A Center for Computational Chemistry

哈维马德学院建立了一个计算化学设施，可以提供量子化学的实验课程。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，这使得本课程易于理解。本课程拓宽了对理论感兴趣的学生的本科经验，并将使对实验感兴趣的学生熟悉文献中经常使用的一系列理论方法。此外，一些教师在他们的研究中有涉及本科生的理论成分。计算设施将大大增加本科生在从头算量子化学、电化学过程数值模拟和统计力学等领域进行理论工作的机会。该机构正以等额的资金配合国家科学基金的拨款。

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.