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How to make money from Open Source scientific software

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

One of my graduate students just got offered a job at computational chemistry software company. I have a lot of respect for this company; they make very good, very fast, and very capable products. They also hire real scientists and … Continue reading →

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JSpecView

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

JSpecView, a Java-based viewer for spectral data in the JCAMP-DX format has just been released under the LGPL license. [tags]spectroscopy, java[/tags]

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JSpecView

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

JSpecView is a viewer for spectral data in the JCAMP-DX format. Find JSpecView at: http://jspecview.sourceforge.net/

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IMTEK Mathematica Supplement

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

We have a new software link today to the IMTEK Mathematica Supplement, a set of Open Source Mathematica Add-Ons to do things like Electrical Circuits, Finite Element Methods, Quantum Mechanics, Solid Modelling, Game Theory, and all sorts of other nifty … Continue reading →

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IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS)

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

The IMS is an open source Mathamtica Add-On providing more than 650 functions to Mathamtica: a nD fintie element environment, a circtuit simulator, model orde reduction, unstructured plotting and visualization. Many tutorials for simulation, Quamtum Mechanics and interfaces to VTK, … Continue reading →

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VMD

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

Useful for viewing PDB files, etc. Relatively powerful configuration for graphical representation of molecule. Find VMD at: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

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BKChem

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

Apologies for the light posting. I’m teaching a new course for me: General Chemistry II, and the load for lecture prep has been substantially higher than normal. We just had BKChem submitted as a software link for our Molecular Viewers … Continue reading →

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BKchem

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

BKchem is free chemical drawing program with many features, written in python. Find BKchem at: http://bkchem.zirael.org/

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OOPSE hits version 3

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

My research group’s main simulation program is called OOPSE, and we’ve just released a major rewrite of this code which includes all sorts of new molecular dynamics bells and whistles. Our code now includes lots of parts bolted on from … Continue reading →

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URAPIV

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Dan Gezelter

This is cool: URAPIV is an open source Matlab Toolbox for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) analysis. Particle Image Velocimetry is a planar, non-intrusive, optical imaging measurement technique that allows for two-dimensional, high-resolution velocity vector fields of laminar and turbulent flows. … Continue reading →

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