StorageX International Symposium An Online Series on Energy Storage Sponsored by Stanford’s StorageX Initiative Join Stanford StorageX for an interactive symposium series on the latest advances and breakthrough research in energy storage.

Marca Doeff finds opportunities in tough times Marca Doeff, Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), is also Deputy Division Director of LBNL Energy Storage and Distributed Resources. During the shut-in, she works at her dining room table with a view of San Francisco Bay. She describes San Francisco without traffic, developing coping skills, and new research funding opportunities. A former chair of the ECS Battery Division, she is now Secretary of the ECS Board. The pause that refreshes…
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Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching  Intricacies of High-Energy Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries By Arumugam Manthiram     Arumugam Manthiram is currently the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), US. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1981. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, England,…
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Electronics and Photonics Division Award Let There be Light… – Research at the Intersection of Electronics and Photonics By Andrew Steckl   Andrew Steckl is Ohio Eminent Scholar, Gieringer Professor, and Distinguished University Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati, US, in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Materials Science and Engineering. Steckl obtained his BS from Princeton University, US, and his MS and PhD from University of Rochester, US. He is a Life Fellow of the…
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Ram Manthiram urges the science community to step up In our series, The ECS Community Adapts and Advances, Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram urges the science community to be proactive in confronting the pandemic and climate change challenges threatening the global community. Ram is Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Texas Austin (UTAUS). He holds a co-appointment as the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering and Jack S. Josey Professor in Energy Studies. Ram’s…
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Battery Division Technology Award  Exploring Stable Manganese-Based Oxides As Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries By Yong Yang Yong Yang is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Xiamen University (XMU), China. In 1992, Yong completed his PhD in Physical Chemistry at XMU and a two-year split PhD study in the UK. After completing his degree, he started his academic career at the XMU State Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces. He was Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford in 1997-1998….
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Following on ECS’s three hugely successful webinars in June, ECS is proud to present Venkat Viswanathan on August 12, 2020, at 1:00 pm ET. Autonomous Discovery of Battery Electrolytes with Robotic Experimentation and Machine Learning Presenter: Venkat Viswanathan, Faculty Fellow at the Wilson E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Date: August 12, 2020 Time: 1-2pm ET

StorageX International Symposium A New Online Series on Energy Storage Sponsored by Stanford’s StorageX Initiative Join Stanford StorageX for an interactive symposium series on the latest advances and breakthrough research in energy storage.

Nominate a deserving student today! While we often reflect on the Society’s impressive history, it is also important to look to the future. The next generation of scientists and engineers will solve the seemingly insurmountable challenges facing society today—sustainability, water cleanliness, climate change, and disease, to name just a few.   Student awards—part of the ECS Honors and Awards Program—support the next generation of scientists by expanding opportunities as they progress in their careers. These awards acknowledge student and early…
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Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award Understanding Reactivity at Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces in Li-O2 and Li-ion Batteries By Bryan McCloskey Bryan McCloskey is Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Education in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (Cal), US. He holds a joint appointment as Faculty Engineer in the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). McCloskey, a native Coloradoan, received his BS in Chemical Engineering from the…
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