MOE™ in education

Chemical Computing Group (CCG) has created an ideal pedagogical tool for the chemical sciences. MOE - the Molecular Operating Environment contains a variety of tools for Molecular & Protein Modeling, Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics, with all applications in one integrated package.

MOE's usage in academic research has grown exponentially over the past year, with many top research institutions employing MOE and its robust applications and customizable functionality. Researchers can fully adapt MOE to their needs by adding features to the Graphical User Interface, making changes or additions to the specifics of algorithms, or even creating new applications. This scalability gives researchers the edge required to create and communicate new scientific methods and discoveries.

MOE's interface presents first time users with a non-threatening, easy-to-use environment; HTML help files provide quick access to MOE documentation. Instructors and students alike have access to application source code, thereby providing an ideal way to conceptualize the underlying algorithms. MOE's embedded programming language created by CCG, Scientific Vector Language (SVL), provides an excellent platform for the user to quickly prototype ideas and produce papers at a speed unparalleled by any other software package. MOE is designed to be inherently portable, allowing users to run the software on a wide range of hardware and OS platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and Silicon Graphics Irix).

Academic institutions wishing to employ MOE in their teaching curriculum with the goal of stimulating computational chemistry education should inquire about CCG's Teaching Agreement. Participants in this program are asked to share their course material with CCG and encouraged to submit articles about their experiences in introducing MOE to their students.

CCG has a subdivision of support that is dedicated to the support needs of the academic user, which allows academic users to receive the same level (and speed) of scientific support that their industrial counterparts enjoy. For more information about using MOE in your research or teaching, please contact:

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CCG Excellence Award

CCG's strong commitment to education is recognized through an ongoing agreement with the COMP Division of the ACS. The CCG Excellence Awards pledge $200,000 in merit-based awards as well as providing winners' research group with software licenses for MOE. Created to stimulate graduate student participation in COMP Division activities at ACS National Meetings, the awards are given semi-annually as an opportunity to invest in the future of scientific research and to encourage a new generation of COMP researchers. Application for these awards is a two-step process:

1. The application consists of an extended (2-page) abstract of the poster or presentation, a letter of support from the research advisor, a two-page CV, and a personal statement. Please visit the COMP division CCG Excellence Award page for the CCG Excellence Award Coordinator's email address and the deadlines to apply for the award;
2. The abstract must be submitted through the ACS OASYS system for online submissions prior to the deadline for the meeting at which the awards will be presented. Awardees are chosen on the basis of the quality and significance of the research to be presented, as well as the strength of the supporting letter and other materials.

Graduate students from a research group that have previously won the CCG Excellence Award are eligible to apply; however, only one student from the research group may apply. Awards will be given only to those individuals making presentations, and not co-authors. Students who have previously won the CCG Excellence Award are ineligible. Students must be residents of North, Central or South America (European students can apply for a similar award through the Molecular Graphics and Modeling Society).