The following are biographical sketches and candidacy statements for candidates nominated for the annual ECS officers’ election. Candidate for President | Candidates for Third Vice President Candidate for President Eric Wachsman is Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute and Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research with appointments in both the Materials Science and Chemical Engineering departments at the University of Maryland, U.S. Prior to Maryland, he was the Rhines Chair Professor in Materials Science at the University of Florida,…
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When the Washington Post publicized the launch of North America’s first all-electric, zero-emissions boats, they referred to an authoritative article on battery safety in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. The introduction of two electric Maid of the Mist tour vessels at Niagara Falls heralds a new era in maritime travel. The boats, which run on dual banks of lithium ion batteries charged with hydro-electric power supplied by the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, are a zero-emission operation. But are…
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The PRiME Lecture will take place as an online event on Monday, October 5, 2020, starting at 2000h EDT / Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at 0900h JST & KST. Visit here to register for this event. Dr. Nam-Gyu Park, Professor and SKKU-Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University, will lead the PRiME 2020 plenary this year as the featured lecturer, presenting his talk, “Perovskite Solar Cells: Past 10 Years and Next 10 Years.” What’s it all about?…
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Alice Suroviec on juggling home, work—and a transformed tomorrow For our series, The ECS Community Adapts and Advances, Alice Suroviec describes pandemic-related challenges—and benefits—of being a mother, professor, scientist, researcher, administrator, homeschooler, and crisis manager. Alice is Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry and Dean of the College of Medical and Natural Sciences at Berry College, Georgia, U.S. Her research focuses on enzymatically modified electrodes for use as biosensors and the use of self-assembled monolayers on gold nanoparticles. Alice is associate editor…
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All event days and times are listed in both ET and JST/KST. Dates and time subject to change. For a full listing of events: click here Registration For more registration information, visit the PRiME 2020 registration information page.   PRiME 2020 Opening Ceremony Sunday, October 4, 2020, 2000-2030h EDT Monday, October 5, 2020, 0900-0930h JST & KST Join us as we come together to kick off PRiME 2020! Introductory remarks are given by the ECS, ECSJ, and KECS Presidents, who welcome…
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PRiME 2020 is the joint international meeting of: 2020 Fall Meeting of The Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ) 2020 Fall Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS) 238th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Volume one of this focus issue is a collection of papers accepted to the International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS) which has been postponed to 2021. The deadline to submit papers for volume one has been extended to September 18, 2020. Volume one of this focus issue is accepting papers covering topics related to the planned symposia from IMCS, which includes:

Mark Orazem on a Sabbatical that Doesn’t go According to Plan In our series, The ECS Community Adapts and Advances, Mark Orazem recounts how he made good use of a sabbatical year that didn’t turn out to be anything like he expected. Currently Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), he was officially on leave for the 2019-2020 academic year. He is returning to a very different environment than he left a year ago.

The ECS Interface summer issue is now available to read online. Alice Suroviec was guest editor of the magazine which focuses on the Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division. “As a member of the Society, I always look forward to the quarterly arrival of Interface through postal mail. However, due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we made the decision to publish the summer 2020 issue in a digital format only. I’m thrilled to give you a first glimpse…
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Pennington, NJ – Prof. Dr. Shoji Hall, Prof. Dr. Piran Ravichandran Kidambi, and Dr. Haegyeom Kim have been awarded the 2020-2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships. This is the sixth year that the fellowships—a partnership between The Electrochemical Society and Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.—have been awarded. Through this program, ECS and Toyota promote innovative and unconventional technologies borne from electrochemical research. The fellowship encourages young professors...
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