2018 Outstanding Student Chapter

 

2018_Award Winner Notification_University of Washington

 

  • Past Activities and Future Plans

The Electrochemical Society student chapter at the University of Washington (ECS@UW) was founded in 2016 with the objective of creating a vibrant community for electrochemistry and solid-state science at UW. Thanks to sustained effort by our officers, especially former president Matthew Murbach, ECS@UW has been growing rapidly in the past two years. The chapter conducts various student-led activities that foster an  environment to understand electrochemical and solid-state sciences,  a venue for meeting fellow students, and which spread knowledge of electrochemical science in the wider community.

Now we have 90+ members on our mailing list who receive weekly chapter updates. Our biweekly educational meetings see attendance of ~20 members. Our membership comprises mostly graduate students in a wide range of disciplines including Physics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. We have organized several opportunities for students to expand their understanding of the foundations of electrochemistry, engage in community outreach, and learn skills relevant to their professional development.

 

(1)      Biweekly Educational Meetings

Biweekly educational meetings are led by our educational chair, Victor Hu. These regular events enable chapter members to get together and engage in discussions  not only on electrochemical theory but also by specific electrochemical characterization techniques, how electrochemical fields have appeared in the news, and specific, niche, fields within electrochemistry. Some discussion topics we have covered include cyclic voltammetry, different forms of differential voltage analyses, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, all of which are relevant to research. In addition, we have also explored topics on how electrochemistry can be applied to neural interfaces, rare earth metals extraction, water purification etc. Our wonderful chapter secretary, Evan Jahrman, documents all meeting summaries including slides to share via team drive and e-mail for future reference, and for those with time conflicts.

 

(2)      Outreach

The “Enginearrings” demonstration project (J. B. Nelson and K. M. Jeerage) was published in Interface in 2006 and developed by UW students, and has now become a regular fixture for ECS@UW. We reached out to 800+ K-12 students in UW Discovery Days and 300+ students at the Annual Enumclaw Interactive STEM Expo last year (2017). This year we are really excited to bring the “Enginearrings” demo (led by Caitlin Parke) to UW Discovery Days on April 20th-21st. This year’s presentations will also feature another popular “Hand Battery” experiment – a mock battery created by placing each hand on two dissimilar metals connected by a multimeter. We demonstrated this with huge success in the 6th Annual Enumclaw Interactive STEM Expo earlier this year. In addition, we are collaborating with the UW Clean Energy Institute to conduct an AP chemistry class at Newport High School in May. We are going to teach electrochemistry by demonstrating Galvanic cells with different electrolytes, a fuel cell car and an aluminum air battery to provide students an understanding of oxidation-reduction reactions, galvanic and electrolytic cells, and calculating cell potentials.

 

(3)      Professional Development

Last year’s inaugural Industry Panel was a huge success, connecting over 50 graduate students with panelists from Boeing, UniEnergy Technologies, PolyDrop, Intellectual Ventures Labs, and Microsoft. This year we will collaborate with DICE (Diversity in Clean Energy) and DIRECT (Data Intensive Research Enabling Clean Technologies) program from the Clean Energy Institute to have an industry panel and networking event in late May after the Spring ECS meeting. Last year, our professional development chair, Neal Dawson-Ell, led a workshop geared toward helping students establish a professional online presence by creating and maintaining websites showcasing their professional achievements. We have also worked with DICE and had CEO, Eric Din, from Hive Battery.

 

(4)      “Coffee Talk” Series

The “Coffee Talk” series is primarily aimed at connecting UW students with visiting faculties around the world. About 20+ students met with Prof. Daniel Steingart from Princeton University for questions and discussion that covered topics from his work with multiple startup companies to the future trends in electrochemistry. Prof. Elizabeth J. Biddinger from the City College of New York discussed some of her past and present research, suggested several useful electrochemistry resources, and facilitated an engaging discussion regarding opportunities for community involvement.  We also had an opportunity to have a lunch meeting with Prof. Takayuki Homma from Waseda University (Japan) who leads a large government program to create global research connections focused on Nano Energy.

