There are still opportunities before the end of the year to recognize colleagues, students, and fellow scientists and engineers for their outstanding efforts and contributions to electrochemistry and solid state science and technology. The list of upcoming deadlines for ECS Society, division, section, and student awards follows. Nominate today!

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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society. Each year, up to 15 new Fellows are selected. Do you know an ECS member who has made advanced individual technological contributions in the fields of electrochemical and solid state science and technology who has also been involved in the affairs of The Electrochemical Society? Why not acknowledge them by submitting a nomination? Read more about the qualifications and nominations process here and review the complete list of distinguished ECS Fellows.

The nomination deadline is February 1, 2023

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Voting is now taking place for the position of ECS Sensor Division Treasurer. Biographical sketches and statements follow for the candidates nominated for the position. ECS division officers serve as volunteers.

We urge all ECS Sensor Division members to take part in this important election! Voting is open from September 1 through September 29.

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Voting is now taking place for the position of ECS Battery Division Treasurer. Biographical sketches and statements follow for the candidates nominated for the position. ECS division officers serve as volunteers.

We urge all ECS Battery Division members to take part in this important election! Voting is open from September 1 through September 29.

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Congratulations to Julie Fornaciari, winner of the ECS San Francisco Section 2022 Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award, and to Rachel Zhuojun Huang and Matthew Liu who received Honorable Mentions.

The Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award recognizes a deserving undergraduate student from a college or university in Northern California pursuing a career in the physical sciences. First prize recipients receive an etched metal plaque and $2,000 prize. The section also recognizes up to two students with honorable mentions. They receive framed certificates and $500 prizes.

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Meet Dr. Ingrid Milošev at the 242nd ECS Meeting “Meet the Editors” event. Dr. Milošev has been Associate Editor for the Corrosion Science and Technology section of the Journal of The Electrochemical Society since April 2022. She is Head of the Department of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where she has worked since 1987. Dr. Milošev received a BSc in Chemical Technology in 1986 from the University of Zagreb and a PhD in Chemistry in 1993 from the University of Ljubljana. Her interest in corrosion protection includes corrosion inhibitors, sol-gel coatings, conversion coatings, and inorganic coatings. She published almost 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and nine book chapters. Her work has been cited over 10,000 times, with an h-index of 53. She completed almost 400 reviews for different journals.  

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Meet Professor Trisha L. Andrew at the 242nd ECS Meeting “Meet the Editors” event. Dr. Andrews is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She directs the Wearable Electronics Lab, a multi-disciplinary research team that creates electronic devices on unconventional substrates, such as textiles and living plants, using chemical vapor deposition of soft electronic materials and polymers. Dr. Andrews received her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011, and then started her career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Her unconventional training in the disparate fields of synthetic organic chemistry and microelectronic device fabrication inform her unique problem-solving skills and varied research interests. She is a David and Lucille Packard Foundation Fellow, National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator, L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow, 3M Nontenured Faculty Award winner, and was named as one Forbes “30 Under 30” Innovators in Energy.

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Meet Professor Perla B. Balbuena at the 242nd ECS Meeting “Meet the Editors” event. She obtained the following degrees in chemical engineering: BS from Universidad Tecnologica Nacional, Argentina; MSc from the University of Pennsylvania; and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Balbuena was appointed Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina from 1997-2004, then full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2004. There she currently holds the Mike O’Connor Chair I with joint appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on first-principles computational materials design, with emphasis in interfacial phenomena for battery and electrocatalysis materials and processes. Dr. Balbuena has done pioneering work in computational analysis of lithium ion batteries, advanced battery technologies, and fuel cell materials, and has also investigated materials for CO₂ capture and electrocatalysis. Dr. Balbuena has published 338 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited five books in her areas of specialization. Her work has been cited ~19,500 times (h-index 71) according to Google Scholar. Dr. Balbuena was elected Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (2022), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2020), and American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013). Learn more.

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