Nominations sought for 2022 speakers

The ECS San Francisco Section hosted its Inaugural Young Investigator Lecture Series on November 19, 2021. Over the course of the three-hour virtual session, attendees were treated to 10 short presentations by senior graduate students and postdocs from California universities. The talks covered a wide range of electrochemistry research, from lithium-ion batteries to CO2 reduction, fundamental examinations of ion transport, and charge transfer kinetics.

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Plan for a New Career in the New Year

Kick start the new year with a new career opportunity! Take the first step and update your resume/CV on The Electrochemical Society Career Center. An eye tracking study showed that recruiters spend about seven seconds reviewing a resume. So be sure your resume grabs their attention!

Here are five reasons for updating your resume/CV, even if you’re not actively looking for a job. (more…)

The ECS Detroit Section invites you to join Sergiy Kalnaus for his webinar on Thursday, December 16, 2021.

Date: December 16, 2021

Time: 1900h ET
Cost: Free

Speaker

Sergiy Kalnaus
Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (more…)

The update is now complete!

ECS web-based services are fully restored. All functions that were temporarily disabled are now operational.

This is a good time to log in to ECS. Take the opportunity to:

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Now Hiring: Programs Specialist

Reports to: Director of Community Engagement
Classification: Full-Time Exempt

MAJOR FUNCTION

Responsible for the support and development of community engagement programs and execution of other various ECS programs and activities. Facilitates growth of the Society’s educational programming and activities to enhance continuing education offerings. Coordinates participation and execution of section and student chapter programs, student membership program, and student and section engagement throughout the Society. Promotes and increases engagement in outreach and professional development services like the ECS Career Center. Serves as staff liaison for section and student chapter relations, and works closely with staff and volunteer leaders to ensure that these relationships support the Society’s goals and objectives (more…)

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $15 million for fundamental research or early-stage technology development of new bioimaging or sensing approaches that use quantum phenomena.

Supported efforts will advance research on plant and microbial systems relevant to bioenergy and environmental research. Projects will explore quantum science concepts that promise to enhance image resolution and provide new ways for repetitive imaging to detect fragile samples without damaging them, produce cleaner pictures, and use light beyond the visible range to see unknown features of biological shape and movement. (more…)

Database Outage Notice: 12/8-12/9

ECS is upgrading the Society’s critical technical infrastructure as part of our ongoing efforts to improve the services we provide our community. As a result, our web-based systems will be down from approximately 1600h ET, Wednesday, December 8, to Thursday, December 9, 2021. During this time, the following services will be unavailable: (more…)

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Three Tips to Boost Recruitment

Having a complete and streamlined company profile and logo attracts an elite group of professionals in your industry. The Electrochemical Society Career Center offers free detailed company profile generation and logo upload capabilities to employers. These make it possible for job seekers to locate relevant information about your company without leaving the job board.

Follow these recruiting tips to increase your exposure to qualified active and passive job seekers.

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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

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Registration is required to view the webinar. (more…)

First International Conference on Smart Green Connected Societies 2021 (ICTSGS-1)The First International Conference on Smart Green Connected Societies 2021 (ICTSGS-1) sponsored by ECS takes place virtually on November 29 and 30, 2021, JST.* This biannual conference, founded by Professors Hidemitsu Furukawa and Ajit Khosla of Yamagata University, Japan, is dedicated to the cause of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of the conference is to engage, bring awareness, and empower stakeholders such as students, scientists, academics, and industry at the grassroots level, thereby accelerating Ecosystem Restoration and SDGs.

Abstracts

Response to the call for abstracts has been overwhelming with more than 3317 submissions from 26 countries. After rigorous peer review by at least two experts, a total of 2011 abstracts were accepted for the conference, bringing the total acceptance ratio to 60.62 percent. (more…)