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Why you should apply to be a Student Ambassador at the 245th ECS Meeting from May 26-30 in San Francisco, CA: (more…)
Photo: Marie Ullnert, Happy Visuals
ECS members mingled, networked, and enjoyed appetizers and an open bar at the sold-out Members Reception at the 244th ECS Meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden.
An exciting part of the event was the announcement of the lucky ECS members who had won raffle prizes. The lucky winners are:
5-night Hotel Stay, PRiME 2024
Serhiy Cherevko, Forschungszentrum Jülich Gmbh
Lifetime Membership
Thomas George, Harvard University
245th ECS Meeting Registration
Leah Rynearson, University of Rhode Island (more…)
NSF Seeks MSI Research Proposals on Advancing Emerging Technologies
Posted on October 5, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encouraging Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to submit proposals for new Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Center) addressing the social, political, cultural or cognitive dimensions of “advancing emerging technologies.”
CREST projects are five-year research awards that increase research capacity and infrastructure at MSIs.
ECS Detroit Section Hosts “Using Ultra High Precision Coulometry Metrics for Fast and High Quality Experimental Cell Research”
Posted on September 11, 2023 by Frances Chaves
David Theuerkauf
Register for David Theuerkauf’s September 20 seminar
The ECS Detroit Section invites you to an in-person seminar with David Theuerkauf, Technical Sales Specialist, AVL North America, at 1800h on September 20, 2023, at Mercedes-Benz R&D North America.
Abstract
In constructed lithium ion batteries, only voltage, current, and temperature can be measured. This leads to difficulty making in situ analysis of electrochemical properties. Measuring and sourcing current at a high level of quality, 0.005% of full scale range, is considered ultra-high precision coulometry. Analysis of ultra-high precision coulometry metrics can be made by running cells at a slow 16-hour charge and discharge rate, with stable environmental control. These metrics can be used to compare degradation rates and anticipated rollover failure, quickly compare different potential chemistries or electrolytes, or detect lithium plating. (more…)
ECS Announces 2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship Recipients
Posted on August 14, 2023 by Frances ChavesCongratulations to Yaocai Bai of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Yuzhang Li of the University of California, Los Angeles, winners of the 2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship for Projects in Green Energy Technology. Through the fellowship, ECS and the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRI-NA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), will support their innovative electrochemical research in green energy technology. ECS and Toyota share the fellowship’s goal to encourage young professionals and scholars to pursue research into batteries, fuel cells and hydrogen, and future sustainable technologies.
Learn more about Dr. Bai and Prof. Li, their research projects, and the ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship for Projects in Green Energy Technology.
2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows
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ECS Detroit Section Hosts: “From Atoms to Devices – Multiscale Modeling the interfaces in Solid-State Batteries”
Posted on August 4, 2023 by Frances Chaves
Register for Prof. Yue Qi’s August 23, 2023, seminar
The ECS Detroit Section invites you to an in-person seminar with Prof. Yue Qi from the Brown University School of Engineering. (more…)
New NSF Program Funds Assessing Specific Technology R&D Outcomes
Posted on July 5, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The $30 million program called APTO—Assessing and Predicting Technology Outcomes—funds research to evaluate the effectiveness of R&D investments in technology and create models and information for decision-makers to optimize investments and advance long-term U.S. competitiveness.
Specific technology areas of interest are those outlined in the “CHIPS and Science Act” of 2022: energy; materials; artificial intelligence; high-performance computing or semiconductors; quantum information technology; bioengineering; robotics; technology for disaster prevention; communications technology; and data storage.
APTO awards of up to five years will support:
ECS Detroit Section Hosts: “The global EV market: Driving Force for Battery Technology for the Next Decade”
Posted on June 30, 2023 by Frances Chaves
Register for discussion with Tu Le on July 12, 2023
The ECS Detroit Section invites you to “The global EV market: Driving Force for Battery Technology for the Next Decade,” a discussion with global auto industry expert Tu Le.
Topics
There is high interest in Electric Vehicle (EV) technology in our community, but the local perspective should be enriched by global views to lead to good outcomes.
Tu Le will discuss the EV market from major developments to less visible but very important details. To what extent will Chinese EVs be in the U.S. market in the future? What does it have to do with the latest Gigafactory announcements? What will original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have to do better in Asian markets? What batteries will have to be manufactured?
Student poster awards
Students are encouraged to present posters. Up to three posters will be presented at the event. The first three students contacting the section at ecs.detroit.rsvp@gmail.com about presenting their work receive USD $100 and one year of free access to ECS Detroit Section events.
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ECS Sponsors 2023 Case Western Reserve University Annual Electrochemical Measurements Workshop
Posted on June 22, 2023 by Frances ChavesPresented by Prof. Daniel A. Scherson and Prof. Andrew A. Gewirth from August 7-11, 2023
Daniel A. Scherson
Andrew A. Gewirth
Event info
Annual Workshop on Electrochemical Measurement
The Hybrid Edition: Theory and Hands-On Experiments
Principal lecturers
Daniel A. Scherson
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Andrew A. Gewirth
Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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New Award Opportunities in Transformative Approaches to Educating the Semiconductor Workforce
Posted on June 20, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The Directorate for Stem Education of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced new award opportunities for FY 2023 and FY 2024 in two programs, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) and Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT).T
According to the June 13, 2023, “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL Document number nsf23118), these efforts are intended to build on or leverage strong industry-academic partnerships to strengthen the semiconductor manufacturing workforce by advancing and supporting the development of a skilled STEM workforce in advanced memory manufacturing and/or semiconductor manufacturing and design. The goal is to meet the critical need to expand domestic “semiconductor research and development, design, and manufacturing” and fill the talent shortage in the domestic semiconductor industry through inclusive and equitable STEM education opportunities.