 

(5)      “Coffee & Electrochemistry” book series

“Coffee & Electrochemistry” book series is a weekly journal club meeting for students and faculty members to get together and learn from one another, organized ever summer quarter. In 2016, we went through Bard’s Electrochemical Methods chapter-by-chapter. In 2017 summer, we went through chapters in Prof. Newman and Dr. Thomas-Alyea’s “Electrochemical Systems.” Coming together to discuss a range of important electrochemical engineering topics – from thermodynamics to electrode kinetics and mass transport – helped students (re)learn electrochemical basics while also building the ECS@UW community across departments.

 

(6)      Data Science Workshop

In 2016, we had several Python and Data Science workshops in our biweekly educational meeting. In 2017, our former president, Matthew Murbach, with Prof. Daniel Schwartz and Prof. David Beck hosted ECS Hackday at the 232nd ECS meeting in National Harbor. This year (2018), Matt Is set to organize the ECS Hackweek at the 233rd ECS meeting in Seattle. In the run-up to ECS Hackweek, Matt is organizing a series of workshops for ECS members on topics ranging from the Jupyter notebook (a Python interface), software engineering to version control.

 

(7)      Websites, GitHub and Social Media

In addition to the chapter official website and GitHub, we are active on various of social media including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to extend the visibility and the influence of the community. We are planning to create one more officer position to manage those “omnichannels” next year to adapt to the “new media” era.

 

(8)      Mini-Library

To enable easy access to the classic electrochemistry books for research, bi-weekly meetings and for “Coffee & Electrochemistry,” we’ve decided to establish a mini-library by purchasing several hard copy texts including Electrochemical Methods (Bard and Faulkner), Electrochemical Systems (Newman and Thomas-Alyea), Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering. An Introduction (West), and Electrochemical Engineering (Fuller and Harb).

 

  • Chapter/Members Highlights

(Honors, awards, recognition, and accomplishments)

 

  1. ECS@UW received ECS Chapter of Excellence, 2017
  2. In the article “Most Popular Articles of 2017” published on Dec. 13th, 2017, UW is represented 4 out of the top 15.
  3. Manan Pathak received the ECS open access in 2016, announced in ECS Interface in 2017.
  4. Yanbo Qi and Seongbeom Lee received Travel Grant for oral presentation for 232nd ECS meeting (National Harbor), Fall 2017.
  5. Seongbeom Lee and Jerry Chen received Travel Grant for ECS Hackday for 232nd ECS meeting (National Harbor), Fall 2017.
  6. Mattew Murbach (former president and current webmaster) named Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy, 2017.
  7. Battery Informatics, Inc. (Mattew Murbach) and SoLiModule (Neal Dawson-Elli, Ryan Stoddard, Akshay Subramaniam, and Jerry Chen) and Astrolabe Analytics (Robert C Masse) reached the finals of the Alaska Airline Environmental Innovation Challenge (2018). Battery Informatics uses valuation algorithms to give customers insight into how to increase the life and performance of their energy storage projects involving lithium-ion batteries. SoLiModule is a solar/Lithium-ion battery module for off-grid systems for immediate response in emergencies, remote areas, and military applications. Astrolabe Analytics builds analytics software to help engineers at small- and medium-sized battery companies spend less time in Excel and more time innovating. Battery Informatics received the “Clean Energy Award.”

 

  • Articles Submitted to Interface

 (1)      Trevor M. Braun and Daniel T. Schwartz, The Emerging Role of Electrodeposition in Additive Manufacturing, Interface, 69-73, Spring 2016.

(http://interface.ecsdl.org/content/25/1/69.full.pdf)

(2)      University of Washington Student Chapter update, Interface, 83, Spring 2018.

(http://interface.ecsdl.org/content/27/1/77.full.pdf )

(3)      University of Washington Student Chapter update, Interface, preparation, Summer 2018.

