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| Vol. 17, No. 34 | June 11, 1998 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 34 | June 11, 1998 |
Norman Wagner (left) and Douglas Doren with
the new Silicon Graphics ORIGIN 2000 multiprocessor computer
The Facility for Computational Research in Chemical Sciences and Engineering officially opened May 21 in Room 208 of the Lammot du Pont Laboratory.
The molecular sciences computing center, which houses a Silicon Graphics ORIGIN 2000 multiprocessor computer, is a major research instrumentation facility, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The center is funded by $183,000 from NSF, with an additional $155,000 from the University, the colleges of Engineering and Arts and Science, the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics.
Eight faculty members and their groups of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduates will use the new facility for their research projects, according to Douglas Doren, chemistry and biochemistry.
After the dedication, the research groups gave short presentations, describing their projects to provide interdisciplinary perspectives and encourage collaboration on the work being undertaken, Doren said.
In addition to Doren and Norman Wagner, chemical engineering, principal investigators, other researchers, including Robert Bach and Robert Wood, chemistry and biochemistry; Abraham Lenhoff, chemical engineering, Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering; Krzysztof Szalewicz, physics and astronomy; and Hai Wang, mechanical engineering, will use the new facility.
Photo by Jack Buxbaum
