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Latest Technology for Undergraduates |
In
April 1996, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded
Winthrops Department of Chemistry and Physics a $59,542 grant to
establish a computer-based molecular modeling program. While the
hardware and software have changed since that time, Winthrop chemistry
students in General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry,
Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Computational Chemistry continue
to gain hands-on experience with modern molecular modeling techniques
developed and extensively used by pharmaceutical and other industries.
NSF support for this program established Winthrop University as a
center of excellence for undergraduate molecular modeling education. |
The
Molecular Modeling Lab housed in the Sims Science Building includes: |
The
Sims Science Building also houses a 20 workstation PC lab with access
to 5 floating licenses of Spartan 08 and 40 floating licenses of
Spartan Student. |
Information on Molecular Modeling |
Molecular
Modeling
is the 3 dimensional rendering of molecules in an environment produced
by computer graphics. Molecular Modeling is a branch of Computational
Chemistry which develops and refines computational
methods used to produce the coordinates of atoms in a
molecule. |
Examples of Molecular Modeling: |
VRML |
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