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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Submission deadline extended: April 22, 2022 Abstract submission is now open for the 242nd ECS Meeting, which runs from October 9-13, 2022, in Atlanta, GA. This must-attend event for electrochemists and solid state scientists features over 50 symposia in these areas:
Kent Zheng University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX US Pietro Papa Lopes Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, IL US Nian Liu Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA US Nagappan Ramaswamy Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Electrification of Everything webinar is co-presented by the MRS Bulletin and The Electrochemical Society. Date: December 15, 2021 Time: 1200-1330h EST Cost: Free Hosts David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Kevin S. Jones, University of Florida Speakers Judith Vidal, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), Colorado School of Mines Wale Odukomaiya, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Petra Maier, Hochschule Stralsund Timothy Lipman, University of California, Berkeley Turgut Gür, Stanford University Registration is required to view the webinar.
Topic Close-up #13 Symposium A05: Battery Recycling and Reuse Extended Deadline for Submitting Abstracts: December 17, 2021 Symposium focus: From portable electronics to electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, batteries continue to deeply penetrate our daily life and industrial uses. With the rapid increase of battery usage, a huge amount of spent batteries will be generated in the coming years. At the same time, booming battery manufacturing will result in the resource shortage and price increase of critical metals such…
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