The Thirty-Seventh Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference
12 – 14 July 2021. The University of Chicago.
Zoom link for all talks. Meeting ID: 989 1142 3229 Passcode: 079361
Discussion board for all posters
(All times Central Daylight Time)
Monday 12 July 2021
Zoom link for all talks. Meeting ID: 989 1142 3229 Passcode: 079361
10:00 Brent Krueger, Hope College
Welcome to the Thirty-Seventh MU3C Conference
10:15 Sean Boyce and Katherine Geist, Carleton College
Molecular Insight into Cation Behavior within Zeolites
10:45 Colin D. Bradley, Hope College
TD-DFT Methods to Predict vis-NIR Absorbances of Long-wavelength Azo Dyes
11:15 Greg Voth, University of Chicago
12:00 Lunch — together in Zoom
1:00 Suri Vaikuntanathan, University of Chicago
1:45 MU3C Poster Session A (Posters 1-4 listed below; access at the Summer 2021 discussion forum)
3:00 Vera Dragisich, University of Chicago
Graduate School at U of C Information Session
3:45 Brent Krueger, Hope College
Day One Wrap-up
MU3C Poster Session A Presenters (1:45 Monday 12 July 2021)
- Emma Morrow, University of Portland
Reactivity of Halohydrins in Epoxide-forming Reactions - Marijane Morse, Grand Valley State University
Computational Exploration of Cyclopropanation of Styrene by a Cobalt Carbene Featuring a Tethered Bis-Alkoxide Ligand - Rowan Olson, University of St. Thomas
Using Computational Methods to Identify Beta-Hairpin Conformations in Polypeptide Chains - Francesco Pecere, Macalester College
Greenhouse Gas Production in the Ozonolysis of Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Zoom link for all talks. Meeting ID: 989 1142 3229 Passcode: 079361
9:00 MU3C Business Meeting (MU3C Faculty Only)
10:35 Brent Krueger, Hope College
Welcome to Day Two
10:45 Lauren Way, Carleton College
Can Transition State Analogues be Used to Predict Enantioselectivity?
11:15 Laura Gagliardi, University of Chicago
12:00 Lunch — together in Zoom
1:00 Giulia Galli, University of Chicago
1:45 MU3C Poster Session B (Posters 5-9 listed below; access at the Summer 2021 discussion forum)
3:00 Two Simultaneous Panel Discussions
University of Chicago Graduate Students
What is Graduate School Really Like?
Same Zoom link we’ve been using: Meeting ID: 989 1142 3229 Passcode: 079361
MU3C Faculty
Faculty jobs at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: Do I Want One? How Do I Get One?
Zoom link just for this session: Meeting ID: 981 6711 6695 Passcode: 674570
8:00pm MU3C Faculty & Student Social Times
Zoom session for Students: Meeting ID: 933 1965 7631 Passcode: 666613
Zoom session for Faculty: Meeting ID: 918 5993 6686 Passcode: 502302
MU3C Poster Session B Presenters (1:45 Tuesday 13 July 2021)
- Cecilia Becicka, University of St. Thomas
Exploration of Asymmetry in Ammonium PTCs in Ion Transfers Across Water-Cyclohexane Interfaces - Ruth Claycomb, Jose Perez Siguenza, and David Williams, Macalester College
Quantum Chemical Studies of the Reaction of Nitrated Peroxy Radicals with HO2 - Veronica Freund, University of St. Thomas
Application of Basin Hopping for Vibrational Parameterization of Astrochemical Molecules - Evan Mills, Cornell College
Density Functional Theory Calculations on Molecules Relevant to Redox Flow Batteries - Christine Morales (faculty) on behalf of student Annika Mankel, Hawaii Pacific University
Investigating a Quantitative Relationship Between Bond Angles and Lone Pair Size in Hypervalent Structures
Wednesday 14 July 2021
Zoom link for all talks. Meeting ID: 989 1142 3229 Passcode: 079361
10:10 Brent Krueger, Hope College
Welcome to Day Three
10:15 Kal Narance and Braden Kobus, Ripon College
Mechanism of Sonogasira Cross-Coupling by CuSeO3 Nanoparticles
10:45 Emma Watson and Zach Dinardo, Carleton College
Computational Exploration of Silicon-Directed C-H Activation at Group 9 Metals
11:15 David Mazziotti, University of Chicago
12:00 Lunch — together in Zoom
1:00 Benoit Roux, University of Chicago
1:45 Natalie Woodland, Grand Valley State University
Computational Exploration of Aziridination of Styrene by a Manganese Nitrene Featuring a Tethered Bis-Alkoxide Ligand
2:15 Stuart Winikoff, Truman State University
DFT Modeling of Stereoselective Organic Reactions
3:00 Brent Krueger, Hope College
Conference Wrap-up
Summer 2021 Conference Participating MU3C Groups
Jason Gillmore, Hope College
Daniela Kohen, Carleton College
Brent Krueger, Hope College
Keith Kuwata, Macalester College
Josh Layfield, University of St. Thomas
Richard Lord, Grand Valley State University
Christine Morales, Hawaii Pacific University
Luiz Oliveira, Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Christina Othon, Ripon College
Will Polik, Hope College
Daniel Sadowsky, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Joe Scanlon, Ripon College
Erin Speetzen, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stacey Stoffregen, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Buck Taylor, University of Portland
Craig Teague, Cornell College
Stuart Winikoff, Truman State University