 

  • List of Student Members

 Akshay Subramaniam, Ariel Ben-Sasson, Baochen Li, Benjamin Ponto, Brian Gerwe, Caitlin Dailey Parke, Caitlyn M Wolf, Caleb Stephen Ogier, Carolina Cvinado, Charles N Schmidt, Chun-Wei (Leo) Chang, Dana Sulas, Daniel E Shea, Danielle A Henckel, David Ung, Dion Hubble, Eden L Rivers, Erica Elizabeth Eggleton, Elena P Pandres, E-Lin Liu, Elisa Harrison, Erjin Zheng, Evan Jahrman, Grant Andrew Williamson, Griffin Ruehl, Hao Dong, Hao Shen, Heidi Nelson, Honorio Valdãcs Espinosa De Los Monteros, Yi-Fan Hsieh, Hyunjong Lee, Jennifer S Steger, Jerry Chen, Jessica Tjalsma, Jiaxu Qin, Jingtian Zhang, Jonathan Michael Witt, Jonathan W Onorato, Justin Jenkins, Katie Corp, Katie Louise Reichard, Keith Steele, Kelly Carpenter, Khushmeen Sakloth, Lauren M. Burgeno, Lily Berger, Linnette Teo, Liu Yusong, Lucas Q Flagg, Luiz Oliveira, Luke Gibson, Maitri Uppaluri, Manan Pathak, Matthew David Murbach, Mengdi Fan, Neal Dawson-Elli, Nicole Thompson, Paula Cieszkiewicz, Rapheal G Williams, Robert C Masse, Ryan D Farero, Ryan Valenza, Sai Varun Aduru, Samantha Phan, Samson M. Smith, Sarah Alamdari, Seongbeom Lee, Shanyu Wang, Shaun Neill Taylor, Shih-Kuan Chen, Sijia Xiao, Sinduja Marx, Suryanarayana Kolluri, Susrut Akkineni, Taejin Jang, Tai-Yu Pan, Trevor Braun, Victor Hu, Yuening Wang, Wesley K Tatum, William Holden, Yanbo Qi, Yi Yu Lin, Yun Li, Yusong Liu, Yuyin Xi, Zachary Garbe Neale, Jingtian Zhang, Yundi Zhao

* Bold: people who have attended 2+ events in the past 3 months.

 

  • ECS Publications by Student Members (Bold)
  1. D. Murbach and D. T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 165, A297–A304 (2018)
  2. Dawson-Elli, S. B. Lee, M. Pathak, K. Mitra, and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 165, A1–A15 (2018)
  3. Qi, T. Jang, V. Ramadesigan, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, A3196–A3207 (2017)
  4. D. Murbach and D. T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, E3311–E3320 (2017)
  5. Qi, S. Kolluri, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, ECS Trans., 75, 121–137 (2017)
  6. S. Gerwe et al., ECS Trans. , 80, 101–109 (2017)
  7. B. Adler, B. S. Gerwe, et al., ECS Trans., 78, 335–342 (2017)
  8. M. Witt, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans., 80, 1203–1218 (2017)
  9. Qi, T. Jang, V. Ramadesigan, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, A3196–A3207 (2017)
  10. Pathak, S. Kolluri, and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, A973–A986 (2017)
  11. B. Lee, C. Pathak, V. Ramadesigan, W. Gao, and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, E3026–E3034 (2017)
  12. Qi, S. Kolluri, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, ECS Trans. , 75, 121–137 (2017)
  13. Pathak, D. Sonawane, S. Santhanagopalan, R. D. Braatz, and V. R. Subramanian, ECS Trans. , 75, 51–
  14. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, E354–E362 (2016)
  15. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, D3014–D3019 (2016)
  16. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, Electrochem. Soc. Interface, 25, 69–73 (2016)
  17. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 162, D180–D185 (2015)
  18. Valdes-Espinosa, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans., 68, 3209–3228 (2015)
  19. Valdes-Espinosa, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans., 66, 229–251 (2015)
  20. W. C. Northrop, M. Pathak, D. Rife, S. De, S. Santhanagopalan and V. R. Subramanian, J. Electrochem. Soc., 162, A940 (2015)

 

  • ECS Meeting Abstract by Student Members (Bold)
  1. Valdes-Espinosa, S. B. Adler, and E. M. Stuve, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 581 (2018)
  2. S. Gerwe, E. Nasr Esfahani, J. Li, and S. B. Adler, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1939 (2018)
  3. M. Witt, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 2148 (2018)
  4. Kolluri et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1331 (2018)
  5. Subramaniam, T. Jang, Y. Qi, P. Liu, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1326 (2018)
  6. D. Parke, S. Kolluri, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1357 (2018)
  7. B. Lee et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1356 (2018)
  8. Dawson-Elli and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1325 (2018)
  9. Subramaniam, D. Majumdar, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1332 (2018)
  10. Pathak, C. Pathak, T. Jang, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 165 (2018)
  11. Chen et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1348 (2018)
  12. Qi, T. Jang, V. Ramadesigan, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1343 (2018)
  13. Jang, C. Pathak, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1340 (2018)
  14. Pathak et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1354 (2018)
  15. Fan et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1350 (2018)
  16. Nasr Esfahani, B. S. Gerwe, S. B. Adler, and J. Li, Meeting Abstracts, MA2018–01, 1938 (2018)
  17. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 1168 (2017)
  18. B. Lee, C. Pathak, V. Ramadesigan, W. Gao, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–02, 1011 (2017)
  19. D. Murbach and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 1143 (2017)
  20. B. Lee, V. Ramadesigan, W. Gao, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 1142 (2017)
  21. Qi et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 131 (2017)
  22. M. Witt, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–02, 1997 (2017)
  23. Qi et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–02, 2033 (2017)
  24. Qi, J. Chen, C. Pathak, D. T. Schwartz, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 343 (2017)
  25. D. Murbach, V. W. Hu, and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–02, 2035 (2017)
  26. Chen et al., Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 1140 (2017)
  27. Dawson-Elli and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2017–01, 1138 (2017)
  28. Pathak, D. Sonawane, S. Santhanagopalan, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 912 (2016)
  29. D. Murbach and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 1688 (2016)
  30. Pathak, D. Sonawane, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–01, 453 (2016)
  31. B. Lee, S. Kolluri, W. Xu, J.-G. Zhang, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 149 (2016)
  32. Qi, S. Kolluri, V. R. Subramanian, D. T. Schwartz, and S. Santhanagopalan, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 366 (2016)
  33. Pathak, S. Kolluri, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–01, 208 (2016)
  34. Pathak, N.-D. Elli, T.-J. Jang, C. Pathak, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 1742 (2016)
  35. D. Murbach and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–01, 275 (2016)
  36. B. Lee, M. Pathak, W. Gao, V. Viswanathan, and V. R. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–01, 413 (2016)
  37. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–01, 2182 (2016)
  38. Valdes-Espinosa, S. B. Adler, and E. M. Stuve, Meeting Abstracts, MA2016–02, 201 (2016)
  39. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2015–02, 883 (2015)
  40. Qi, D. T. Schwartz, and V. Subramanian, Meeting Abstracts, MA2015–02, 162 (2015)
  41. Valdes-Espinosa, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans. , 66, 229–251 (2015)
  42. Valdes-Espinosa, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans. , 66, 229–251 (2015)
  43. Valdes-Espinosa, E. M. Stuve, and S. B. Adler, ECS Trans. , 68, 3209–3228 (2015)
  44. M. Braun and D. T. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2015–02, 1844 (2015)
  45. M. Braun and D. Schwartz, Meeting Abstracts, MA2013–02, 2361 (2013)