Annual Report

Providing Solutions

ECS holds the keys to the kingdom in terms of expertise for drivingenergy storage R&D.—

Gary Rubloffdirector, nees energy frontierresearch center

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Scientists and engineers seek to unveil what is possible and to exploit that knowledge to provide solutions to the myriad of problems we now face as a society, a never- ending endeavor that uncovers new frontiers and new challenges. Thanks to this kind of fortitude in our community, 2015 was a banner year for ECS, all made possible by our members, meeting organizers and attendees, editors, journal contributors, sponsors, donors, and our staff.

In addition to celebrating our generous donors to whom we are indeed grateful, we wish to acknowledge the thousands of people who give of their time, intelligence, and discoveries to make our Society a thriving and critical piece of the world’s research fabric. Their contributions make our scientific society flourish and they provide solutions for our societal needs, including ways to create and store renewable energy, detect and cure illness, and ensure a sustainable environment. In October 2015, at our 5th Electrochemical Energy Summit, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science and Energy Lynn F. Orr acknowledged that ECS’s scientists and engineers hold the keys to solving our world’s complex energy problems. ECS is positioning itself to help provide those solutions through full open access of our peer-reviewed research, an initiative called Free the Science. Authors will be able to publish open access for free and readers everywhere will be able to access the ECS Digital Library for free. We know it’s the right thing to do for our Society and for our global society.

In 2015, with our community’s help we were able to celebrate these achievements:

• Published the most journal articles in our history • The ECS Digital Library recorded more than 3 million downloads • 45% of papers in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES) were published open access • JES had almost 63,000 citations • Our spring meeting, held in Chicago, had the highest attendance in over a decade

And back to our people: ECS membership increased to over 8,850, representing more than 80 countries and 54 student chapters. This breadth of involvement is the future—the future for collaboration, the future for a new generation of leaders, and the future for discoveries. Going fully open access will make this future even more productive. We thank you for continuing to support ECS—our Society and the society-at-large are grateful that you’re helping to provide solutions.

Roque Calvo executive director & ceo

Daniel Schersonpresident 2015–2016

what we do

Honors & AwardsSince the beginning, the ECS Honors & Awards Program has paid homage to the ideations, innovations, and volunteer leadership of scientists within our multi-disciplinary community. Today, the legacy of recognition remains in celebration of the work that scientists are doing to improve our quality of life and provide solutions to global challenges.

Among the awards presented in 2015 was the inaugural Allen J. Bard Award in Electrochemical Science, in honor of the man recognized as the father of modern electrochemistry. Bard dedicated much of his 60-year career to cultivating younger generations of professors and researchers. It was those former students and protégés who initiated the fundraising effort needed to create and support this award. The Bard Award takes its place in the ECS Honors & Awards Program with Henry White as its first winner.

We are grateful to the nominators, appli- cants, and especially the ECS Honors & Awards Committee for its year-long efforts in administering the program.

Membership & Education ProgramsWhen we ask our members why they stay involved with ECS, everyone gives a variation of: I grew up with ECS, from when I was getting my degree until now. ECS is like family to me. That sentiment pervades our membership, programs, and activities. It instills a sense of community, where scientists and engineers alike can turn to find answers, collaborators, and opportunities.

Our family continues to grow. With representation from the corporate sector, academia, national labs, and small businesses, ECS brings together a globally diverse set of needs and interests toen courage relationships that foster innovation.

In 2015, ECS and Toyota North America chose three recipients to each receive a $50,000 fellowship focused on green energy technology. “We view research as an investment in our future for our business, but also for the greater society,” says Paul Fanson, manager of Toyota’s North American Research Strategy Office. “It is necessary to invest in and encourage scientists from diverse backgrounds with creative ideas, who are willing to think outside of the box."

what we do Meetings

The concepts our members are pursuing make our international scientific meetings among the most significant being held in the world today. ECS is globalizing knowledge with the aid of cities that are clusters of innovation. ln 2015, Glasgow, Scotland and Phoenix, AZ were two such examples. At these gatherings we highlighted plenary speakers like John Turner, who is the international spokesperson for hydrogen energy, and Adam Heller, who developed a continuous and accurate monitoring of glucose levels in diabetics, effectively impacting over 370 million patients.

ECS began to rotate meetings in Latin America in 2006 when we held our first joint meeting with SMEQ in Cancun. On the heels of a second successful joint meeting in 2014, ECS pulled together a coalition of organizations committed to a reoccurring meeting in the Western Hemisphere. The first Americas Inter - national Meeting on Electrochemistry and Solid State Science (AiMES) will be held in 2018 in Cancun, Mexico.

We are connecting the dots among scientists, governments, institutions, and corporations allowing them to share their research, grow their networks, and work together to provide solutions.

PublicationsFor almost 115 years we have published some of the most important research in our fields, often providing the backbones of the technology used in everyday devices and large sectors such as energy.

We are proud to still be an independent, nonprofit publisher as most of scholarly research is now controlled by commercial publishers that determine the price and distribution of research. Our choice to combat this trend is to Free the Science. This means making all research in the ECS Digital Library free to publish and free to read. In 2015, over 40% of our manuscripts were published open access with almost 100% of those at no charge to the author because of our article credits. And, for the third year in a row ECS has not increased subscription prices.

