Congratulations to Michelle Katz of the University of Washington (UW) on being selected as the 2025 Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award recipient. The award recognizes Michelle’s contributions to developing new materials and manufacturing strategies to fabricate three-dimensional lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsors the award. (more…)
The Electrochemical Society hosted Kyle C. Smith’s live webinar, “Intercalation-Based Desalination and Carbon Capture for Water and Climate Sustainability” on May 7, 2025. A live Question and Answer (Q&A) session followed. Dr. Smith’s written answers to questions not addressed during the broadcast are below. Learn more about the speaker and his topic here.
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The Electrochemical Society hosted Dr. Toby Bond’s webinar, “The Complex and Spatially Heterogeneous Nature of Degradation in Heavily Cycled Li-ion Cells,” on April 23, 2025. A live Question and Answer (Q&A) session followed. Dr. Bond’s written answers to some questions not addressed during the broadcast follow.
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More information about Dr. Bond and the webinar abstract are here.
Kyeong-Seok Oh
Dr. Kyeong-Seok Oh is the winner of the 2025 Korea Section Student Award for his seminal contributions to the development of single-ion conducting solid state hybrid electrolytes and scalable battery technologies, advancing ionic conductivity, interfacial stability and processability, and demonstrating exceptional leadership in energy storage innovation.
Join us in congratulating Kyeong-Seok! (more…)
Kyle C. Smith
Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 1300-1400h ET
The Electrochemical Society hosted “How Cathode Microstructure Impacts Solid State Batteries,” a live webinar by Philip Minnmann (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and hte GmbH) and Johannes Schubert (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), on March 26, 2025. A live Question and Answer session followed. Answers to some of the questions not addressed during the broadcast follow.
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Johannes Schubert
Philip Minnmann
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.
Learn more about the award and review the list of past recipients on the award page. (more…)
The ECS Awards listed below have nomination deadlines from April to June. Click on the links for further details.
ECS uses an electronic portal for all applications. Here are tips for the best results. Questions or concerns? Send a message as we are here to help. (more…)
