Engaging undergraduate students in computational chemistry research: A tutorial for new assistant professors

Ball, K. Aurelia; He, Kedan; Hendrickson, Heidi P.

doi:10.1002/qua.26341

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Sabatini, 1997). Previous studies have shown that the instructors have tried different strategies (Ball et al, 2020) to enhance the research experience of undergraduate students by designing suitable research assignments as a course project. Moreover, a survey of old literature reveals that the undergraduate research activities undertaken are through summer internship projects (Houser & Lemmons, 2018), course project/term projects (Amekudzi et al, 2010;Ford & Newmark, 2011;Ponce et al, 2021), or some kind of special research program organized involving undergraduate students.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

Jadhav¹,

Kumbhar²

2022

JEET

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Engineering institutions offer technical education by designing curriculum based on expected graduate attributes. The ability of undergraduate students (UG) to analyze complex engineering problems is one of the attributes and it is addressed by enabling students to work on certain projects or problems. The research experience during undergraduate studies can enhance the overall educational experience of students. But implementing research activities for undergraduate students can be challenging. To engage UG students, researchers have tried different strategies to enhance the research experience of students. This paper presents a case study in which, third-year students of Electrical Engineering were engaged to analyze the results of the combined economic emission dispatch problem (CEED) reported in past literature. As a part of in-semesterexamination (ISE) for the course Power System Operation and Control, the students were given different research papers published in reputed international journals and associated with the CEED problem. The students were asked to identify the main equations, collect supporting data from literature and develop a computer program in MATLAB to analyze results in the research article under study. Each student presented findings on the assigned paper, the computer program developed, with explanations and conclusions. The research findings of all students were appropriately consolidated to prepare the manuscript as a review article for submission to a suitable international journal. The proposed methodology can be easily implemented in other courses by properly defining thescope of research work expected from students. The research experience of students (experimental group) was measured by conducting a test and the results were compared with other students (control group). The results show that students under experiment performed better than other students. Keywords— Analysis; CEED; in-semester-examination; MATLAB; undergraduate research.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

Jadhav¹,

Kumbhar²

2022

JEET

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In this perspective, they discuss their approaches to seven areas that they found were critical for engaging undergraduate students in computational chemistry research, including setting up computational resources, recruiting research students, training research students, designing student projects, managing the lab, mentoring students, and student conference participation. [9] The second perspective is by Mauricio Cafiero and three of his alumnae. A longtime faculty member at Rhodes College, Cafiero and his former students describe how the culture of the Cafiero group empowered undergraduate women in computational chemistry.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Special issue on MERCURY

2020

Int J of Quantum Chemistry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This special issue of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry features 12 articles by 16 faculty who are part of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY (MERCURY). This collection features six research articles, two reviews, a tutorial review, and three perspectives. The MERCURY faculty run undergraduate research programs, and most MERCURY faculty work at predominately undergraduate institutions (PUIs). Life at a PUI involves a heavy teaching load and no PhD graduate students. Thus, the MERCURY faculty must learn to use their time wisely and usually devote 10 weeks in the summer where their students can be full-time researchers without distractions. The MERCURY consortium, established in 2000, has contributed greatly to the scientific development of faculty and undergraduates. The MERCURY faculty peer review publication rate from 2001 to 2019 of 1.7 papers/faculty/year is 3.4 times the rate of physical science faculty at PUIs. We have worked with over 1000 students on research projects since 2001, and 75% of our undergraduate research students have been underrepresented in chemistry, either female or students of color. Approximately half of our alumni attend graduate school for the purpose of obtaining advanced degrees in STEM fields, and two-thirds are female and/or students of color. We have had more than 1600 attendees at the 18 MERCURY conferences, including 111 invited speakers, 61 of whom have been female and/or faculty of color. In this paper, the research accomplishments, transformational outcomes, and scientific productivity of the MERCURY faculty are highlighted. The outstanding science of the 38 faculty in the consortium as of January 2020 are highlighted. [1]

show abstract

Engaging undergraduate students in computational chemistry research: A tutorial for new assistant professors

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

Special issue on MERCURY

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About