| The department is equipped with modern instrumentation for use in teaching labs and research. The small class size at Wittenberg allows students to have lots of hands-on experience with this instrumentation.
Instrumentation in the department:
Other instrumentation at Wittenberg
Computers in Chemistry
Computers are now in all labs throughout the world of chemistry and the Department has kept pace with the rapid growth of this technology. We currently have 40+ computers in the chemistry department including laptop computers for use in the general chemistry lab and 3-D workstation computers in the Computational Chemistry Lab. A 30-processor parallel computing cluster is located in the BDK Science Center and is managed by the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) as part of their "Cluster Ohio" initiative. Wittenberg faculty and students have also taken advantage of other OSC resources available through a very high speed statewide network.
All courses in the department that are designed for science majors incorporate computers in a variety of ways. This includes data acquisition, data analysis, modest and state-of-the-art computational labs, and Computer Assisted Instruction in the form of several tutorial programs. All Chemistry students become familiar with data acquisition, data analysis using spreadsheets and molecular modeling programs. All computers are networked and have internet access.
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