Knowledge is power: Quantum chemistry on novel computer architectures
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The Department of Chemistry seeks to provide students with a foundation in the fundamentals and application of chemical theories and processes of the lab. Thus prepared they me pursue careers as teachers, industry supervisors, or research chemists in a variety of domains (governmental, academic, etc).
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The Department of Chemistry was founded in 1880.
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1880-present
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
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In the first chapter of this thesis, a background of fundamental quantum chemistry concepts is provided. Chapter two contains an analysis of the performance and energy efficiency of various modern computer processor architectures while performing computational chemistry
calculations. In chapter three, the processor architectural study is expanded to include parallel computational chemistry algorithms executed across multiple-node computer clusters. Chapter four describes a novel computational implementation of the fundamental Hartree-Fock method which significantly reduces computer memory requirements. In chapter five, a case study of quantum chemistry two-electron integral code interoperability is described. The final chapters of this work discuss applications of quantum chemistry. In chapter six, an investigation of the esterification of acetic acid on acid-functionalized silica is presented. In chapter seven, the application of ab initio molecular dynamics to study the photoisomerization and photocyclization of stilbene is discussed. Final concluding remarks are noted in chapter eight.