Purchase of Computational Chemistry Hardware

该奖项由化学研究仪器和设施 （CRIF）计划将帮助爱荷华州化学系 大学购买两台八节点SMP计算机和一台实验 8台微型计算机。 该设备将加强研究， 包括量子化学，表面化学， 模拟，硫光化学，固态化学 金属间化合物和高分辨率 光电离-光电子-光解离研究。 网络 快速，现代化的计算机工作站是一种新的方式，以满足计算 化学系的需求。这样的“计算机网络”还可以作为 一个新的理论代码和算法的开发环境， 提供图形和可视化设施，并支持研究 最先进的并行处理应用。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University to purchase two eight node SMP computers and an experimental cluster of eight microcomputers. This equipment will enhance research in a variety of areas including quantum chemistry, surface chemistry simulations, sulfur photochemistry, solid state chemistry of intermetallic compounds, and high resolution photoionization-photoelectron-photodissociation studies. 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.