ECS has a number of student chapters which provide an opportunity to understand electrochemical and solid-state sciences, to have a venue for meeting fellow students, and to receive recognition for organized scholarly activities and community services.
Presented annually at the fall ECS bi-annual meeting, the Outstanding ECS Student Chapter Award recognizes one student chapter annually that has distinguished itself through active participation in the Electrochemical Society’s technical activities, outstanding community and outreach activities in science and engineering education, and a robust membership base.
The 2013 ECS Outstanding Student Chapter Award recipient is The University of Maryland Student Chapter. Led by faculty advisor Eric Wachsman and Chapter President Colin Gore, The University of Maryland Student Chapter formed in 2011 and quickly established itself as a role model. In 2012-13, The University of Maryland Student Chapter hosted lectures by prominent ECS members; coordinated a site visit at Teledyne Energy Systems; helped expose middle school students to STEM topics at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology Adventures in Science program; participated in the Science, Engineering & Technology Congressional Visits Day; conducted a poster contest; and not surprisingly, increased its membership.
The runners-up, Ohio University Student Chapter and University of Texas at Austin Student Chapter, were both recognized as Chapters of Excellence. For more information on applying for the 2014 Outstanding ECS Student Chapter Award, please see the award rules.
Auburn University Student Chapter, founded 2007 Jeffrey Fergus, Faculty Advisor, jwfergus@eng.auburn.edu
Boston Student Chapter, founded 2009
Eugene Smotkin, Faculty Advisor, Northeastern University, e.smotkin@neu.edu
Harvard University
MIT
Technical University Brno Student Chapter, founded 2006
Jiri Vondrak, Faculty Advisor, vondrak123@seznam.cz
Calgary Student Chapter, founded 2011
Viola Birss, Faculty Advisor, birss@ucalgary.ca
University of California - Berkeley Student Chapter, founded 2006
John Newman, Faculty Advisor, newman@newman.cchem.berkeley.edu
The California State University - Fullerton Division Student Chapter, founded 2012
John Haan, Faculty Advisor, jhaan@Fullerton.edu
University of California - Riverside Student Chapter, founded 2011
Alexander Balandin, Faculty Advisor, balandin@ee.ucr.edu
University of Central Florida Student Chapter, founded 2000
Kalpathy Sundaram, Faculty Advisor, sundaram@mail.ucf.edu
Central Illinois Student Chapter, founded 2008
Andrzej Wieckowski, Faculty Advisor, andrzej@scs.uiuc.edu
University of Cincinnati Student Chapter, founded 2007 Marc Cahay, Faculty Advisor, marc.cahay@uc.edu
ECS Cleveland Section and Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences Joint Student Chapter, founded 2005
James D. Burgess, Faculty Advisor, jdb22@po.cwru.edu
Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter, founded 2012
Andrew Herring, Faculty Advisor, aherring@mines.edu
Drexel University Student Chapter,founded 2012
Yury Gogotsi, Faculty Advisor, gogotsi@drexel.edu
Florida International University Student Chapter, founded 2009
Chunlei Wang, Faculty Advisor, wangc@fiu.edu
