In addition to theory and experiment, computational modeling has become established as another tool to assist chemists in their work. Advances in computer hardware and software have now made these tools available to everyone. This symposium will highlight innovative ways that these tools are being used to enhance the learning experience of students in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Activities that involve molecular modeling, visualization, simulation, mathematical software, and other computational methods will be highlighted. Course-specific examples as well as efforts that integrate computation throughout the curriculum will be included.
Presider: Trilisa Perrine, Ohio Northern University
Related Papers Introduction (2:00 pm to 2:05 pm)
P843: Proper resonance depiction of Acylium cation – high level and student computational investigations (2:05 pm to 2:25 pm) WITHDRAWN
P844: Water in the computer lab! (A computational project for undergraduate inorganic chemistry) (2:25 pm to 2:45 pm)
P845: Application of MS Excel in teaching introductory quantum chemistry (2:45 pm to 3:05 pm)
P846: Application of programming in SCF calculations of the energy and vibrational properties of diatomic, two-electron molecules (3:05 pm to 3:25 pm)
Break (3:25 pm to 3:40 pm)
P1041: Molecular modeling of biomolecules: Integration into the undergraduate research laboratory and classroom (3:40 pm to 4:00 pm)
P848: Using WebMO throughout the chemistry curriculum to explore molecular shapes, conformations, energy surfaces, spectroscopy, orbitals, and symmetry (4:00 pm to 4:20 pm)
P847: Computation and molecular visualization in the inorganic synthesis laboratory (4:20 pm to 4:40 pm) WITHDRAWN
