Computers in chemical education

The quote, however, is as true today as it was nearly twenty years ago. We stand on the threshold of exciting new applications for computers both within the field of education and elsewhere. The subject of this paper is a computer program which represents one totally different approach for the use of computers in chemical education. We hope that it is only one new approach out of many that we will see in the future. 

Eduardo V. Ludena, Nora H. Sabelli, and Arnold C. Wahl, Computers in Chemical Education and Research, Plenum, New York, 1977. 

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Caglioti, E., Marsili, M. results presented at 7th Internal. Conf. on Computers in Chemical Research and Education, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, W. Germany 1985... 

THOMAS F. EDGAR holds the Abell Chair in chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned a B. S. in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and a Ph. D. from Princeton University. Before receiving his doctorate, he was employed by Continental Oil Company. His professional honors include selection as the 1980 winner of the AIChE Colburn Award, ASEE Meriam-Wiley and Chemical Engineering Division Awards, ISA Education Award, and AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award. He is listed in Who s Who in America. 

The popularity of problem-solving computer programs had been low, and thus also the general acceptance of such computer programs has been slugish. With the availability of low-cost/high-power PCs and new chemical software for these machines, the use of computers in chemical research and education will, finally, take off. 

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S. R. Heller and R. Potenzone Jr., Computer Applications in Chemistry, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computers in Chemical Research and Education, in Analytical Chemistry Symposium Series, Vol. 15, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1983. 

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Kaufman, Joyce J., "Quantum Chemical and Theoretical Techniques for the Understanding of Action of Psychoactive Drugs and Narcotic Agents," International Conference on Computers in Chemical Research and Education, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, July 12-17, 1973, in Comput. Chem. Res. Educ. Proc. (1973),... 

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Gund P, Wipke WT, Langridge R. Computer searching of a molecular structure file for pharmacophic patterns. Proceedings of International Conference On Computers in Chemical Research and Education, Ljubljana, July, 1974 5-21. 

P. Sturrock, R. Clemensen and A. Hayman, Proc. 4th Intern. Conf. Computers in Chemical Research and Education, Novosibirsk, 1978. 

Bucat, B. Fensham, P. (1995). Teaching and learning about chemical equilibrium. In B. Bucat, P. Fensham (Eds.), Selected papers in chemical education research (pp. 167-171). lUPAC - Committee on Teaching of Chemistry. Delhi Shatabdi Computers Pvt. Ltd. 

In 1989, Brian completed a doctorate in education at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, with an emphasis on college curriculum and instruction. His research in chemical education, chemical kinetics, and computational chemistry has resulted in several publications and conference presentations. 

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