A Center for Computational Chemistry

哈维马德学院已经建立了一个计算化学设施，可以提供一门量子化学实验室课程。化学和化学物理专业的学生在物理和数学方面有广泛的背景，这使得这门课程变得容易理解。这门课程拓宽了对理论感兴趣的学生的本科经验，并将使有实验兴趣的学生熟悉文献中经常使用的一系列理论方法。此外，一些教员在他们的研究中有涉及本科生的理论部分。计算设施将极大地增加本科生在从头计算量子化学、电化学过程的数值模拟和统计力学领域的理论工作机会。该机构正在将NSF的拨款与同等数额的资金相匹配。

A computational chemistry facility has been established at Harvey Mudd College which allows the offering of a laboratory course in quantum chemistry. Students in chemistry and chemical physics have broad backgrounds in physics and mathematics which make this course accessible. This course broadens the undergraduate experience of students interested intheory and will acquaint students having experimental interests with a range of theoretical methods that are frequently used in the literature. In addition, several of the faculty have theoretical components to their research which involve undergraduates. The computational facility will greatly enhance the opportunities for theoretical work by undergraduates in the areas of ab initio quantum chemistry, numerical simulations of electrochemical processes, and statistical mechanics. The institution is matching the NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.