Mark J. Willey Battery Materials and Systems Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) University of Washington, Seattle Date: May 3, 2022 Time: 1000–1100h PT Price: There is no cost to register for this event, but registration is required. Registration: You must preregister through ECS My Account. Don’t have one? It’s easy to create—visit Create an Account now. The webinar is open to the public; ECS membership is not required.

Voting is open through April 29 for the ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IE&EE) Division officers. We urge all ECS IE&EE Division members to take part in this important election! ECS division officers serve as volunteers. This election, there are three candidates for the position of Secretary/Treasurer. Read the candidates’ biographical sketches and statements below. Instructions on how to vote follow the candidates’ bios and statements. The link to the electronic proxy is included.

Thank you to the 241st ECS Meeting symposia sponsors!   Silver G01 – 17th International Symposium on Semiconductor Cleaning Science and Technology (SCST 17) Bronze Department of Industrial Engineering of the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy L05 – Mechanistic Understanding of Electrocatalytic Electrodics of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry   Hydro-Québec A02 – Lithium Ion Batteries G01 – 17th International Symposium on Semiconductor Cleaning Science and Technology (SCST 17) Contributing   Mattson Technology, Inc. Yield Engineering Systems, Inc….
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ECS Transactions (ECST) is the official conference proceedings publication of The Electrochemical Society. Featuring full-text content of proceedings from ECS meetings and ECS-sponsored meetings, ECST is a high-quality venue for authors and an excellent resource for researchers. For a full listing of available volumes and issues, or to purchase individual articles, please visit ECS Transactions in the ECS Digital Library on IOPscience. Full issues may be purchased through the ECS Online Store. Planned Issues ECST Deadlines Purchasing Information FAQs Planned issues: symposia publishing proceedings…
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Ion Storage Systems (ION), the battery technology company founded by ECS President Eric Wachsman, announced the initial closing of its $30 million Series A financing round. Clear Creek Investments, VoLO Earth Ventures, and Alsop Louie Partners led the investment. With the funding, ION will commission and qualify a battery cell manufacturing line capable of producing 10MWh/yr of safe, energy dense and versatile solid state batteries. Ion Storage Systems ION started in Dr. Wachsman’s University of Maryland chemistry lab with a…
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Join The Electrochemical Society (ECS) and IOP Publishing for the “Diversity in Publishing Science” webinar, a deep dive into empowering global researchers and accelerating scientific discovery by making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) central to publishing science. Jessica MacDonald moderates the discussion with panelists Dr. Christina Bock; Kim Eggleton; and Adrian T. Plummer MPA, PMP. Date: March 30, 2022 Time: 1000-1100h ET Cost: Free to register! Webinar is open to the public Format: Zoom Webinar Pre-registration: Required through ECS My Account…
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Dielectric Science & Technology Thomas Callinan Award Monday 1010h | Vancouver Convention Center, Room WMR 116 Materials and Processes as Enablers for Moore Moore and Beyond Moore Technologies by Stefan De Gendt Stefan De Gendt is a scientific director at imec (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre), an R&D hub for nano and digital technologies. He is responsible for research on the chemistry and physics of exploratory materials. He joined imec as a researcher in the Ultra Clean Processing Group in 1996, working…
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Deadline: Monday, February 28, 2022 Are you an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoctoral researcher, young professional, or faculty member presenting a paper at the 241st ECS Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, from May 29-June 2, 2022? Need assistance covering travel costs to attend the meeting? If the answer to these questions is yes, the Society can help. Don’t let insufficient funding stop you from attending and presenting your research at the 241st ECS Meeting. Many ECS divisions and sections offer travel…
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The early months of each year are an exciting time at ECS as officer elections take place during the months of January through March. Elected officers constitute the organization’s executive committee and include the following positions: president, three vice presidents, secretary, and treasurer. We vote for the new President, Third Vice President, and Treasurer in this election. The following are biographical sketches and candidacy statements for all candidates.   Candidate for President | Candidates for Third Vice President | Candidates…
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The ECS Interface winter 2021 issue is now available to read online. The issue on clean hydrogen is guest edited by Nemanja Danilovic, formerly of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and now at Electric Hydrogen, and Iryna Zenyuk of the National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine. As always, Interface Editor Rob Kelly invites you to enjoy the issue’s special features and news. Special Features Hydrogen’s Big Shot by Nemanja Danilovic, Iryna Zenyuk Ten Questions for Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency…
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