Shirley Meng Professor University of California, San Diego, U.S. Date: September 15, 2021 Time: 1300h ET Sponsors: Gamry Instruments, Hiden Analytical, Nor-Cal Products, BioLogic USA

Battery Division Technology Award A Path Toward Sustainable Battery Technologies by Arumugam Manthiram, University of Texas at Austin Arumugam Manthiram is the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering, and Director of the Texas Materials Institute at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). He joined UT-Austin’s Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty in 1991 after receiving his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (1981) and postdocs at the University of Oxford and UT-Austin. His research is focused…
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Carl Wagner Memorial Award Towards Platinum-free Fuel Cells for Affordable Zero-emission Vehicles by Yushan Yan   Yushan Yan is the Henry B. du Pont Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD). He previously served as the Founding Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship at UD; Department Chair at the University of California, Riverside; and Senior Staff Engineer at AlliedSignal. Recognition of his research includes the Donald Breck Award from the International Zeolite Association; Nanoscale Science…
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Amy C. Marschilok, Ph.D. Co-Director, Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Adjunct Faculty, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Stony Brook University, U.S. Energy Storage Division Manager and Scientist, Interdisciplinary Science Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Date: August 25, 2021 Time: 1300h EDT Sponsor: Hiden Analytical

The ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IE&EE) Division recognizes and rewards promising young engineers and scientists in the fields of electrochemical engineering and applied electrochemistry with two special awards. Congratulations to Akshay Subramaniam who received the IE&EE Division Student Achievement Award, and Eric McShane, winner of the IE&EE Division H. H. Dow Memorial Student Achievement Award. The IE&EE Division Student Achievement Award was established in 1989. The IE&EE Division H. H. Dow Memorial Student Achievement Award was established in 1990 with…
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Pennington, NJ – The Electrochemical Society announces that for the first time, its popular Short Courses will be offered in a virtual online format in September 2021 and during the 240th ECS Meeting in October 2021. Live course instruction by the professors takes place online for three hours a day, for two days. Registration and cost information is on the ECS website. ECS Short Courses are designed to deliver in-depth education for students and seasoned professionals on a wide range of…
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Register now! ECS is offering virtual Short Courses beginning in September 2021 and as part of the 240th ECS Meeting in October 2021. Popular ECS Short Courses deliver in-depth education for students and seasoned professionals on a wide range of electrochemical and solid state science topics. Novices and experts advance their technical expertise and knowledge through personalized instruction by academic and industry experts in an intensive short time period. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate online in these courses!

Sarah Berlinger and Eric McShane awarded Honorable Mentions Each year, a deserving undergraduate student from a college or university in Northern California is acknowledged through the ECS San Francisco Section’s Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award. Established in 1994, the award honors distinguished researcher Daniel Cubicciotti and assists a praiseworthy student to pursue a career in the physical sciences or engineering. First prize recipients receive a plaque and US $2,000 prize. In addition, up to two students receive Honorable Mentions consisting of…
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The Electrochemical Society hosted Prof. John A. Rogers’ live online webinar, “Microfluidic Systems for the Skin: Quantitative Sensing of Biomarkers in Sweat,” on June 23, 2021. Below are answers to questions posed during the presentation. NOTE: Registration is required to view the webinar. Professor John A. Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University, with affiliate appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry….
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Chockkalingam (Chock) Karuppaiah Founder and Chairman, Vetri Labs, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Ohmium, U.S. Date: July 14, 2021 Time: 1300h ET Sponsor: Gamry Instruments & Hiden Analytical Be it improving energy density or cycle life or reducing cost, understanding the failure modes of batteries in a non-destructive mode is critical during the design, product development, and manufacturing of lithium ion batteries. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) provides the ability to access and decouple the failure modes based on the processes’ time…
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