Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific  The ECS Pacific Northwest Section is pleased to announce that Chih-Hsuan (Doris) Hung of the University of Washington received the 2023 Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific.  The award recognizes Hung’s contributions to modeling, analysis, and design of three-dimensional Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and her contributions to K-12 education through the development and dissemination of science and engineering educational materials with an emphasis on clean energy and inclusivity.

Division Awards Battery Division Early Career Award Sponsored by Neware Wednesday, 1500h / Room A2 Towards Scalable and Sustainable Battery Recycling for Circular Energy Storage by Zheng Chen Zheng Chen is Associate Professor in the Department of Nano and Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on understanding the fundamental properties of electrochemical interfaces and structures as well as designing materials and processes for more efficient and sustainable energy storage…
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Pennington, NJ – Yaocai Bai and Yuzhang Li received the 2023–2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships for projects in green energy technology. The fellowship program is a partnership between The Electrochemical Society and the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota North America’s (TMNA) Advanced Mobility R&D. Through this program, ECS and Toyota promote innovative and unconventional green energy technologies born from electrochemical research—and encourage young professionals and scholars to pursue battery and fuel cell research. This is the ninth year…
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Carl Wagner Memorial Award Tuesday, 1700h / Room F6 (Level 2) Free Electrons to Molecular Bonds and Back – The Dark Side of Solar Fuels and Chemicals by Peter Strasser Peter Strasser is Chaired Professor of Electrochemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin. Electrocatalysis is a central theme of his career, with interests ranging from electrocatalytic oscillations to high throughput catalyst discovery and the fundamental understanding of electrified catalytic interfaces for clean energy technologies. Prof. Strasser…
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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!

Pennington, NJ – The Electrochemical Society (ECS) has named 15 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. These members 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….
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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

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…
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Nobel laureate applauded Society “for convening the community to further scientific advancement” Pennington, NJ – It is with deep sadness that The Electrochemical Society (ECS) announces the passing of our colleague and friend, Nobel laureate John B. Goodenough, on June 25, 2023. Throughout his career, John was a beloved member of the ECS community as a member, author, fellow, awardee, editor, meeting participant and organizer, and more.  “On behalf of the entire ECS community, I extend our deepest condolences on…
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Pennington, NJ – The Electrochemical Society (ECS) congratulates the recipients of the 2023 Colin Garfield Fink Fellowship and ECS Summer Fellowships. Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang of Drexel University received the Colin Garfield Fink Fellowship; Alexander H. Quinn of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received the Edward G. Weston Fellowship; Sasha Elena Alden of Texas A&M University received the Joseph W. Richards Fellowship; Kevin Beaver of the University of Utah received the F. M. Becket Fellowship; and Kyle Mathews from Drexel University...
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