The Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) is a gathering of analytical chemists organized annually on a traveling location in this broad area of the USA. The Midwest is home of major developments in analytical chemistry, and heir to a tradition of using this conference as an instrument of modernization. Attracting scientists at all levels – including faculty from small and large research and undergraduate universities, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students – MUACC helps shape the future of analytical chemistry by discussing the current state of the art, identifying new research trends, and exposing new generations of scientists to a broad scientific legacy, all in an informal setting. The first Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference was held in 1946 and has been going strong since. Through the years, the “extended Midwest” secret weapon has been described in the following publications:
Analytical Chemistry 1985
Talanta 1996
Analytical Chemistry 2016
| Year | Dates | Host institute |
| 2024 | October 3-4 | Wayne State University |
| 2023 | November 2-3 | University of Iowa |
| 2022 | October 27-28 | University of Cincinnati |
| 2021 | October 14-16 | The Ohio State University |
| 2020 | Cancelled – COVID | |
| 2019 | November 7-9 | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| 2018 | October 19-21 | Michigan State University |
| 2017 | October 19-21 | Ohio University |
| 2016 | October 13-15 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2015 | November 5-7 | University of Minnesota |
| 2014 | Unknown | Iowa State University |
| 2013 | October | University of Notre Dame |
| 2012 | September 27-29 | University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| 2011 | November 10-12 | University of St. Louis |
| 2010 | October 7-9 | Purdue University |
| 2009 | December 3-5 | Michigan State University |
| 2008 | November 13-15 | Indiana University |
| 2007 | November 1-3 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2006 | Cancelled | |
| 2005 | October 13-15 | Miami University |
| 2004 | October 14-16 | The Ohio State University |
| 2003 | October 9-11 | IUPUI/Butler University |
| 2002 | October 3-5 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 2001 | October 18-20 | University of Minnesota |
| 2000 | October 12-14 | University of Wisconsin |
| 1999 | October | Illinois State University |
| 1998 | October | Wayne State University |
| 1997 | Unknown | Purdue University |
| 1996 | October 24-26 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1995 | October | Northern Illinois University |
| 1994 | September | Kansas State University |
| 1993 | October 14-16 | Indiana University |
| 1992 | October 22-24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale |
| 1991 | October 24-26 | University of Michigan |
| 1990 | October 25-27 | University of Minnesota |
| 1989 | October 19-21 | Miami University of Ohio |
| 1988 | November 3-5 | Michigan State University |
| 1987 | November 5-7 | The Ohio State University |
| 1986 | October 16-18 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 1985 | October 10-12 | University of Iowa |
| 1984 | October 18-20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 1983 | October 13-15 | Youngstown State University |
| 1982 | October 7-9 | University of Kentucky |
| 1981 | October 1-3 | Purdue University |
| 1980 | October 3-4 | Iowa State University |
| 1979 | October 12-13 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1978 | October 6-7 | Indiana University |
| 1977 | October 28-29 | University of Nebraska |
| 1976 | August 3-4 | University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| 1975 | November 7-8 | Wayne State University |
| 1974 | November 15-16 | Hamline University |
| 1972 | November 10-11 | The Ohio State University |
| 1971 | November 12-13 | University of Cincinnati |
| 1970 | November 13-14 | University of Wisconsin |
| 1969 | November 7-8 | University of Colorado |
| 1968 | November 15-16 | Northern Illinois University |
| 1967 | November 17-18 | Kansas State University |
| 1966 | November 18-19 | Indiana University |
| 1965 | November 19-20 | Michigan State University |
| 1964 | December 4-5 | Northwestern University |
| 1963 | December 6-7 | University of Kansas |
| 1962 | December 7-8 | G. Fredrick Smith Chemical Co. |
| 1961 | December 1-2 | Wayne State University |
| 1960 | December 2-3 | University of Minnesota |
| 1959 | December 5-6 | Purdue University |
| 1958 | December 5-6 | University of Iowa |
| 1957 | December 26-27 | University of Wisconsin |
| 1956 | December 27-28 | Northwestern University |
| 1955 | December 28-29 | Iowa State University |
| 1954 | Unknown | Michigan State University |
| 1953 | Unknown | Indiana University |
| 1952 | Unknown | University of Illinois |
| 1951 | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1950 | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1949 | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1948 | None held | |
| 1947 | December | Northwestern University |
| 1946 | Unknown | University of Illinois |