Congratulations to Lisa Housel, recipient of the 2020 ECS Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award sponsored by BioLogic. The award recognizes and rewards promising young engineers and scientists in fields pertaining to this ECS Energy Technology Division and encourages them to initiate or continue careers in this field. Lisa M. Housel is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Chemistry at Stony Brook University, U.S., under the mentorship of Drs. Esther S. Takeuchi, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, and Amy C. Marschilok. Housel received…
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The ECS Pacific Northwest Section proudly presents Dr. David Reed and Dr. Wei Wang via free digital webinar on January 28, 2021, at 1100h PT. Pre-registration is required; ECS membership is not a pre-requisite for participation. R&D Efforts in Energy Storage Technologies for the Grid at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Dr. David Reed Chief Material Scientist/Program Manager Battery Materials and Systems Group Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Dr. Wei Wang Director Energy Storage Materials Initiative Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Date:…
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The following are biographical sketches and candidacy statements for candidates nominated for the annual ECS officers’ election. Candidate for President | Candidates for Third Vice President Candidate for President Eric Wachsman is Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute and Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research with appointments in both the Materials Science and Chemical Engineering departments at the University of Maryland, U.S. Prior to Maryland, he was the Rhines Chair Professor in Materials Science at the University of Florida,…
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Upcoming Award Nomination Deadlines – Winter 2021 Society Awards Fellow of The Electrochemical Society Recognizes advanced individual technological contributions in the field of electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and active ECS membership. Award includes a certificate and gold lapel pin. Nomination deadline – February 1, 2021.

Topic Close-up #11 Symposium A02 – Lithium Ion Batteries Deadline for Submitting Abstracts: December 18, 2020

The ECS Brand Guide contains brand components and rules for how to use each element when creating branded communications. Following the ECS Brand Guide ensures that the Society’s family of brands is unified. ECS employees: ECS brand assets and templates are on the shared drive at S > ECS Headquarters > Brand Guide & Assets. Non-employees: ECS brand assets are proprietary and protected under intellectual property laws. Please use according to the guidelines set out in the ECS Brand Guide....
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Arumugam Manthiram holds the George T. & Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). In December 2022, Professor Manthiram was named the first recipient of the recently created John B. Goodenough Award of The Electrochemical Society. Professor Manthiram’s major contributions to the field include pioneering fundamental and technological contributions to electrochemical energy conversion and storage, involving the development of new materials, advanced characterization, structure-property-performance relationships, and prototype devices. Key examples include the…
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On November 11, 2020, Jie Xiao, Laboratory Fellow and Group Leader of the Battery Materials & System Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar & Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Arkansas, presented “Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries” via a live webinar presentation hosted by The Electrochemical Society. Xiao’s talk covered the electrochemistry underlying Li metal dendrite growth; pouch cell level understanding of Li dendrites and their implications in cell performance; and bridged the scientific gap…
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ECS is proud to present Dr. Dan Steingart via webinar on December 2, 2020, at 1000h ET. Without Sound and Fury, Signifying Something: Acoustics and Batteries Dr. Dan Steingart Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy Columbia University Co-Director Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Date: December 2, 2020 Time: 1000 – 1100 ET

Abstract submission deadline is December 4, 2020 Pennington, NJ (November 12, 2020) – The joint international 239th ECS Meeting and 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS) is now accepting abstract submissions. The Electrochemical Society (ECS) is the established global leader in electrochemical and solid state science and technology and allied subjects. The Society’s meetings are the premier venue for presenting, sharing, exchanging, and learning about the latest, most innovative, and relevant research and scientific and technical developments in these...
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