Subject: Undergraduate computational chemistry conference

From: "Carol Parish" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:15:08 -0500

March 17, 2003

To Faculty with Research Interests in Computational Chemistry:

We are pleased to announce the second national conference devoted solely to undergraduate computational chemistry, to be held at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, from July 30 - August 1.  This conference is a great opportunity for undergraduates to learn about the breadth of research in computational chemistry, particularly in interdisciplinary topics, and to discuss their work with other undergraduate computational chemists as well as some leaders in the field.  For faculty, this conference will be an opportunity to generate a network of computational chemists who work with undergraduates, fostering collaboration and developing a sense of community.

We have assembled an excellent group of speakers, all of whom will be available to speak with undergraduates about their work and on career opportunities in the field of computational chemistry.  Our confirmed speakers are:

Anne Chaka (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Ken Jordan (University of Pittsburgh)
Kennie Merz (Pennsylvania State University)
Jane Murray (University of New Orleans)
Nita Sahai (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Carlos Simmerling (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Darrin York (University of Minnesota)

The talks will be split between Thursday and Friday, with undergraduate poster sessions taking place on one or both days.  Details of the talks (when available), as well as links to the speakers web sites, can be found on our web site at
http://mars.chem.hamilton.edu/conference.

Registration is $200 per faculty member, $100 per faculty guest, and $100 per undergraduate, and includes:
    Two nights accommodation in recently-renovated college housing
    All meals, including a barbecue dinner on Wednesday, July 30
    Social activities on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Costs for the conference are being kept low due to generous financial assistance from Hamilton College and SGI.  Registration materials are due by June 6th, and the deadline for poster abstract submission is July 14th.  Undergraduates are strongly encouraged to submit posters.  Additional details about accommodations and poster submission, including registration forms, can be found on the web site listed above.

This conference is the second organized by the MERCURY high performance computer center (Molecular Educational Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY), recently created by seven undergraduate institutions with additional funding from NSF.  The conference is focused on undergraduates, and all interested faculty and their undergraduates are invited to attend.  Please contact our System Manager, Jennifer Sturm ([email-masked]), if you would like more information.  If you know someone else who would be interested in this conference, please distribute this information to the appropriate person.

Sincerely,

George C. Shields          Carol Parish
Hamilton College            Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Jeffery Greathouse          Maria Gomez     Martha Reynolds
St. Lawrence University  Vassar College  Colgate University

Marc Zimmer                   Ramona Taylor
Connecticut College         College of the Holy Cross

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