The American Chemical Society's (ACS) Division of Computers and Chemistry (COMP) and Chemical Computing Group (CCG), arepleased to announce the winners of the CCG Excellence Awards for the Spring ACS National Meeting, to be held in Orlando, FLfrom April 7-11, 2002.
In alphabetical order, the winners are:
Thomas Dick for the paper entitled "Computational Modeling of Brine to aid CO2 Sequestration Research". Co-authors on the paper are Pranav Dalal and Jeffry Madura. Mr. Dick is a graduate student in Prof. Madura's labs in theDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Benoit Leblanc for the paper entitled “Mixing Monte Carlo moves more efficiently with an evolutionaryalgorithm”. Co-authors on the paper are Herve Toulhoat, Bertrand Braunschweig, and Evelyne Lutton. The work is thefruit of a collaboration between the French Petroleum Institute (IFP) and the Institut National de Recherche en Informatiqueet Automatique (INRIA). Mr. Leblanc is advised by his co-authors.
Viera Lukacova for the paper entitled "Implementation of Multiple Binding Modes in CoMFA". Ms. Lukacova's co-author on the paper is Stefan Balaz. Ms. Lukacova is a graduate student in Prof. Stefan Balaz' labs in the Department ofPharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, at North Dakota State University.
Sabine Schefzick for the paper entitled "Theoretical Ligand Distortions in Chiral Catalysts: Can moleculardeformations enhance a catalyst's chirality content?". Co-author on the paper is Prof. Kenny Lipkowitz. Ms. Schefzick isa graduate student in Prof. Lipkowitz' labs in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Xuelin Wang for the paper entitled "Error Analysis in Density Functional Theory: Atomization Energies." Co-authoring the paper is Prof. Angela K. Wilson. Mr. Wang is a graduate student in Prof. Wilson's labs in the Department ofChemistry at the University of North Texas, in Denton, TX.
The CCG Excellence Awards have been created to stimulate graduate student participation in COMP Division activities(symposia and poster sessions) at ACS National Meetings. Winners will receive a one-year software license of CCG's MOE(Molecular Operating Environment) for their academic research groups, in addition to travel costs associated with attendingan ACS National Meeting to present their research.
Awardees are chosen on the basis of the quality and significance of the research to be presented and the strength of thesupporting materials.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the CCG Excellence Awards for the Chicago ACS Meeting. We will present theawards at the COMP Poster Session (Tuesday Evening in McCormick Place South). Applications for the next round of CCGExcellence Awards will be accepted shortly.
Application for these awards is a two-step process. First, one must submit an abstract through the ACS OASYS system foronline paper submissions. Secondly, an application for the Award must be submitted to the Treasurer of the COMP division forconsideration.
Deadlines for these two steps are different to allow graduate students time to compile the additional paperwork needed tocomplete the application. Deadlines for the 2002 Fall National Meeting to be held in Boston, MA, will be announced shortly.Online submission of abstracts to the Boston Meeting will be opened sometime in mid-March and close at midnight eastern timeon Monday April 1, 2002. The website will be www.acs.org/meetings/boston2002. Supporting materials must include an extended1-2 page abstract for your paper along with a letter of support from your research advisor, a two-page CV and a personalstatement. Deadline for supporting information will be announced after the Orlando National Meeting is completed. Allgraduate students are encouraged to submit applications for the Awards. Students from the same research group are encouragedto apply. Students from research groups that have won awards at previous ACS meetings are also encouraged to submitapplications. Awards will be given only to those individuals making presentations, and not co-authors.
For more information please contact:
- Prof. Curt M. Breneman:
Treasurer, ACS COMP Division
RPI Department of Chemistry
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180.
brenec@rpi.edu