15TH ANNUAL MERCURY CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
July 21-23, 2016
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Lewisburg, PA
Thursday, July 21
- 12:00PM-5:00PM
Check-in, registration
Location: McDonnell Hall Lobby
- 1:30-5:00PM
Mini-workshop
Location: Academic West 204
- 6:00-8:00PM
Dinner (Picnic)
Location: Behind McDonnell Hall (2nd floor of McDonnell Hall in case of rain)
- 8:00PM-12:00AM
Gathering at Uptown
Location: Uptown (on campus, across from McDonnell Hall)
Friday, July 22
- 7:00-8:30AM
Breakfast
Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)
- 8:30-8:40AM
Opening Remarks
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
Session I
- 8:40-9:40AM
Keynote Speaker: Chris Cramer
Title: Spiral Feedback for Catalyst Design: Experiment and Theory
Suggested Viewing: YouTube
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 9:40-10:40AM
Keynote Speaker: Steven Wheeler
Title: Unconstrained by Reality: Adventures in Computational Physical Organic Chemistry
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 10:40-11:00AM
Break
Session II
- 11:00-12:00PM
Keynote Speaker: Jeff Evanseck
Title: Biomolecular Dynamics, Function, Visualization, and the Energy Landscape
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 12:00-1:00PM
Lunch
Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)
- 1:00-1:15PM
Conference Group Photo
Location: Rooke Chemistry/Biology Building steps
Session III
- 1:30-3:00PM
Poster session oral presentations
Moderator: Bill Miller
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 3:00-4:15PM
Poster Session I (For Last names beginning with A-L)
Location: Terrace Room (Room 276 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 4:15-5:30PM
Poster Session II (For Last names beginning with M-Z)
Location: Terrace Room (Room 276 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 5:30-6:30PM
Dinner
Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)
- 8:00PM-11:59PM
Gathering at Uptown
Location: Uptown (on campus, across from McDonnell Hall)
Saturday, July 23
Session IV
- 7:00-9:00AM
Breakfast
Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)
- 9:00-10:00AM
Keynote Speaker: Chris Wilmer
Title: Discovering Materials to Stop Climate Change using Molecular Simulations
Suggested Reading: 1
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 10:00-11:00AM
Keynote Speaker: Richard Pastor
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 11:00-11:20AM
Break
Session V
- 11:20-12:20PM
Keynote Speaker: Kate Holloway
Title: Arresting AIDS and Curing Hepatitis C: A Career in Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD)
Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)
- 12:20-1:00PM
Lunch
Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)
Conference Check-out
Turn in keys
Location: McDonnell Hall Lobby