Department of Mechanical Engineering

Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Physicist

107 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-7948
e-mail: mcclellandameslab.gov

Education
Iowa State University Ph.D., Physics, 1976
Dickinson College, B.S., Physics, 1965

Areas of Interest
Molecular spectroscopy of materials
analytical instrument automation.

Recent Publications
J. J. Sweterlitsch, R. W. Jones, D. K. Hsu, and J. F. McClelland, “Prediction of Interlaminar Shear Strength of a Thermally Aged Carbon/Epoxy Composite Material by FT-IR Photoacoustic Spectroscopy,” Appl. Spectrosc. 2004, 58, 1420-1423.

J. F. McClelland, R. W. Jones, and S. Luo, “Practical Analysis of Polymers with Depth Varying Compositions Using Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2003, 74, 285-290.

R. W. Jones and J. F. McClelland, “Quantitative Depth Profiling Using Saturation-Equalized Photoacoustic Spectra,” Appl. Spectrosc. 2002, 56, 409-418.

R. W. Jones, R. R. Meglen, B. R. Hames, and J. F. McClelland, “Chemical Analysis of Wood Chips In Motion Using Thermal-Emission Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy with Projection to Latent Structures Regression,” Anal. Chem. 2002, 74, 453-457.

J. F. McClelland, R. W. Jones, and S. J. Bajic, “Photoacoustic Spectroscopy,” Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy, Vol. 2, J. M. Chalmers and P. R. Griffiths, Eds.; Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2002; pp 1231-1251.