Guided tour of TRIUMF labs!

Thank you all for your interest, the deadline for registration has now passed.

TRIUMF is one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories, located right here in Vancouver, BC. They are home to the world’s largest cyclotron particle accelerator, as well as a system of high-energy rare isotope beams. Please join us on November 24, 2017 for a guided tour of TRIUMF laboratories, where you will experience many of TRIUMPF’s experiments and facilities first-hand, as we follow the path of the proton from its origin, bound in a hydrogen atom, to its destination in targets and detectors.

We will be providing a FREE pizza lunch after the tour. Take advantage of this networking opportunity to discuss all the groundbreaking science being undertaken here in the lower mainland.

TRIUMF is located on the UBC campus and transportation will be provided from SFU. Visit the TRIUMF website for directions

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6th Annual ECS BC Young Electrochemists Symposium- August 4th, 2017

Please join us in this year’s BC Young Electrochemists Symposium at UBC on August 4th, 2017 in the CHBE building. This free, one day symposium provides students a great opportunity to network with other electrochemists from across BC to discuss research and form collaborations within our province. The event features 6 invited speakers, catered lunch and coffee breaks, and a 3-minute thesis/poster competition with cash prizes. There will be a reception for the poster session with free appetizers, beer, and wine.

You can view the official YES 2107 program here

Invited speakers:

Dr. Hogan Yu, Professor at SFU
Dr. Loren Kaake, Professor at SFU
Dr. David Wilkinson, Professor at UBC
Dr. Dustin Banham, Ballard Power Systems
Benjamin Britton, Ionomr
Saad Dara, Mangrove Water Technologies

Executive positions available!

The ECS-BC Student Chapter is looking for enthusiastic electrochemists from UBC, SFU, and UVIC to continue organizing symposia and workshops for students. Being on the board provides an excellent opportunity to network not only with fellow students, but also individuals from local academic institutions and industries that are highly relevant in our field.

Positions that are available for 2017 (NOTE: generally each member shares roles and responsibilities):

Chair

  • Steer meetings with the executive
  • Plan meetings and agenda

VP Programs

  • Assist in the logistics of the workshops and symposia
  • Work out the locations of events, scheduling of speakers

VP Finance

  • Manage funds for events
  • Point of contact for fundraising through academia and industry

VP Admin

  • Maintain ECS-BC website
  • Email membership for events

VP Liaison

  • Liaise with electrochemical society for latest news and opportunities that can be relevant to the student membership

 

If you are interested in any of these positions, please email electrochembc@gmail.com for more information!

2nd Annual Modelling Workshop

Please join us in this year’s Modelling Workshop at SFU on November 7th, 2016. This year we will have two hands-on sessions, including learning to fit impedance (EIS) curves from Dr. David Harrington from the University of Victoria, and usage of the modelling software COMSOL by Priam Fernandes of COMSOL, Inc.

These are free workshops, where attendees can register for both events however it is bring your own lunch (several restaurants available at SFU) and bring your own laptop. Please note that we are limited to  25 registrants for each workshop, with details below:

Impedance curve fitting by Dr. Harrington    (limited to 25 spots, currently wait-listed)
Date: Monday, Nov 7th, 2016
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM lecture (intro)
            9:30 AM – 12:00 AM workshop
Location: SSB -7172 (Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Canada)

 

Instructions from Dr. Harrington:We will use Aliaksandr Bandarenko and Genady Ragoisha’s EIS Spectrum Analyser, which may be downloaded here, and Bernard Boukamp’s KKtest for Windows which may be downloaded here.I will also demonstrate some algebraic manipulations in Maple, so it would be helpful but not necessary to have Maple or Mathematica installed.

 

Registrations for the impedance workshop are currently full, additional registrations are presently put on the wait-list here. You will be contacted by email if a spot opens up!

 

 

 

COMSOL workshop by Priam Fernandes  (limited to 25 spots, currently wait-listed)
Date: Monday, Nov 7th, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: C- 9058 (CHEM PC POOL) (Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Canada)

 

Instructions from Priam: Please download a trial version of COMSOL here on your laptop before the workshop

 

Registrations for the COMSOL workshop are currently full, additional registrations are presently put on the wait-list here. You will be contacted by email if a spot opens up!

 

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5th Annual ECS BC Young Electrochemists Symposium- July 29th 2016

Please join us in this year’s BC Young Electrochemists Symposium at UBC on July 29th, 2016 in the CHBE building. This one day, free symposium provides students a great opportunity to network with other electrochemists from across BC to discuss research and form collaborations within our province. The event features 5 invited speakers, catered lunch and coffee breaks, and a 3-minute thesis/poster competition with cash prizes. There will be a reception for the poster session with free appetizers, beer, and wine.

Invited speakers:
Dr. Erik Kjeang, Professor at SFU
Dr. Stephen Campbell, NanoOne
Dr. Gary Leach, Professor at SFU
Dr. Drew Stolar, Ballard Power
Dr. David Bruce, ZincNyx
MITACS Canada

The event program can be downloaded here.

The abstract booklet for the 3-minute thesis competition can be found here.

The schedule for student speakers can be found here.

ECS BC student chapter Annual Academic Workshop (October 26th, 2015)

Please join us for this year’s ECS BC student chapter Annual Academic Workshop at Simon Fraser University on October 26th, 2015:

“Physical Models of Impedance spectra of PEM fuel cells”

By

Prof. Dr. Andrei Kulikovsky

Research Center Jülich, Germany

Moscow State University, Russia

Date: October 26th, 2015

Time: 3:00-5:00 PM

Venue: SSB 7172-SFU Burnaby

(Chemistry & Molecular Biology Building)

This free workshop provides students a great opportunity to network with other electrochemists from across BC to discuss research and form collaborations within our province. The event features a lecture and refreshments. Please note that you DON’T have to be an ECS member to attend the event.

The event program can be downloaded here.

Please register for the event here.

We hope to see you there!

2015 Young Electrochemists Symposium

The ECS BC Student Chapter would like to thank all the speakers and participants from this years’ YES event on August 24th at UBC in Vancouver! The one-day symposium had over 35 registrants, 4 invited talks,  as well as a student poster competition hosted by the ECS BC Student Chapter.  We are looking forward to the next workshop, to be announced shortly!

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4th Annual ECS BC Young Electrochemists Symposium – August 24th 2015

Please join us in this year’s BC Young Electrochemists Symposium at UBC on August 24th, 2015. This one day, free symposium provides students a great opportunity to network with other electrochemists from across BC to discuss research and form collaborations within our province. The event features 4 invited speakers, catered lunch and coffee breaks, and a student poster competition with cash prizes.

Invited speakers:
Dr. Byron Gates, Professor at SFU
Dr. Thomas Kadyk, Postdoc at SFU
Dr. Ali Malek, Postdoc at SFU
Mantra Energy

The event program can be downloaded here.

Registration has now been closed.

Registration deadline is Monday, August 17th to provide advance notice for event catering.

ECS Summer Fellowships

Please see the forwarded message below for an opportunity to the ECS Summer Fellowship award:

http://www.electrochem.org/

The ECS Summer Fellowships are given to assist students during the summer months in the pursuit of work in a field of interest to ECS. The next fellowships will be presented in 2015.

The materials are due by January 15, 2015

For the complete award rules and application form, please visit the Student Awards page on the ECS website. All materials must be submitted electronically.

Good luck!

Dan Fatton
Director of Development and Membership Services