A Computational Chemistry/Visualization Laboratory for the Undergraduate Curriculum

本科课程计算化学/可视化实验室

• 批准号: 9651427
• 负责人: Thomas DeVore
• 金额: $ 3.45万
• 依托单位: James Madison University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-06-01 至 1998-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651427&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computational; Chemistry; Visualization; Laboratory; Undergraduate

Project funds are being used to purchase pentium-based PCs and Spartan+ for Windows to equip a chemical computation/molecular visualization facility. Implementation of this facility enables the university to enhance the educational opportunities of students, add depth to course instruction, increase faculty exposure to molecular modeling, and lower instructional costs through increased availability of the necessary technologies. During the past 4 years the university has incorporated chemical computation/molecular modeling into the undergraduate lecture and laboratory curriculum. Three copies of HyperChem run on 486-based PCs. Last year the university acquired a Silicon Graphics Indigo2 workstation and Spartan software, which completed the development of the program at the senior/independent study level. This project enables faculty to use this technology to enrich and enhance the chemical education of all students.

项目资金正用于购买pentium-based个人电脑和Spartan+ for Windows，以装备化学计算/分子可视化设施。该设施的实施使大学能够提高学生的教育机会，增加课程教学的深度，增加教师对分子建模的接触，并通过增加必要技术的可用性来降低教学成本。在过去的4年中，大学已将化学计算/分子建模纳入本科生讲座和实验室课程。HyperChem的三个副本在基于486的PC上运行。去年，该大学收购了Silicon Graphics Indigo 2工作站和Spartan软件，完成了高级/独立学习课程的开发。该项目使教师能够利用这项技术来丰富和提高所有学生的化学教育。