Congratulations to the 2023 Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division student award winners – Barirav Sabarish Vishnugopi and Lauren Clarke. Keep reading to learn more about the winners! (more…)
2023 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society Named
Posted on July 27, 2023 by Genevieve Goldy
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) named 15 new members to the 2023 Class of ECS Fellows. The designation “Fellow of The Electrochemical Society” was established in 1989 for advanced individual technological contributions to the fields of electrochemistry and solid state science and technology, and for service to the Society. Fellows are recognized for scientific achievements, leadership, and active participation in the affairs of ECS. Each year, their peers choose up to 15 renowned scientists and engineers for this honor.
IE&EE Division Announces Ralph E. White Outstanding Student Award
Posted on July 26, 2023 by Genevieve GoldyNominating period: March 15-June 15, 2024
The ECS Honors & Awards Program and ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division are pleased to announce the new Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division Ralph E. White Outstanding Student Award.
Ralph E. White
The award is named of longtime ECS member Ralph E. White, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Westinghouse Distinguished Scientist at the University of South Carolina (USC). In 1995, he founded the university’s Center for Electrochemical Engineering. Professor White has made significant contributions to the field of modeling and simulation of electrochemical systems. As a department chair and Dean at the University of South Carolina, he was instrumental in training the next generation of students, researchers, and colleagues who have gone on to make significant contributions in academia and industry.
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ECS Webinar: “Model-based BMS for current and next-generation batteries”
Posted on July 18, 2023 by Kellie Gilbert
Dr. Venkat Subramanian
Ernest Dashiell Cockrell II Professor of Engineering
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Science Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences
Texas Materials Institute
The University of Texas, Austin
Date: August 2, 2023
Time: 1300–1400h ET
Sponsor: BioLogic, TA Instruments – Waters, Hiden Analytical
New NSF Program Funds Assessing Specific Technology R&D Outcomes
Posted on July 5, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The $30 million program called APTO—Assessing and Predicting Technology Outcomes—funds research to evaluate the effectiveness of R&D investments in technology and create models and information for decision-makers to optimize investments and advance long-term U.S. competitiveness.
Specific technology areas of interest are those outlined in the “CHIPS and Science Act” of 2022: energy; materials; artificial intelligence; high-performance computing or semiconductors; quantum information technology; bioengineering; robotics; technology for disaster prevention; communications technology; and data storage.
APTO awards of up to five years will support:
Yirui Zhang Receives 2023 Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic
Posted on July 5, 2023 by Genevieve Goldy
The ECS Energy Technology Division recognized Yirui Zhang of Stanford University as the winner of the 2023 Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic at the 243rd ECS Meeting in Boston, MA. She presented her award talk, “Probing and Engineering Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion” on May 30, 2023.
ECS Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic
The Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic was established in 2012 to recognize and reward promising young engineers and scientists in fields pertaining to this division. The award is intended to encourage recipients to initiate or continue careers in this field. The winner receives a framed award certificate, USD $1,000 prize, and complimentary meeting registration. The recipient presents a lecture in an ETD division-sponsored symposium at the Society meeting where the award is presented.
New Award Opportunities in Transformative Approaches to Educating the Semiconductor Workforce
Posted on June 20, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The Directorate for Stem Education of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced new award opportunities for FY 2023 and FY 2024 in two programs, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) and Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT).T
According to the June 13, 2023, “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL Document number nsf23118), these efforts are intended to build on or leverage strong industry-academic partnerships to strengthen the semiconductor manufacturing workforce by advancing and supporting the development of a skilled STEM workforce in advanced memory manufacturing and/or semiconductor manufacturing and design. The goal is to meet the critical need to expand domestic “semiconductor research and development, design, and manufacturing” and fill the talent shortage in the domestic semiconductor industry through inclusive and equitable STEM education opportunities.
NSF Announces Inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines Competition Semifinalists
Posted on June 15, 2023 by Frances Chaves
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 34 semifinalists for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition, spanning nearly all key technology areas and societal and economic challenges highlighted in the CHIPS and Science Act. The list of NSF Engine semifinalists, map of the NSF Engines semifinalists, and additional details are on the NSF website. NSF released the list of NSF Engines program semifinalists to transparently encourage teaming among diverse organizations, innovation, and regional growth. (more…)
NSF Program Provides Excellence in Research Grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Posted on June 14, 2023 by Frances ChavesLetter of intent due July 13, 2023
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBU) Excellence in Research Program (HBCU-EiR) provides opportunities to stimulate sustainable improvement in research and development capacity. HBCU-EiR grants seek to create stronger connections between HBCU researchers and the National Science Foundation (NSF) by funding research projects aligned with NSF’s research programs.
The program was established in response to direction provided in the Senate Commerce and Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Report (Senate Report 115-139) and is built on prior and continuing efforts by the NSF to strengthen research capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This report provided guidance to NSF to establish the HBCU Excellence in Research program “to provide opportunities for both public and private HBCUs, particularly for those who have not been successful in larger NSF Research & Related Activities competitions, in order to stimulate sustainable improvement in their research and development capacity” (https://congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/senate-report/139/1).
Learn moreECS Webinar: “Electrocatalysis for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals”
Posted on June 12, 2023 by Kellie GilbertDr. Thomas F. Jaramillo
Professor of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor
Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Director
SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis
Stanford University
Date: June 28, 2023
Time: 1300–1400h ET
Sponsor: Element Six
