995.

Zhang, X., K. B. McAuley and M. F. A. Goosen, "Towards Prediction of Release Profiles of Antibiotics from Coated Poly(DL-lactide) Cylinders," J. of Controlled Release 34, 175, 1995.

McAuley, K. B., J. P. Talbot and T. J. Harris, "A Comparison of Two-Phase and Well-Mixed Models for Fluidized-Bed Polyethylene Reactors," Chem. Eng. Sci. 49, 2035, 1994.

Xie, T., K. B. McAuley, C. C. Hsu and D. W. Bacon, "Gas Phase Ethylene Polymerization: Production Processes, Polymer Properties, and Reactor Modeling," Ind. Eng. Chem Res. 33, 449, 1994.

Zhang, X., D. A. Macdonald, M. F. Goosen and K. B. McAuley, "Mechanism of Lactide Polymerization in the Presence of Stannous Octoate: The Effect of Hydroxy and Carboxylic Acid Substances," J. Polym Sci.: Part A, Polym. Chem. 32, 2965, 1994.

McAuley, K. B. and J. F. MacGregor, "Nonlinear Product Property Control in Industrial Gas-Phase Polyethylene Reactors," AIChE J. 39, 5, 855, 1993.

McAuley, K. B. and J. F. MacGregor, "Optimal Grade Transitions in a Gas Phase Polyethylene Reactor," AIChE J. 38, 10, 1564, 1992.

McAuley, K. B. and J. F. MacGregor, "On-line Inference of Polymer Properties in an Industrial Polyethylene Reactor," AIChE J. 37, 6, 825, 1991.

McAuley, K. B., J. F. MacGregor and A. E. Hamielec, "A Kinetic Model for Industrial Gas-Phase Ethylene Copolymerization," AIChE J. 36, 6, 837, 1990.

Beirnes, K. J. and C. M. Burns, "Thermal Analysis of Glass Transition of Plasticized Poly(vinyl Chloride)," J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 31, 2561, 1986.

Books (Chapters)

K. Y. Choi and K. B. McAuley, "Step-Growth Polymerization," Ch. 7, in Polymer Reaction Engineering, J. M. Asua, ed(s)., Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

 


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