Chicago Section

Proposed changes to our Bylaws

Please, click on this link, to view the MSWord doucument with the proposed changes. Send e-mail to pvanysek@niu.edu with your vote: For, Against, Abstain.

Justification of the changes:

The changes are of two kinds. The first kind is "required" due to upcoming changes in the ECS Constitution and Bylaws. The second kind of changes are "would be useful" changes that should help in out activities.

Required changes:
  1. The Constitution and the Bylaws of the Society have been merged into a single document, called the Bylaws. Therefore, any reference to the Constitution in sectional Bylaws has to be removed and likewise, references to articles in the ECS Bylaws have to be changed as the article numbering has changed.
2. The Council of Sections will soon cease to exist and some of its functions will be taken over by the Individual Membership Committee. The updated text reflects this anticipated change.

Useful changes:
1. Change that the meetings will be "at ... monthly intervals" to "at > PREFERABLY ... monthly intervals." This reflects the fact that it is not   practical to have that many meetings each year or that frequently. However, it still leaves the option to organize meetings on monthly basis should the need arise.
2. The candidates nominated for next election will be announced in e-mail, rather than at the "previous meeting." This way it is not required to have a meeting in April and in May (though we still can have them) and because of the e-mail approach, all members will be fully informed, not only those attending the meetings. 
3. Amendments to the bylaws will be possible (after proper review) to be voted on in person or by e-mail proxy. Until now only those who were present at the meeting could actually vote.

Upcoming Meeting in 2007/2008
18 April 2008

Chicago Section of the Electrochemical Society Symposium

 The Chicago Section of the Electrochemical Society is pleased to invite you to participate in a half-day symposium to take place at Argonne National Laboratory on Friday, April 18, 2008.

Location: Bldg. 440, room A105/A106, Center for Nanoscale Materials (adjacent to the Advanced Photon Source).

Program at glance:

8:00     Continental breakfast and registration

8:45     Opening remarks, Prof. Petr Vanýsek, ECS Secretary

9:00     Prof. Chris M. Wolverton, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Discovery of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials: An Atomic-Scale Computational Approach

9:45     Coffee break

10:00   Di-Jai Liu, Chemical and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory: Application of Nanomaterials in Fuel Cell Technology

10:45   Nenad Markovic, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory: Electrocatalysis on Metal Surfaces

noon     Lunch at the Argonne Guest House

1:30     Tour of the Center for Nanoscale Materials      

Registration fee is $5 for professionals (cash or check)
Students and Postdoctoral Associates: Free
(Symposium is open to all; you do not have to be a member of ECS.)

Send attendance confirmation and your plan to take part in the tour of the CNM by email to:
Prof. Petr Vanýsek
pvanysek@niu.edu

Important: Non-US citizens need to fill out the attached form and send it by fax no later than March 12 to:

 Giselle Sandi
Argonne National Laboratory
Fax: (630) 252-3193

 If the information is not provided, access to the facilities cannot be granted.

Section Officers 2008/2009

Section Officers 2007/2008

Section Vice Chair
Sandi, Giselle
gsandi@anl.gov
Argonne National Lab

Section Secretary
Berney, Christopher
christopher.Berney@ametek.com
Solartron Analytical

Section Treasurer
Kang, Sun Ho
sunho.kang@anl.gov
Argonne National Lab

Councilor
Vanysek, Petr
pvanysek@niu.edu
Northern Illinois University

The following is historical material, last updated in 2006

This section serves the needs of the ECS members interested in electrochemical science and technology in Chicago area and nearby vicinity. Geographically the members are from Northern Illinois, Northern Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri. The northern part borders with Wisconsin, home of the Southern Wisconsin Section. The Chicago and Southern Wisconsin Sections maintain ties in alternate hosting of the annual Student Symposium.

The Chicago Section typically holds one evening technical meeting per month, usually in a local area restaurant, following a dinner and casual social.

For the spring 1996 we have organized a full-day symposium on the Electrochemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces.
You may also review past reports on the section activities:
Report of the 1996 activities of the Chicago Local Section.
Report of the 1998 activities of the Chicago Local Section.
Report of the 1999 activities of the Chicago Local Section.
Report of the 2000 activities of the Chicago Local Section.
Report of the 2002 activities of the Chicago Local Section.
Report of the 2003 activities of the Chicago Local Section.

You may overview a list of recent past and future meetings.  

Some of previous yearly pages (with some already missing links) are here:
1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2002, 2002-2003

Section Officers for 2003-2004

(elected May 2003)

 
Dr. Petr Vanýsek, Chairman
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL 60115-2862
(Tel): 815-753-6876
(Fax): 815-753-4802
email:

Dr. William Penrose, Vice-Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
BCPS Dept./Chemistry, LS-178,
3101 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Tel: 312-567-5875
fax: 815-567-3497
email: wpenrose@customsensorsolutions.com

Dr.Sun-Ho Kang, Treasurer
Chemical Technology Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Building 205, 9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne IL 60439-4837
Tel: 630-252-6772
Fax 630-252-4176
email kangs@cmt.anl.gov

Dr. Yuriy Tolmachev, Secretary
Argonne National Lab
9700 S Cass Ave Bldg 223
Rm C202
Argonne, IL 60439-4845
Tel: (630) 252-4353
Fax: (630) 252-7777
email: tolmachev@anl.gov

Dr. Keryn Lian, Councilor (term expiring 2004)
Motorola Advanced Technology Center
1301 E. Algonquin Rd.
Schaumburg IL 60196
Tel: 847-538-9532
Fax; 847-576-2111
email K.K.Lian@attbi.com

George Marchetti, Councillor (term expiring 2005)
5726 S. Grand Ave.
Western Springs
Tel: (708)-246-9083
email Marchetti4@aol.com

Chicago Section Bylaws

"Click" here to review the Bylaws of the Chicago Section.

