Join us in congratulating Stanford University students Il Rok Choi and Thomas Colburn, named to receive the 2025 ECS San Francisco Section Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award. Choi is recognized for his contributions to high-rate lithium metal batteries using asymmetric fluorinated ether solvents that enable fast charge transfer kinetics and high power operation. The award acknowledges Colburn’s novel methods of manufacturing nanomaterials using solution combustion synthesis. 

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ECS Technische Universität München Student Chapter is the 2024 Outstanding Student Chapter. Two student chapters were also named 2024 Chapters of Excellence: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter and ECS Universität Münster Student Chapter.

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.

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The ECS Georgia Section recognized the 2024 ECS Georgia Section Outstanding Student Achievement Award winner, Kelsey Anne Cavallaro of the Georgia Institute of Technology, at its fall meeting on November 20, 2024.

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Two student members were among the 20 society, division, and section award winners recognized at the PRiME 2024 meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. ECS student awards support and provide opportunities for students as they progress in their careers, acknowledging their dedication and outstanding achievements in electrochemical and solid state science and technology. (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.

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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

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Congratulations to the 2024 ECS Canada Section Student Award winners, Anu Adamson, Dalhousie University, for her contributions to the understanding and eliminating self-discharge in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, and Shipeng Jia, McGill University, for contributions to the field of electrochemistry and energy storage materials and excellent achievements in advancing sodium and lithium-ion battery research.

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