Purchase of Computational Chemistry Resource for the University of Memphis

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划和多学科活动办公室(OMA)颁发的这一奖项将帮助孟菲斯大学化学系购买一台分布式内存、八处理器计算机、两个图形工作站和六个工作站。该设备将加强多个领域的研究，包括催化碳氢化合物转化、非线性光学材料、电化学界面现象以及用DNA建造计算机的可行性。快速、现代化的计算机工作站网络是满足化学系计算需求的一种新途径。这种“计算机网络”还可以作为新的理论代码和算法的开发环境，提供图形和可视化设施，并支持对最先进的并行处理应用程序的研究。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) will help the Department of Chemistry at the University of Memphis purchase a distributed-memory, eight-processor computer, two graphics workstations, and six workstations. This equipment will enhance research in a variety of areas including catalytic hydrocarbon conversion, nonlinear optical materials, electrochemical interface phenomenon, and the feasibility of building `computers` from DNA. A network of fast, modern computer workstations is a new way to satisfy the computing needs of chemistry departments. Such a `computer network` also serves as a development environment for new theoretical codes and algorithms, provides graphics and visualization facilities, and supports research in state-of-the-art applications of parallel processing.