Upcoming Meeting in 2005/2006

Thursday, April 27, 2006

We are pleased to announce the next meeting of the Chicago Section of the ECS.
It will consist of a technical talk as well as an update about the state of the Society.

Size-Selected Synthesis of PtRu Nano-Catalysts: Reaction and Size Control Mechanism
presented by

Dr. Barry MacDougall, Vice president of the Electrochemical Society
National Research Council Canada, Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6.

Meeting Place: Bohemian Crystal Restaurant, 639 N. Blackhawk Drive, 60559
WESTMONT, Illinois, Phone No: (630) 789-1981.

Time: Social at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00pm, Presentation at 8:00 pm
Cost: For the dinner and talk is $15.00 for members and nonmembers, and
$7.00 for students, post-docs and unemployed members. Dinner is
All-You-Can-Eat Family style with selected menu. No reservations are needed
for the talk only, but if you call ahead, we can be assured seating.

Reservation: Please make reservations by Tuesday, April 18, with Keryn Lian at keryn.k.lian@motorola.com, or Chris Berney at Christopher.Berney@ametek-online.com or Petr Vanysek at t40pvy1@corn.cso.niu.edu.

Direction: The restaurant is located on Blackhawk Drive, one block north of
Ogden Avenue, 3/4 miles west of 83rd Route or two stoplights east of Cass
Avenue. The map should appear at this link:


Abstract:
A rapid synthesis method for the preparation of PtRu colloids and their subsequent deposition on high surface area carbons is presented. The reaction mechanism is shown to involve the oxidation of the solvent, namely ethylene glycol to mainly glycolic acid or, depending on the pH, its anion, glycolate, while the Pt(+IV) and Ru(+III) precursor salts are reduced. Glycolate acts as stabilizer for the PtRu colloids and the glycolate concentration, and hence the size of the resulting noble metal colloids, is controlled via the pH of the synthesis solution. Carbon supported PtRu catalysts of controlled size can be prepared within the range of 0.7 to 4 nm. Slow scan X-ray diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy show the PtRu catalysts to be crystalline. The Ru is partly dissolved in the face centered cubic Pt lattice but, the catalysts also consist of a separate, hexagonal Ru phase. The PtRu catalysts appear to be of the same composition independent of the catalyst size in the range of 1.2 and 4 nm. Particular PtRu catalysts prepared in this work display enhanced activities for the methanol electro-oxidation reaction when compared with two commercial catalysts.

Biography : Dr. Barry MacDougall earned his B.Sc. in 1967 at St. Francis Xavier University and his Ph.D. in organic electrochemistry related to fuel cells in 1972 from the University of Ottawa. In his work at NRC since 1972, Dr. MacDougall initially studied the electrochemical formation, growth, structure and breakdown of anodic (passive) oxide films on metals and alloys. He has also worked in the area of organic corrosion inhibitors and has developed electrochemical methods to form dielectric films on silicon, which have potential application in the semiconductor industry. More recently, Dr. MacDougall has conducted and directed research on the electrochemical destruction of organic toxins e.g., the complete cathodic dechlorination of PCBs with 100% current efficiency and the anodic removal of phenolic substances to well below the 1 ppm level. Recently, he has been directing a major project on methanol fuel cell technology involving government, university and industrial partners. The project involves the development of new anode catalysts for the continuous oxidation of methanol at low potentials, with a view to low temperature, portable power applications. He has published over 100 scientific papers, three book chapters and has four patents [approved or pending] for recent industrial innovations. Dr. MacDougall's contributions to electrochemical science have been recognized worldwide. He was awarded the 1976 Young Author's Award of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), the 1979 W. Lash Miller Award "in recognition of outstanding technical contributions in the field of electrochemistry" and the 1995 ECS Carl Wagner Award "in recognition of outstanding mid-career contributions to multiple areas of electrochemical science and technology".
In 1988 he was elected a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and in 1996 a Fellow of NACE International. Dr. MacDougall has served as a member of the Executive, and Chairperson, of both the Canadian Section and Corrosion Division of ECS. He was an Editor for the Corrosion Section of the ECS Journal from 1984 to 1992, and was the Chairman of the Fellows Selection Committee of the ECS from 1996 to 2000, and is presently Chairman of the overall Honors and Awards Committee of ECS. He was selected to be the "Master of Ceremonies" for the Societies 100th. Anniversary Meeting Banquet held in May, 2002. He is also a full voting member of the "American National Inventors Hall of Fame". He was elected Vice President of ECS in 2004.

Here is a picture from the field trip to this meeting, conducted by NIU Special Topics in Electrochemistry students.

Past Program of Meetings in 2003/2004

8 October 2003 -

Building a Biosensor to Detect Single Bacterial Cells - William R. Penrose

IIT campus Chicago, at 15:35, Life Science Bldg. (corner 31^st and State St., Chicago).

Link to the abstract:

 
Inception: 30 August 2002 
Last revised: 28 September 2008 13:51
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