Electrochemical Society

Electrochemical Society

The society for solid-state and electrochemical science and technology
Formation 1902
Type Nonprofit organization
Headquarters Pennington, New Jersey
Membership
8,000
Executive Director
Calvo, Roque J.
Website http://www.electrochem.org

The Electrochemical Society is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology. Its membership comprises more than 8,000 scientists and engineers in over 70 countries worldwide who hold individual membership, as well as roughly 100 corporations and laboratories that hold corporate membership.

History

In November 1901, Charles John Reed set out on a mission to create a new society in order to more quickly and efficiently exchange information and ideas among those interested in electrochemistry. With the help of friend and professor Joseph W. Richards, the two men started what is the modern day Electrochemical Society.

April 3 of 1902 marked the first meeting of the "American Electrochemical Society" at the Manufacturers' Club in Philadelphia. Co-founder Joseph W. Richards was named president – a post which he kept until 1904, the year that marked the end of his two-year presidential term.


After his term as president ended, Richards took on the post of secretary, which coincided with a decreasing membership and bankrupt treasury. Richards looked to the more business minded members in order to develop advertisements to stimulate both membership growth and the interests of members.

With the end of the war, the year 1919 saw a return to more normal scientific concerns, such as the report of the Committee on the Algebraic Signs of the Electrode Potentials.[1]

Colin Fink was secretary from 1921 to 1947. During this period, Robert M. Burns became a force for positive change in the society. He was influential in establishing the "patron" grade of membership that allowed companies to support the society directly rather than through advertising and he was among those who encouraged publication of the Corrosion Handbook – the second in the series of the Electrochemical Society monographs. Burns also suggested a long overdue change in meeting and publication polices, of which authors now only had to submit abstracts of their papers.[1]

Meetings

The society holds meetings in the spring and fall of each year.

Publications

ECS publishes peer-reviewed technical journals, proceedings, monographs, conference abstracts, and a quarterly news magazine.

Journals

Interface

The quarterly publication Interface provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and news within international scientific community at-large.

ECS Meetings Abstracts

Contains extended abstracts of the technical papers presented at the spring and fall meetings of ECS.

ECS Transactions

An online proceedings database of full-text content from ECS and ECS sponsored conferences.

Open access

Part of the society's mission is to disseminate research as widely as possible. Hence, the organization tries to expand the number of articles published as open access. Authors are offered the choice of publishing their articles as open access at the point of submitting their manuscript[2] and if they are members, or are from an institution that subscribes to ECS Plus,[3] article processing charges are waived.[4]

Awards

The society recognizes members for outstanding technical achievement in electrochemical and solid-state science and technology with a number of different awards.

ECS's most prestigious award, the Edward Goodrich Acheson Award, is presented every 2 years for "conspicuous contribution to the advancement of the objectives, purposes, and activities of the society", and has been awarded since 1928.[5]

Notable members

The most notable members include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Trumbore, Forrest; Dennis, Turner (2002). The Electrochemical Society 1902-2002: A Centennial History. Pennington, NJ: The Electrochemical Society.
  2. Gerth, Rob. "Journal of The Electrochemical Society Impact Facotr Up 10%". ECS Redcat Blog.
  3. "Author Choice Open Access at ECS". ecsdl.org. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. "Author Choice Open Access at ECS". The Electrochemical Society.
  5. "The ECS Awards Program". Electrochemical Society. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. "The Lemelson Center Presents... Edison Invents!". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
  7. "The Moore Family". Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
  8. "Edward Goodrich Acheson". Chemical Heritage Foundation.
  9. "Herbert Henry Dow". Chemical Heritage Foundation.
  10. Charles Tobias: Young Investigator Award of The Electrochemical Society (PDF). Pennington, New Jersey: The Electrochemical Society.
  11. "ECS President | Leo H. Baekeland". The Electrochemical Society.
  12. "Leo Hendrik Baekeland". Chemical heritage Foundation.
  13. "Edward Weston". Corrosion Doctors.
  14. "Charles Martin Hall". Oberlin College.
  15. "Willis R. Whitney". Lighting A Revolution.
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