Coffee Talk with Prof. Elizebeth Biddinger
Prof. Biddinger gave several recommendations for our community.
First, if applying for ECS travel grants, be sure to follow directions: the application should include pursuing a personalized faculty letter instead of listing the past attending schools.
Another discussion topic was the ECS conference in Seattle this spring. It was remarked that there might be an opportunity for student/chapter involvement at the national level. This could include seeking collaboration with the program out of Ohio State University for a hydrogen fuel cells for cars demonstration for local schools.
Also, potential electrochemistry resources were. In addition to Allen J. Bard (Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications), a text by Geoffrey Prentice (Electrochemical Engineering Principles) was recommended for its discussion of overpotentials. An electrocatalysis text by J. Bockris (Modern Electrochemistry) was recommended. It was also remarked that a new text would soon be published by Thomas F. Fuller, and John N. Harb (Electrochemical Engineering). Finally, Case Western has an electrochemistry encyclopedia online (http://knowledge.electrochem.
As a future direction, it was proposed that a collaboration with local car dealerships to present a hybrid and electric vehicle panel may be possible (or King County buses system).
About research conducted by Prof. Biddinger, she not only studies ionic liquids but is pursuing electrocatalysis research as well. Specifically, electrocatalysis for CO2 electro-reduction where there exists a selectivity problem as one substrate, Cu, yields 18 possible products and leads to massive costs associated with separation needs.
Written by Evan Jahrman; Edited by Jerry Chen (Dec. 04, 2017)