Dr. James B. Foresman Physical Chemistry B.S., Elizabethtown College Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University Post-Doc., Yale University His research concerns the development of computer models to help solve a wide-range of chemical problems. As co-author of an introductory textbook, he is internationally known in the field of electronic structure theory. He is currently working on visualization tools that will help students with the more abstract principles of chemistry and has ongoing grant support for his efforts. List of Publications

Other:

• Powerpoint Presentations given at Scientific Meetings

• Gaussian Educational Website

• Click here to read the C&E News story about Computers in ChemEd (Sept 2002) or here for more details about the cover picture.

• Jmol templates
  • viewing structures
  • viewing molecular surfaces

• Click to download a movie of a chemical reaction:
  • Quicktime format (1.8 MB)
  • MPEG format (1.2 MB)

• Viewden is a free program for visualizing Gaussian Cube files on a Silicon Graphics Workstation.

• sqcub is a free program which squares the values of a gaussian cube.