CHEDWednesday, 13 September 2006

8:30 AM-11:55 AM San Francisco Marriott -- Salon A1, Oral
Computational Chemistry Investigations for Undergraduates
Organizer:Daniela Kohen
Organizer, Presiding:Tricia D Shepherd
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMComputational chemistry for educators
Shawn C. Sendlinger, Clyde Metz
8:55 AMPedagogy across polymer chemistry: Engineering interface via computational and visualization techniques
Carl Aronson, J. A. Charboneau, D. Knack, R. L Aiken, M. S. Parker, T. D. Rau, L. Dl Aronson, M. T. Huggins, J. Gurst
9:15 AMComputational chemistry and group theory at UNC Asheville
George L Heard
9:35 AMIntermission
9:45 AMToo much trust vs. too much skepticism: Five tools for finding a middle ground
Alan J. Shusterman
10:05 AMComputational chemistry as a teaching tool: Examples from teaching and research
James A. Phillips
10:25 AMReaction analysis using ab initio molecular hardness
James W. Hall, John R. Wasson
10:45 AMIntermission
10:55 AMModular curriculum in computational chemistry and biochemistry
Katherine A. Kantardjieff, Fu-Ming Tao
11:15 AMStory of the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation
Roger L. DeKock
11:25 AMChemical lessons from pre-built (database) models
Alan J. Shusterman
11:35 AMDiscussion

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The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006