UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Faculty and Staff
Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin
Professor Emeritus
member of graduate faculty
Chemistry and Biotechnology
Office: 217 Centennial Science Hall
Phone:
Email: k.w.mclaughlin@uwrf.edu 
Education:
Ph.D. 1986 Texas A&M University
M.S. 1981 University of Michigan
B.A. 1979 Indiana University
Postdoctoral Fellow Florida State University 1986-1987
Research Chemist Dow Chemical Company 1981-1983
Courses Taught:
- Chem 311 & 411 Polymer Chemistry & Polymer Science
- Chem 401 & 402 Advanced Laboratory 1 & 2 (PChem Lab)
- Chem 341 & 342 Physical Chemistry 1 & 2
- Chem 121 & 122 General Chemistry 1 & 2
Research Interests:
My Favorite Equation:
Interests:
- Analysis of the behavior of topological indices for highly branched macromolecules.
- Isomer enumeration in macromolecules, especially polybenzenoids and copolymers
Publications:
MATCH, 51, 79-95 (2004) with N. Jia, "Fibonacci Trees: A Study of the Asymptotic Behavior of Balaban's Index"
3rd Indo-US Mathematical Chemistry Conference (Duluth, MN - August, 2003)
"A Topological Index Study of Highly Branched Polymers"
National ACS Meeting (Washington, D.C. - August, 2000)
"Two New DSC Experiments Involving Semi-crystalline Polymers"
Gordon Research Conference (January, 2000)
Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions
"Molecular Control of Viscosity for Solutions of PVA & Borate"
National ACS Meeting (Anaheim, CA - March, 1999)
"A Series of Polymer Chemistry Experiments using FTIR, Raman, and DSC"
Journal of Chemical Education, 74(1), 97-99 (1997)
"The Titration of Slime"
Some Theoretical & Mathematical Chemistry Links:
