Coker College Student Brandon Short Presents Research

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (04/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Coker College student Brandon Short, of Hopkins, S.C., recently presented at the third annual Coker College Celebration of Academics Student Research Symposium. Continuing in a tradition that began during President Robert Wyatt's inauguration as the 16th president of the College in 2010, Coker hosted a week-long campus-wide Celebration of Academics April 9-13. This year's schedule also included presentations of student-faculty research and service-learning projects as well as a performing arts showcase.

Short presented two research projects at the symposium. For his project, "Design modifications to a room-temperature chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave (RT-CP-FTMW) spectrometer," Short changed the design of an instrument previously built at Coker, tested the new design and compared the results to the previous instrument.

In "Ab Initio Calculations of Binding Energies of van der Waal's complexes," he utilized sophisticated computer calculations to predict how much energy is required to separate pairs of molecules.  Short is a senior chemistry and mathematics double 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.