Our efforts are rooted in our mission to distribute and advance scientific research and also respond to our global need to find sustainability solutions for our planet.

$150,000

8,855

25,000

for ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships

total members, including 2,600 students

88 countriesrepresented

54studentchapters

22geographicsections

2015 Membership &Educational Programs

2015 Honors&Awards

2015 Publications

2015 Meetings

$

$for ECS Summer Fellowships

88,500$in travel grants by divisions

awards given across the organization;14 society, 18 division,6 section, 13 student

articles published in ECS Digital Library;now 123,000+ articles in total in library

biannual meeting abstracts

attendees and 712 abstracts forGlasgow satellite meeting

of meeting attendees were first-timers

of meeting attendees were members

11 fellows inducted

8,263

4,28880044%50%

44%7

# 1 Journal of The Electrochemical Society

of journal articles were open access

Masters Series Videosincluding Adam Heller, Allen J. Bard, Alvin Salkind, Ralph Brodd, Richard Alkire, Esther S. Takeuchi, and M. Stanley Whittingham

ranking — in materials science, coatings, and films as per JCR

$150,000

8,855

25,000

for ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships

total members, including 2,600 students

88 countriesrepresented

54studentchapters

22geographicsections

2015 Membership &Educational Programs

2015 Honors&Awards

2015 Publications

2015 Meetings

$

$for ECS Summer Fellowships

88,500$in travel grants by divisions

awards given across the organization;14 society, 18 division,6 section, 13 student

articles published in ECS Digital Library;now 123,000+ articles in total in library

biannual meeting abstracts

attendees and 712 abstracts forGlasgow satellite meeting

of meeting attendees were first-timers

of meeting attendees were members

11 fellows inducted

8,263

4,28880044%50%

44%7

# 1 Journal of The Electrochemical Society

of journal articles were open access

Masters Series Videosincluding Adam Heller, Allen J. Bard, Alvin Salkind, Ralph Brodd, Richard Alkire, Esther S. Takeuchi, and M. Stanley Whittingham

ranking — in materials science, coatings, and films as per JCR

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationToyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)MTI Corporation and Jiang Family FoundationHouston Endowment, Inc.Combined Federal Campaign

Thank you to the following organizations and individuals who have made either unrestricted or program gifts to ECS during the past year. With their support we are able to honor leaders in our field, support travel grants, create innovative programs, and build our Free the Science fund:

donors

James C. AchesonRadoslav AdzicRobert AlwittAlfred B. AndersonJohn C. AngusRajaram BhatViola Ingrid BirssWilliam D. BrownW. Murray BullisJames D. BurgessKeith T. BurnetteCarlos R. CabreraRobert Lee CalhounRoque J. CalvoMichael K. CarpenterGiovanni Pietro ChiavarottiBryan ChinDavid E. CliffelBecca Jensen ComptonEmanuel I. CooperAngela DeVitoHoward D. DewaldGeorge A. Di BariFrancesco Di QuartoJohn F. ElterRonald E. EnstromThomas Z. FahidyFu-Ren F. FanLarry R. FaulknerElena S. FlitsiyanRandall Fowler

Gerald S. FrankelRobert P. FrankenthalShinji FujimotoFernando H. GarzonNorman GoldsmithJohn B. GoodenoughRichard D. GoodinKoji HashimotoAdam HellerDennis W. HessMichael S. R. HeynesLloyd H. HiharaFumio HineNatalie A. W. HolzwarthW. Jean HorkansHoward R. HuffHenry G. HughesEarl C. JohnsGunter H. R. KegelMartin W. KendigHarry N. KnicklePaul A. KohlBernd O. KolbesenZlata KovacBruce Arthur KowertKevin KristSimeon J. KrumbeinMichael KrumpeltUwe Heiner LandauJose LarcinKelly Lazzaroni

Robert T. LeahArthur J. LearnJohna LeddyPeter A. LewisBor Yann LiawClovis A. LinkousStuart B. LyonHenri J. R. MagetTyler X. MahyFlorian B. MansfeldRobert A. MantzFrederick Leon MarshJames A. McIntyreKenneth L. MenningenShelley D. MinteerSudhan S. MisraHerbert J. MoltzanTheodore D. MoustakasRangachary Mukundan Takurou N. MurakamiHironori NakajimaJohn S. NewmanAlex R. NisbetYoshio NishiJohn P. OlattaBoone B. OwensSennu PalanichamyRobert E. PalmerThomas PoppLinus J. PortmanRobert A. Rapp

Cynthia A. RiceRobert F. SavinellDaniel A. SchersonMorton SchwartzIrving ShainToshio ShibataMilton M. SilverKathryn SteeleKurt H. SternFrederick J. StrieterAlice H. SuroviecMakoto TakahashiE. Jennings TaylorKen TokunagaAiji A. UchiyamaNatasa R. VasiljevicRyan Jeffrey WhiteFariaty WongArthur YelonHiroshi Yoneyama

ECS is grateful to the following companies and institutions who have supported us through membership, sponsorship, and/or exhibits. Their involvement ensures that we are able to advance the most cutting edge research in our fields through conferences and publications.

donors

Thank you to all of our supporters. If there is a mistake in our listings, please contact development@electrochem.org and we will issue a correction.

