Scientific Visualization Lab
Vassar’s Scientific Visualization Lab is a computer resource for faculty and students from across the campus. The lab is comprised of three spaces, a large room for classes of up to 20 students, a smaller seminar room for classes of twelve or fewer students and for use by faculty/student research teams, and a room in which faculty can prepare and develop teaching and research materials. Each room contains computers with software chosen by faculty for use in capturing, generating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying scientific data and images. Chemistry students use the lab at all levels of the chemistry curriculum. For example, students in general chemistry and organic chemistry use molecular modeling software to investigate the three dimensional structure, stability and reactivity of molecules. Visit Vassar’s Visualization Techniques in Teaching site to see some examples.