Description

Elizabethtown College has assumed institutional sponsorship of the MoleCVUE Project and maintains the MoleCVUE Center in Room 220 of the Musser Chemistry Building. The MoleCVUE Center maintains a variety of computers and software tools to support the project as well as accommodation for short- and long-term visitors working on the MoleCVUE Project.

Resources

Hardware:

• SGI R5000 Workstation
• 2 Linux web and mail servers
• Windows NT file server
• 12-20 Pentium Systems (Windows XP Pro)
• Laptop computers for in-class use

Software:

• Molecular modeling
  • HyperChem
  • Chem Plus
  • Spartan
  • Gaussian
  • Jaguar
• Mathematical Modeling
• Multimedia Tools
• Network Tools

Implementation and Testing Contexts:

• Introductory molecular science course for non-majors
• Introductory molecular science course for science majors
• Upper-level atomic and molecular structure courses for chemistry and physics majors

Implementation and Testing Facilities:

• Musser 232
• Other "smart classrooms" on campus

Conference and Workshop Facilities:

• Class and conference rooms
• Computer laboratories
• Housing in apartments on campus

Network Communications:

• Fiber-optic communications to all classrooms, offices, and residence hall rooms
• Network server in MoleCVUE center

Supporting Personnel and Services:

• Undergraduate student assistants assigned to project
• Clerical and conference support personnel
• Electronics and aduio-visual support and repair services
• Computer and network support and repair services

Funding

Chemistry Department Alumni:

We are especially grateful to Chemistry Department alumni/alumnae for contributions of $19,200 during the planning and grant-writing phases. Without their generous support, the MoleCVUE Project would not have become a reality.

• Dr. Robert Albright
• Dr. James Alwine
• Dr. Henry Gingrich
• Dr. Robert and Mrs. Mary Anne Poljanec Kerr
• Dr. Jay Lehman
• Dr. Philip Metzger
• Dr. James Oberholser
• Dr. Henry Pownall
• Mr. Roanald Prox
• Dr. Frank Seidelman
• Dr. Marilyn Senior
• Dr. Janet Swinehart Stein
• Dr. Jane E. Valas

Corporations and Foundations:

• The Allergy Foundation - $5,600
• Glidden Paints - $2,000
• Autodesk, Inc. - Molecular modeling and graphics software
• Gaussian, Inc. - Computational chemistry software
• Silicon Graphics, Inc. - graphics workstation / network server
• The Whitaker Foundation - $106,760 - June 1996 - Computing equipment for the Introduction to Molecular Science Course at Elizabethtown College; salary support for Project Director and Project Associate.
• Warner-Lambert Corporation - $25,000 - 1996 - 2000 - Equipment, materials, stipends, student assistants.

Elizabethtown College:

• Continuing software, facilities, project assistant, and salary support; housing for meeting participants.