The Electrochemical Society hosted Peter Attia’s live webinar, “Enabling battery quality at scale,” on September 18, 2024. A live Question and Answer session followed. Dr. Attia’s answers to questions not addressed during the broadcast follow.

NOTE: Registration is required to view the webinar replay.

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The Electrochemical Society hosted Weiran Zheng’s live webinar, “Introducing Python for Electrochemistry Research,” on August 28, 2024. A live Question and Answer session followed. Dr. Zheng’s answers to questions not addressed during the broadcast follow.

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What does it take to become a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society? To be eligible, one must be an ECS member, have made advanced individual technological contributions in electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and be actively involved in ECS affairs.

If you know an ECS member who meets these criteria, nominate them today! If you nominated a member last year who was not selected, know that nominations are good for two years. If the nominees’ ECS memberships are active, they are automatically reconsidered without a new nomination submission. (more…)

Ying Xia of the University of Washington is the 2024 ECS Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific recipient. The award recognizes Ying’s outstanding contribution to understanding and controlling dynamic processes at the electrode-electrolyte interface in energy storage devices, exceptional cross-institutional collaborative leadership in electrochemistry, and dedication to community engagement through education and outreach. The award is presented at the Pacific Northwest Section meeting held during the Oregon Electrochemistry Conference from September 19-20, 2024, in Eugene, OR.

Learn more about the award and review the list of past recipients on the award page. (more…)

Noor Ul Hassan and Maha Yusuf Receive Awards

The ECS Energy Technology Division recognized the 2024 recipients of the Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic at the 245th ECS Meeting held in San Francisco, CA. Congratulations to Noor Ul Hassan of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, recognized for advances in the understanding and performance of electrochemical fuel cells and electrolyzers, and Maha Yusuf of Princeton University for her scientific contribution to revealing three-dimensional morphological growth mechanisms and spatial heterogeneities of dead and active Li on graphite anodes, in situ, non-destructively in a full-cell lithium-ion battery under extreme fast-charging conditions

Award winners

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The Electrochemical Society hosted Reed M. Wittman and Yuliya Preger’s live webinar, “Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity,” on July 12, 2024. Following the presentation, the speakers took audience questions during a live Question and Answer session. Any questions not answered during the broadcast were answered in writing (see below). 

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