Tips & Tools for a Successful Meeting Experience Plan: The best way to come to the meeting feeling prepared? Plan in advance! Check the meeting homepage regularly for new and updated events and information. Get familiar with the highlighted events and online program so that you can carefully plan your days and make the most out of your time onsite. ECS App: Download the ECS app, by searching “ECS mobile” in your app store, to put the technical program and...
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Our guest on this episode of the ECS Podcast is Shirley Meng, professor of NanoEngineering at the University of California, San Diego. Meng founded the Sustainable Power and Energy Center, the goal of which is solving key technical challenges in distributed energy generation, storage, and power management. Meng is also the principal investigator of Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion research group. Her group is focused on functional nano and micro-scale materials for energy storage and conversion. She talked to…
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Our guest today, James Fenton, is the director of the Florida Solar Energy Center at the University of Central Florida – the nation’s largest and most active state-supported renewable energy and energy efficiency institute. Fenton is also the current secretary of the ECS Board of Directors. Listen to the podcast and download this episode and others for free through the iTunes Store, SoundCloud, or our RSS Feed. You can also find us on Stitcher.

Our guest on this episode of the ECS Podcast is Alan Alda. You might know him from the 1970s and 80s because of the TV show MASH or in the last few years from appearing on The Blacklist, The Big C, or as Uncle Pete on the show Horace and Pete. He hosted the PBS show Scientific American Frontiers for 13 years. Alda is a film and TV director, screenwriter, and author; as well as a six-time Emmy Award and…
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On October 4, during the Society’s 232nd meeting, ECS will be hosting its first ever ECS Data Sciences Hack Day. This event will be ECS’s first foray into building an electrochemical data sciences and open source community from the ground up. On this episode of the ECS Podcast, we discuss the upcoming ECS Data Sciences Hack Day, the importance of dataset sharing, how open source software can transform the field, and the future of open science. This episode’s guests include…
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ECS student chapters help connect young scientists to a robust local research network. With nearly 70 chapters established worldwide, students gain access to networking, collaboration, and educational opportunities. The ECS Aalborg University Student Chapter is one of three new chapters chartered by the ECS Board of Directors on March 7, 2017. The chapter’s president, Vaclav Knap, believes establishing the student chapter will help unite students working in the different areas of electrochemical and solid state science. “The main goal was…
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Over 2,309 people from 30 countries attended the 229th ECS Meeting in San Diego, California, May 29 – June 2, 2016. This was ECS’s first return visit to San Diego since 1998. Participants could choose from over 2,200 presentations. Plenary Session ECS President Daniel Scherson welcomed attendees to the meeting during Monday evening’s Plenary Session. In addition to wrapping up the first full day of technical sessions and honoring award winners, Scherson introduced everyone to what would be a major...
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Type Early Bird Fees Regular Fees Technical $900 $1,100 Student $610 $710 Additional Banquet Ticket $125 $150 Early bird registration ends June 30, 2017. Please note: Each student and technical registration fee includes meeting registration, access to the meeting abstracts, a USB/CD-ROM of the proceedings published in ECS Transactions, and a ticket for the SOFC banquet. Additional banquet tickets for guests are available for purchase and additional copies of ECS Transactions are also available for purchase. Registration Registration fees include...
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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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