Departmental News

• Prof. Hase was invited to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University on September 24, 2019 by their Graduate Student Organization. The title of his lecture was "Direct Dynamics Simulations of Gas-Phase SN2 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Atomistic Dynamics, Reaction Mechanisms, and Comparisons with Experiments".
• Prof. Poirier (together with Prof. Myounghwan Kim of the physics department) is the TTU representative at the kickoff meeting of the Texas Quantum Institute—a consortium of Texas universities (primarily Rice and U Texas) seeking to establish a major quantum computing center in the state of Texas. Prof. Poirier will give a presentation entitled “Texas Tech Quantum Research” on Oct 19, 2019.
• Prof. Thompson submitted a grant proposal to NIH to develop a new instrument for collecting ultrahigh resolution (<0.001 cm-1) mid-IR spectra of biomolecules for structural characterization.
• Prof. Mechref chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-T (30) I) October 7, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref Chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-P (07) S) October 8, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref participated in an NIH Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies (EBIT) study section panel, October 10-11, Washington DC. Prof. Mechref is a standing member of the EBIT study section panel.
• Prof. Mechref reviewed for the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), October 9, Brussels, Belgium.

Departmental News

• Prof. Hase was invited to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University on September 24, 2019 by their Graduate Student Organization. The title of his lecture was "Direct Dynamics Simulations of Gas-Phase SN2 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Atomistic Dynamics, Reaction Mechanisms, and Comparisons with Experiments".
• Prof. Poirier (together with Prof. Myounghwan Kim of the physics department) is the TTU representative at the kickoff meeting of the Texas Quantum Institute—a consortium of Texas universities (primarily Rice and U Texas) seeking to establish a major quantum computing center in the state of Texas. Prof. Poirier will give a presentation entitled “Texas Tech Quantum Research” on Oct 19, 2019.
• Prof. Thompson submitted a grant proposal to NIH to develop a new instrument for collecting ultrahigh resolution (<0.001 cm-1) mid-IR spectra of biomolecules for structural characterization.
• Prof. Mechref chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-T (30) I) October 7, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref Chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-P (07) S) October 8, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref participated in an NIH Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies (EBIT) study section panel, October 10-11, Washington DC. Prof. Mechref is a standing member of the EBIT study section panel.
• Prof. Mechref reviewed for the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), October 9, Brussels, Belgium.

Departmental News

• Prof. Hase was invited to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University on September 24, 2019 by their Graduate Student Organization. The title of his lecture was "Direct Dynamics Simulations of Gas-Phase SN2 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Atomistic Dynamics, Reaction Mechanisms, and Comparisons with Experiments".
• Prof. Poirier (together with Prof. Myounghwan Kim of the physics department) is the TTU representative at the kickoff meeting of the Texas Quantum Institute—a consortium of Texas universities (primarily Rice and U Texas) seeking to establish a major quantum computing center in the state of Texas. Prof. Poirier will give a presentation entitled “Texas Tech Quantum Research” on Oct 19, 2019.
• Prof. Thompson submitted a grant proposal to NIH to develop a new instrument for collecting ultrahigh resolution (<0.001 cm-1) mid-IR spectra of biomolecules for structural characterization.
• Prof. Mechref chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-T (30) I) October 7, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref Chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-P (07) S) October 8, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref participated in an NIH Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies (EBIT) study section panel, October 10-11, Washington DC. Prof. Mechref is a standing member of the EBIT study section panel.
• Prof. Mechref reviewed for the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), October 9, Brussels, Belgium.

Departmental News

• Prof. Hase was invited to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University on September 24, 2019 by their Graduate Student Organization. The title of his lecture was "Direct Dynamics Simulations of Gas-Phase SN2 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Atomistic Dynamics, Reaction Mechanisms, and Comparisons with Experiments".
• Prof. Poirier (together with Prof. Myounghwan Kim of the physics department) is the TTU representative at the kickoff meeting of the Texas Quantum Institute—a consortium of Texas universities (primarily Rice and U Texas) seeking to establish a major quantum computing center in the state of Texas. Prof. Poirier will give a presentation entitled “Texas Tech Quantum Research” on Oct 19, 2019.
• Prof. Thompson submitted a grant proposal to NIH to develop a new instrument for collecting ultrahigh resolution (<0.001 cm-1) mid-IR spectra of biomolecules for structural characterization.
• Prof. Mechref chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-T (30) I) October 7, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref Chaired an NIH S10 study section panel (ZRG1 BCMB-P (07) S) October 8, Baltimore, MD.
• Prof. Mechref participated in an NIH Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies (EBIT) study section panel, October 10-11, Washington DC. Prof. Mechref is a standing member of the EBIT study section panel.
• Prof. Mechref reviewed for the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), October 9, Brussels, Belgium.

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