A video recording of Dr. Dustin McLarty’s webinar on e-fuels is now available for open-access viewing on the official ECS YouTube channel.

The Society and ECS Pacific Northwest Section hosted the June 28 webinar, “Pressurized Steam Electrolysis and A VYZion for Sustainable E-Fuels.” This timely presentation covered:

• Pressurized operation of solid oxide cells, trade-offs in performance and economics;
• EIS testing of vanadia-doped zirconia electrodes;
• Testing facilities available for collaboration at Washington State University.

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Dr. Judy Jeevarajan
Vice President and Executive Director
Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI), UL Research Institutes

Date: August 3, 2022
Time: 1000h ET
Sponsors: UL Research Institutes

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Luis Fernando Arenas
Humboldt Research Fellow
Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering
Research Center for Energy Storage Technologies
Technische Universität Clausthal University, Germany

Date: July 20, 2022
Time: 1000h ET
Sponsors: Hiden Analytical, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Waters-TA Instruments

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After a long awaited return to in-person meetings this spring, ECS is thrilled to host the 242nd ECS Meeting in Atlanta! If you missed the opportunity to submit your abstract, it is not too late to participate.

Deadline: September 23, 2022

The late presentation submission site is now open. (more…)

ECS announces the release of Persevering and Progressing: the 2021 Annual Report of The Electrochemical Society.

“From finding ways to convene and connect our community despite remote operations, to launching new initiatives vital to our future success, minimizing the financial losses caused by COVID’s impact on meetings, and significantly increasing the Society’s net assets, this annual report documents in detail what a truly remarkable year 2021 was for ECS in many critical ways,” said Eric Wachsman, ECS President, 2021-2022 term.

Spotlight on 2021

Welcome to the successes and challenges of 2021! ECS confronted the challenges of the second year of the global COVID-19 pandemic and continued to move science forward by: (more…)

The ECS Detroit Section held its 2022 Officer Election from May 13-June 3, 2022. Thank you to all ECS members who supported their regional community by voting, and to the new officers for serving their section.

The new officers’ terms of office are for two years or until their successors have been qualified. Their terms begin at 0800h ET on January 1 of the calendar year following the election.

Please join us in congratulating our new ECS officers and wishing them well in their new endeavor! (more…)

The ECS National Capital Section Officer Election took place from April 22–May 13, 2022. Thank you to the ECS Members who voted, and to the new officers for serving their section.

The results are in!

We are happy to announce the new ECS National Capital Section Officers: (more…)

The ECS Twin Cities Section held its 2022 Officer Election in March. Thank you to everyone who voted in the election; and thank you to the new officers for serving their section.

Announcing the new ECS Twin Cities Section officers

• Chair: Victoria Gelling, Sherwin-Williams
• Vice Chair: Vincent Chevrier, Partner, Cyclikal; CTO, Trion
• Secretary: Peter Zhang, Medtronic
• Treasurer: Hui Ye, Medtronic
• Members-at-Large:
  • Bill Howard, ECS Emeritus Member
  • Lifeng Dong, Hamline University
  • Alan Shi, Medtronic
  • Delenn Fingerlow, Sherwin-Williams

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The Electrochemical Society continues to welcome new student chapters into our supportive, global community. On June 2, 2022, the Board of Directors approved the chartering of four new student chapters; the Society now has 117 student chapters around the world.

New chapters

Join us in welcoming these institutions into our ECS Student Chapter program:

Lambton College, Canada

Northeastern Thailand Student Chapter, Thailand

RV College of Engineering, India

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. (more…)