Pioneering nanocarbons researcher Harry Kroto passed away on April 30, 2016 at the age of 76. A giant among giants, Kroto made an immense impact on ECS and its scientific discipline as well as the world at large. Because of this, an upcoming focus issue of the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology honors the memory of Kroto, who is best known for his role in discovering that pure carbon can exist in the form of a hollow…
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Five ECS short courses will be offered at PRiME 2016 in Honolulu this October! What are short courses? Taught by academic and industry experts in intimate learning settings, short courses offer students and professionals alike the opportunity to greatly expand their knowledge and technical expertise. PRiME 2016 short courses will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Don’t miss the early-bird deadline of September 2, 2016! Register today! Short Course #5: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Hubert…
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Orlando, Florida, May 11-15, 2015, Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Meeting Program Read Program The ECS Lecture Charles M. Lieber Nanowires: From Nanocomputing to Nano-Bioelectronics Awards See award winners ECS Transactions Read ECST Call for Papers View Call for Papers Technical Program Read Program Meeting Highlights Over 1,700 people attended the 225th ECS Meeting in Orlando, FL. This was ECS’s first return visit to Orlando since 2003. Participants could choose among 1,672 presentations in 59 symposia. Plenary Session ECS President Tetsuya...
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The future of technology The iconic Moore’s law has guided Silicon Valley and the technology industry at large for over 50 years. Moore’s prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double every two years (which he first articulated at an ECS meeting in 1964) bolstered businesses and the economy, as well as took society away from the giant mainframes of the 1960s to today’s era of portable electronics. But research has begun to plateau and keeping up…
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ECS Student Chapter Munich hosted its first-ever symposium on February 15, 2016, featuring invited talks by Professor Jeff Dahn and Professor Thomas J. Schmidt, a poster session, and numerous opportunities for discussion and networking.

ECS President | 2017-2018 ECS Secretary | 2008-2012 Johna Leddy is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Iowa. She received her BA from Rice University in 1978 and her PhD at the University of Texas, Austin in 1984. After a postdoctoral appointment in the Fuel Cell Program at Los Alamos National Laboratories, she joined the faculty of the Graduate Program of City University of New York and Queens College in 1986. In 1991, she moved to the…
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The fifth international Electrochemical Energy Summit recently took place during the 228th ECS Meeting. From environmental damage to economic implications to political involvement, the summit served as a forum for the top researchers in energy technology to discuss the most pressing issues in renewable energy and inspire technological solutions. During the summit, we gathered some key speakers from energy research institutions across the U.S. to talk about challenges in energy storage, roadblocks for implementing renewables, and the role government plays…
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A revolutionary system with the potential to affect global energy harvesting has recently been developed by a company called Plant-e. The system generates electricity from water-logged plants such as rice grown in patty fields to collect and distribute energy to all areas, even desolate villages. “It’s based on the principle that plants produce more energy than they need,” said Marjolein Helder, co-founder of Plant-e. “The advantage of this system over wind or solar is that it also works at night…
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Two researchers are thinking outside of traditional research standards to develop a new approach to solar energy and biomass conversion. Kyoung-Shin Choi, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his postdoctoral researcher Hyun Gil Cha are looking for a whole new way to harness natural energy, and their technique is showing promise for future endeavors.

The ECS Conference on Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage with SOFC-XIV is an international conference convening in Glasgow, July 26-31, 2015, and is devoted to the following areas: Section A: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XIV)–All aspects of research, development, and engineering of solid oxide fuel cells Section B: Batteries–A wide range of topics related to battery technologies Section C: Low Temperature Fuel Cells–Low-temperature fuel cells, electrolyzers, and redox flow cells This is the first of a series of planned biennial…
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