Photos and text by Galina Strukova and Gennady Strukov. In a response to a recent call for photos, Galina Strukova sent us some great shots of the microworld of palladium-nickle alloy. You’re looking at pictures of real objects of the palladium-nickel alloy, the size of the samples ranging from tens of micrometers to 1-2 millimeters. They are produced via self-organization of nano-sized (several nanometer in diameter) wires growing on porous membranes under the action of electric current pulses. The authors…
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Photos and text by E. Jennings Taylor. In a response to a recent call for photos, ECS Treasurer E. Jennings Taylor sent us some great shots of the innovative research coming out of Faraday Technology Inc. Here’s the first one: Regarding this photo, it is a superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity made of niobium. These SRF cavities are used in particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), as well…
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Register for Gerald Morrison’s March 27 seminar The ECS Detroit Section invites you to Gerald Morrison‘s in-person presentation, “Enabling Online EIS for Improved Battery Safety and Better Performance in Electric Vehicles” on March 27 at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.

Short Course at ECS meetings This ECS short course introduces low-temperature, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell and water electrolyzer technologies to attendees who are new to hydrogen technologies. The course content is structured to accommodate newcomers to the field of electrochemical science and engineering. The courses starts by showing how PEM fuel cells and water electrolyzers contribute to decarbonization strategy roadmaps. The basic underlying principles for the technologies’ operation are discussed, as well similarities and differences between PEM fuel...
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Short Course at ECS meetings Battery technology is a broad field that continues to grow rapidly and has become an interdisciplinary topic of interest for many. This course provides a broad introduction to battery technology, useful for those developing new materials, performing full-cell lifetime/safety testing, or developing multi-cell “pack”-level systems (e.g., thermal management and BMS). A general, basic foundation of the relevant electrochemical theory, materials characterization methods, etc., is reviewed and the latest trends and advances in the field presented....
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Short Course at ECS meetings This course covers the fundamentals of the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process to be utilized for process design, integration methodology, yield improvement, and troubleshooting. The content is designed to make the course a complete overview of CMP technologies, starting with the history, extending into the fundamental concepts for process design and development sequence, and concluding with metrology and future trends. The course is aimed at engineers or students with introductory chemistry, physics, and mathematics backgrounds...
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Fundamental and Modern Technological Aspects of Electrodeposition for Material Processing This course is intended for chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers interested in gaining, understanding, and applying knowledge of fundamental and modern technological aspects of electrodeposition for material processing to a broad spectrum of electrodeposition needs. It is recommended that attendees have a graduate level background in these subjects. They will attain key principles and concepts elaborated in the monograph Pulse Plating (Eugen G. Leuze, Verlag KG, 2012) which can...
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Register for Stephen Burkhardt’s February 22 seminar Join the ECS Detroit Section for Stephen Burkhardt‘s presentation, “Building an EV Spec Li-S Battery from the Ground Up.”

We are pleased to announce the candidates for ECS Society Officers positions in the upcoming election. The early months of each year are an exciting time at ECS, when the officers’ election takes place from January through March. Elected officers constitute the organization’s executive committee and include the following positions: president, three vice presidents, secretary, and treasurer. This year, we vote for the new President, 3rd Vice President, and Secretary. Voting begins January 15. We encourage all ECS members to…
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Register for Dr. Yiyang Li’s January 25 seminar Join the ECS Detroit Section for Dr. Yiyang Li’s presentation, “Understanding Li-ion Batteries By (Dis) Charging One Particle at a Time,” on January 25, 2024.