The Use of Distributed Processing in the Simulation of Protein Folding

This project consists of the implementation of a an algorithm which models the amino acids as connected electrical dipoles whose moments are related to the strength of the surrounding electric field, and the minimization of the resulting potential functions using a MOSIX cluster. It further relates the extension of this model to include quantum electrodynamical concepts for systems of limited scope, and the 3d visualization of the output of the modeling program.


  • The Protein-folding Problem
  • MOSIX Cluster Technology
  • Simulation of Interactions
  • OpenGL Technology
  • Molview Molecular Viewer


  • Sean Hardesty
    Last modified: Mon Feb 14 09:40:28 EST 2000