Molecular Modeling and Computational Chemistry at Humboldt State University

摘要

A multiyear project to integrate molecular modeling and computational chemistry (MM&CC) throughout the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at Humboldt State University (HSU) is currently nearing the end of the third and final year of funding. The program includes a new laboratory course, a targeted emphasis on improving and increasing undergraduate research projects, and enhancements to the joint undergraduate computational methods course taught as part of the chemistry and physics curricula. Faculty collaborative undergraduate research projects using computational chemistry methods are among the greatest initial successes of the project. In addition to the already established use of Mathematica (1) as a computational tool in the upper division chemistry and physics curricula, the improved availability of Mathematical has greatly enhanced and encouraged additional uses for this powerful tool in other departments.