The ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry and the Chemical Computing Group is pleased to announce the latest winners of the CCG Excellence Awards for the Fall 2003 ACS National Meeting in New York. Congratulations to the winners!

• Ghosh, Tuhin, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, Department of Chemical Engineering: “Proteins under stress: molecular studies of pressure effects on proteins”
• Mattioni, Brian, Pennsylvania State University: “Classifying the mutagenicity of two diverse sets of organic compounds using Ames test data for Salmonella typhimurium TA100 and TA98”
• Rathore, Nitin, University of Wisconsin, Madison: “Density of states simulations of proteins in a continuum”
• Shen, Ling-Ling, Rensselaer Polytechnic University Department of Chemistry: “Modeling the mu-opioid receptor affinity of synthetic 8-aminocyclazocine analogues using TAE, PEST, and PAD descriptors and machine-learning methods”
• Shen, Min, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: “Discovery and experimental validation of novel functionalized amino acid anticonvulsant compounds: a success story of QSAR-based database mining”
• Thompson, Jason, University of Minnesota: “Predicting aqueous solubility: a fundamental approach”
• Tschampel, Sarah, University of Georgia: “Rational development of a lone pair inclusive force field”
• Udier-Blagovic, Marina, Yale University: “Validation of a model for the complex of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with non-nucleoside inhibitor TMC125”
• Wang, Dong-qi, University of Hong Kong: “A DFT investigation of the remarkable reactivity of the gem-dizinc carbenoid (IZn)2CHI as a cyclopropanation reagent with ethylene compared to its mono zinc carbenoid IZnCHI2”
• Wu, Yudong, Princeton University: “Application of a coarse-grained dynamical method to explore the conformational space of small molecules”

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Prof. Curt M. Breneman:
Treasurer, ACS COMP Division
RPI Department of Chemistry
110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180.
brenec@rpi.edu