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Aug 02, 2025
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CHE 4590 - SEMINAR: CHEMISTRY
credits: 1.5
This course is designed to emphasize comprehension and interpretation of scientific literature and presentation of these findings in both written and oral form. An added component introduces computational techniques routinely used in chemistry such as molecular mechanics and ab initio calculations, their practice, and presentation of the data in correlation to experimental observations where appropriate. Course Goals: a) To develop skills in reading and critically analyzing current research findings as originally reported in journals and periodicals. b) To develop professional competency in presenting scientific papers. c) To utilize experience from previous course work in interpretation of data presented in original papers. d) To learn the computational techniques used in chemistry, including molecular mechanical, ab initio and structure visualization tools. e) To use the resources in GT Library. Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to: A) perform basic calculations and conformer searches; B) extract pertinent data from gaussian output; C) use ab initio calculations to predict chemical shifts, conformer populations and thermodynamic data for some organic compounds; D) analyze data and present original research; E) prepare effective presentations of scientific inquiries. Method of Instruction: How-to instruction of chemical calculations, discussion of research papers. Method of Evaluation: Presentation of computational results (30 min.) (40%), An original paper presentation based on library research (40%) and Class participation and attendance (20%) . Meets *WRT Distribution Requirement.
Prerequisite(s): MUST BE A BIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY OR CHEMISTRY MAJOR IN SENIOR YEAR.
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