Welcome to the North Carolina High School Computational Chemistry Server
The North Carolina High School Computational Chemistry Server is a
research-grade scientific workstation that contains four of the most
widely used research software programs (Gaussian 03, GAMESS, Tinker, and
MOPAC) for calculating the structure and properties of chemical
molecules. This resource is provided free of charge to all students and
teachers in the State of North Carolina. Students in public, private,
parochial, charter, and home schools are all eligible to use this
resource.
With primary funding support from the
North Carolina Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center, the goal of this resource is to provide North Carolina's pre-college teachers and students with the technologies, techniques, and tools to learn and use computational chemistry in the teaching and learning of chemistry. The ability to build, use, and analyze computer models is a
critical skill for the scientists of tomorrow and for those who wish to consider themselves to be scientifically literate.
North Carolina is one of the few states in the nation that provides high performance computing resources to its pre-college teachers and students. The server is housed at and supported by faculty and students at the
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Welcome to the world of computational chemistry!
Information for Teachers
Teachers may apply for personal accounts and student accounts. Teacher accounts provide unlimited access to the server. Student accounts have limits on the size of the calculation that can be done and on the total amount of computing time.
Teachers wishing to use the server in class should consult the Labs section (see tab bar above) to learn about how to get accounts for students. In addition, a number of tested labs are available in this section.
A number of resources for learning about computational chemistry are available. Check out the Teacher's Page for information on these programs!
Information for Students
Students are strongly encouraged to consider using the computational chemistry server for school projects and science fair competitions. Students wishing to use the server for extended projects must submit a short
proposal to the review panel at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Most North Carolina universities have chemistry faculty with experience and expertise in computational chemistry who might be able and willing to provide mentoring assistance.
