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Research Computing @ UTEP: Carl Dirk

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Dirk, Carl
College: Science
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Computing @ UTEP: Carl Dirk
Date: 12 September 2013 17:14



Computational chemist Carl Dirk, Ph.D., had grown accustomed to using semi-empirical calculations, or approximations, of how molecules would react in their excited states.

“In my opinion, it’s a good, predictive method still, but a lot of journals no longer accept semi-empirical results – only those using ab initio methods, which I did not have the ability to perform,” said Dirk, a UTEP chemistry professor.


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