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…)

ECS University of Waterloo Student Chapter is 2022 Chapter of Excellence

The Society established the Outstanding Student Chapter Award in 2012 to recognize distinguished ECS Student Chapters that demonstrate active participation in the Society’s technical activities; establish community and outreach activities in the areas of electrochemical and solid state science and engineering education; and create and maintain a robust membership base.

2022 ECS Outstanding Student Chapter

The ECS Purdue University Student Chapter, founded in May 2019, won the 2022 Outstanding Student Chapter for its dedication and commitment to the advancement of electrochemical and solid state science and engineering education. (more…)

(From left to right) Alexander McLeod, University of British Columbia, and Lena Viviane Buehre, Leibniz Universität Hannover, shared 2nd Prize; and 1st Prize winner Raunaq Bagchi, University of Toronto.

Students submitted nearly 100 posters to the 241st ECS Meeting Z01 General Student Poster Session. Judges reviewed the digital presentations and chose the following for awards. Congratulations to the winners! Please take a moment to celebrate the authors’ excellent work.

Z01 – General Student Poster Session awards

1st Prize – $1,500 Cash

Raunaq Bagchi, University of Toronto
Z01-2279 – “Effect of Surface Chemistry and Morphology on Polyluminol-Carbon Redox Active Composites”
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Participate in a free interactive webinar on “How to Boost Citations – Tips for Researchers,” a collaboration between The Electrochemical Society and Enago.

Date: June 30, 2022
Time: 1000-1100h ET
Speakers:
Despina Sanoudou, PhD
Publication and Training Consultant
Enago Academy
Shannon C. Reed, MBA
Director of Community Engagement
The Electrochemical Society (more…)

Reza Javaherdashti, PhD
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
Chief Executive Officer, MICORR

Date: June 15, 2022
Time: 1000h ET
Sponsor: Hiden Analytical (more…)