3M CompanyAir LiquideAIXTRONAldrich Materials Science at Sigma-AldrichALS Co. Ltd.American ElementsAMETEK Scientific InstrumentsApplied MaterialsArbin InstrumentsAROAsahi Kasei CorporationAsahi/America, Inc.ASM InternationalAsylum ResearchAxiall CorporationBASiBiolin Scientific, Inc.BioLogic SASBioLogic USACentral Electrochemical Research InstituteChroma ATE, Inc.Daiichi Jitsugyo (America), Inc.DOE's Fuel Cell Technologies OfficeDuracellECOTEC Solutions, Inc.EL-CELLEL-CELL GmbHElectrosynthesis Company, Inc.EnergizerEngineering & ManufacturingESL ElectroscienceFaraday Technology, Inc.Ford Motor CompanyGamry InstrumentsGelest, Inc.General Motors Research Labs

Giner, Inc.GS-Yuasa Corp.HE3DAHEKA Electronics IncorporatedHohsen CorporationHonda R&D Co., Ltd.HORIBA ScientificHuizhou Top Metal MaterialHydro-QuébecIBM CorporationIMERYS Graphite & Carbon Ltd.Industrie De Nora S.p.A.International Lead Zinc Research Organization Inc.IonPowerIvium TechnologiesKanto Chemical Co., Inc.Keithley InstrumentsLam Research CorporationLawrence Berkeley National LabLeclanche, S.A.Los Alamos National LaboratoryMaccorMattsonMedtronic, Inc. Energy and Component CenterMetrohm AutoLabMetrohm USAMFC Systems, LLCMTI CorporationNetzsch Instruments NA, LLCNext Energy-EWE-Forschungszentrum für EnergietechnologieNissan ARC, LTD.Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Occidental Chemical Corp.Office of Naval ResearchOhio University CEER

PalmSens BVPanasonic Corporation, AIS CompanyPermascand ABPine Research InstrumentationPrinceton Applied Research/ Solartron AnalyticalQualcommQuallion, LLCRoyal Society of ChemistrySaft Batteries, Specialty Battery GroupSandia National LaboratoriesSanDiskScribner AssociatesSolvayStanford Research SystemsTDK Corporation, Device Development CenterTechnic, Inc.Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.Thermo Fisher ScientificTianjin Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.Toray Research Center, Inc.Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TEMA)Vacuum Technology Inc.Verder ScientificWestern DigitalXergy, Inc.Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences at CWRUZAHNER-elektrikZSW, Center for Solar Energy & Hydrogen Research

The scientific investments we’re making in renewable energy like artificial photosynthesis or energy storage are like an insurance policy against an uncertain future.—

Harry Atwaterdirector, artificial photosynthesis- progress and prospects (jcap)

Statement of Financial Position

2015 2014

ASSETS

Cash, invest- ments & other 12,261,861 12,586,788

Property & Equipment, net 4,234,484 4,319,448

Total Assets $ 16,496,345 $ 16,906,236

LIABILTIES AND NET ASSETS

Liabilities 2,033,473 2,076,267

Net Assets 14,462,872 14,829,969

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 16,496,345 $ 16,906,236

Statement of Activities

2015 2014

REVENUE 6,945,086 7,778,212

EXPENSE

Program Services 5,520,770 5,500,067

Rental Operations 566,249 575,950

Fundraising 189,588 102,123

General & Adminsitrative 1,035,576 945,150

Total Expense 7,312,183 7,123,290

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS $ (367,097) $ 654,922

at 12/31/2015

year ended 12/31/15

The mission of ECS is to advance and disseminate knowledge in the fields of electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and allied subjects. To encourage research, discussion, and critical assessment, the Society holds meetings, publishes scientific papers, fosters training and education of scientists and engineers, and cooperates with other organizations to promote science and technology in the public interest.

ECS envisions a future where our published peer-reviewed research will be available completely open access, an initiative we are calling Free the Science. ECS is leading the way as a steward of scientific knowledge in our technical domains and accelerating scientific discovery and innovation.

To support our bold vision for open access you can make a gift directly to the Free the Science campaign or to any ECS program area that contributes

to the overall strong financial position of the organization:

• Awards • Specific collections in the ECS Digital Library • Meeting symposia • The ECS Fund, an unrestricted fund supporting the greatest needs of the organization as determined by leadership

Visit electrochem.org & freethescience.org to donate online or send an email to development@electrochem.org to discuss your ways to give, including planned giving and IRA charitable rollovers.

Other ways to contribute to ECS include membership, exhibiting, sponsoring, advertising, and submitting abstracts to our meetings and/or articles to our journals.

Together, we can provide solutions.

Thank you.

CONTACT ECS65 South Main Street Building DPennington, NJ 08534-2839, USA609.737.1902development@electrochem.org