37 Years with Roque Calvo ECS Executive Director Roque Calvo has served as a steward of The Electrochemical Society for over 37 years, guiding the Society through tremendous changes while remaining dedicated to the Society’s mission to advance electrochemical and solid state science and technology. Now, as Calvo comes to the end of his tenure and begins transitioning out of his role at ECS, we are looking back at some of the Society’s greatest accomplishments during his time. Calvo joined…
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Over 2,600 people from 53 countries attended the 233rd ECS Meeting in Seattle, WA, May 13-17, 2018—the largest spring meeting in the Society's history! Participants could choose from 46 symposia, with over 2,000 oral talks and nearly 600 posters, of which almost 700 were student presentations. Click here to see all of the photos from the 233rd ECS Meeting. Opening Reception A new and improved opening reception kicked off the meeting. Held in a spacious atrium in the Washington State...
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ECS is pleased to announce the winners of the Society’s 2017 young author awards: Raymond Smith and Shihyun Ahn. ECS presents two young author awards each year to recognize the best papers published by young authors in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society and the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology during the volume year preceding the award. The 2017 young author awards will be presented at AiMES 2018 in Cancun, Mexico, September 30-October 4, 2018.

The winner of the 2018 Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division H.H. Dow Memorial Student Achievement Award is Soo Kim! Each year, the ECS IE&EE Division recognizes and rewards promising young engineers and scientists in the field of electrochemical engineering and applied electrochemistry. The award was established in 1990 by a gift from the Dow Chemical Company Foundation and offers a framed certificate and a $1,000 prize. The nomination deadline is September 15 of each year. Soo Kim received his…
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In an effort to better recognize the innovative research gaining traction across the diverse span of ECS’s topical interest areas, the Society has instituted a new blog series, which will highlight the top five most-downloaded journal articles in each TIA during each quarter of the year. The most-downloaded Journal of The Electrochemical Society articles by TIA during the first quarter of 2018 (January through March) are listed below. Highlights are based on articles published since January 1, 2016.

M01 - Gel Symposium 2018 Keynote Speakers Prof. Bonnie Gray | Simon Fraser University, Canada “Wearable Devices and Systems on Textiles for Biomedical Monitoring and Safety” Prof. Dan Luo | Cornell University, USA “DNA-based Hydrogels”  Prof. Phillip Messersmith | University of California, Berkeley, USA “Shear-Thinning and Self-Assembling Polymer Hydrogels for Drug-Induced Tissue Regeneration”     Prof. Takashi Miyata | Kansai University, Japan “Strategical Design and Applications of Responsive Gels with Dynamic Crosslinks” Dr. Yukio Nagasaki | University of Tsukuba, Japan “Design of Silica-Containing Redox Nanoparticles for High-Performance...
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Membership continues to play a very important role in the success of The Electrochemical Society. During the month of March, ECS hosted a spring membership campaign that featured 13 stories about our members. Membership with ECS is more than the discounts. Membership is access to the latest scientific research, a commitment to the dissemination of research, and an opportunity for you to build your career with an international network of peers. Shirley Meng, secretary of the Battery Division, says “The…
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Deadline for Submitting Abstracts March 30, 2018 Submit today! Topic Close-up #11 Symposium E04: Electrodeposition of Reactive Metals and Alloys for Energy Storage Symposium purpose is to bring together experts from the fields of electrodeposition and energy storage to discuss and learn about the science and technological issues in this fascinating topic which we share. Electrodeposition or plating of reactive compounds is common place in energy storage applications such as metal-air, lithium metal and next generation sodium, magnesium or calcium…
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The winner of the 2018 Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award sponsored by Bio-Logic is Deijun Xiong! Each year, the ECS Energy Technology Division recognizes and rewards promising young engineers and scientists in fields pertaining to this division. The award was established in 2012 and is intended to encourage the recipients to initiate or continue careers in this field. ECS is proud to acknowledge Bio-Logic for its generous sponsorship of this award. Recipients receive a framed certificate, a $1,000 prize,…
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ECS has scheduled three short courses to be held at the 233rd ECS Meeting in Seattle, WA. The courses will be held on Sunday, May 13, 2018 from 0900h to 1430h. Registration for a short course includes a breakfast (0800-0900h), lunch, and morning/afternoon coffee breaks. The offerings are: Short course #1: Advanced Impedance Spectroscopy | Course description Mark Orazem, Instructor Short course #2: Rechargeable Battery Materials | Course description Shirley Meng and Boryann Liaw, Instructors Short course #3: Electrodeposition Fundamentals…
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