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| Project Leader: | Lars Erik Andreas Ehnbom lehnbom@tamu.edu Chemistry |
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John A. Gladysz, Ph.D.; Michael B. Hall, Ph.D.; Lisa M. Pérez, Ph.D.
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Meeting Times:
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Th 1.00PM-3.00 PM |
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Team Size:
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7 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Can earn research credit (1 credit), co-authorship on publications, obtain knowledge and practice using quantum chemical software (Gaussian09), submitting jobs using supercomputers, as well as data analysis (e.g. KaleidaGraph™ for graph plotting, Mercury™, Avogadro™, and AGUI™ for visualizations). Preparation of posters and scientific presentations. Receive letters of recommendation for work or graduate school. This Spring we will focus on participating in Student Research Week (SRW). |
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Team Needs:
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Participants must be accountable and self-motivated with a strong work ethic. Be dedicated, highly motivated, hardworking, and enthusiastic! Computing skills are not a requirement. |
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Description:
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Gyroscopes have numerous technological applications, but until the work in the Gladysz group, no molecules that mimic the symmetry, connectivity, and rotational abilities of common toy gyroscopes were known. In a computational tour-de-force, we study entire families of complexes called molecular gyroscopes that have a static outer cage part and an inner part featuring a transition metal bearing ligands that may rotate. These components are systematically varied in this study and different properties are probed using computational tools.
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