Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America 

Congratulations to Seungju Yu, Seoul National University, and Xintong Yuan, University of California, Los Angeles, 2025 ECS Battery Division Student Research Award recipients. The award, established in 1979 and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America since 2018, recognizes promising young electrochemical power source engineers and scientists and encourage them to initiate or continue careers in the field.

Nominations for the 2026 ECS Battery Division Student Research Award Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development open on October 15, 2025. Learn more! (more…)

Photo by © ECS/Todd Buchanan 2025

The Electrochemical Society (ECS) was thrilled to welcome members from around the world to the Member Reception Celebrating 12 Million Downloads at the 247th ECS Meeting in beautiful Montréal, Canada. Held at the Palais des congrès, this special gathering was a chance to recognize the collective impact of ECS members while celebrating a major milestone—12 million downloads of ECS content worldwide! (more…)

Join us in congratulating Stanford University students Il Rok Choi and Thomas Colburn, named to receive the 2025 ECS San Francisco Section Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award. Choi is recognized for his contributions to high-rate lithium metal batteries using asymmetric fluorinated ether solvents that enable fast charge transfer kinetics and high power operation. The award acknowledges Colburn’s novel methods of manufacturing nanomaterials using solution combustion synthesis. 

 Learn more about the award and review the list of past recipients on the award page. (more…)

ECS Technische Universität München Student Chapter is the 2024 Outstanding Student Chapter. Two student chapters were also named 2024 Chapters of Excellence: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter and ECS Universität Münster Student Chapter.

The Society established the Outstanding Student Chapter Award in 2012 to recognize distinguished ECS Student Chapters that demonstrate active participation in the Society’s technical activities; establish community and outreach activities in the areas of electrochemical and solid state science and engineering education; and create and maintain a robust membership base.

Congratulations to all three winners for their hard work. ECS is proud to support your journey to scientific knowledge via community, connection, and career building! (more…)