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Engaging undergraduate students in computational chemistry research: A tutorial for new assistant professors
Author(s) -
Ball K. Aurelia,
He Kedan,
Hendrickson Heidi P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.26341
Subject(s) - undergraduate research , advice (programming) , track (disk drive) , mathematics education , computational thinking , computer science , chemistry , medical education , engineering ethics , psychology , engineering , medicine , programming language , operating system
In this article, we provide advice and insights, based on our own experiences, for computational chemists who are beginning new tenure‐track positions at primarily undergraduate institutions. Each of us followed different routes to obtain our tenure‐track positions, but we all experienced similar challenges when getting started in our new position. In this article, we discuss our approaches to seven areas that we all found important for engaging undergraduate students in our computational chemistry research, including setting up computational resources, recruiting research students, training research students, designing student projects, managing the lab, mentoring students, and student conference participation.