Coker College Student April Ruthven Presents at Chemistry Conference

HARTSVILLE, SC (12/14/2011)(readMedia)-- Coker College student April Ruthven, of Hartsville, S.C., recently co-presented with Michelle Thomas, of Lamar, S.C., at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) held in Richmond, Va., in October. Over 250 graduate and undergraduate students presented research at the conference.

For their research project, "Design modifications to a room-temperature chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave (RT-CP-FTMW) spectrometer," Ruthven and Thomas changed the design of an instrument previously built at Coker, tested the new design and compared the results to the previous instrument. Ruthven is a senior chemistry major at Coker.

Established in 1908, Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.