News
February 2023 – Prof. Aicheng Chen Wins 2023 Ricardo Aroca Award
October 2022 – U of G Chemist Turns Greenhouse Gas into Potential Industrial Gold
October 2022 – Chemistry researchers provide new insights into molecular imaging
September 2022 – The Dutcher research team uses machine learning to study the chemical changes in polyethylene pipe
June 2022 - Dr. Leanne Chen was awarded the Assistant Professor Research Excellence Award of the CEPS
June 2022 - Joshua van der Zalm won a best oral presentation award at CCCE 2022
June 2022 - Drs. A. Chen, J. Lipkowski, L. Chen, J.R. Dutcher, F.-I. Auzanneau, H. Li, E. Pensini and Q. Wang were awarded an NSERC RTI grant ($150k) to upgrade the IR facility at the ETC
May 2022 - Congratulation to S. Abner on the David Holden Memorial Scholarship of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry (GWC2)
May 2022 - Congratulation to E. Boateng on the Graduate Student Excellence Award of the GWC2
May 2022 - Congratulation to S. Tatarchuk on the 1st Poster Prize of the GWC2
May 2022 - Congratulation to F. Farshidfaron on the Graduate Seminar Prize of the GWC2
April 2022 - Congratulation to J. van der Zalm on the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral
April 2022 - Congratulation to J. Quintal on the Ontario Graduate Scholarship
April 2022 - Congratulation to E. Boateng on the Ontario Graduate Scholarship
April 2022 - Celebrating Sustainability on Earth Day
March 2022 - Congratulation to Dr. A.R. Thiruppathi on the Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship
March 2022 - Welcome Prof. Huiyan Li as a new ETC member
March 2022 - Chemistry professor Dr. Khashayar Ghandi has found that the electromagnetic fields of the microwave radiation may offer a way to disable the coronavirus even at body temperature
December 2021 - New research from Prof. Aicheng Chen is stemming global warming while making useful chemicals for industry usage
October 2021 - Prof. Peter Tremaine Receives Federal Funding for Nuclear Power Studies Research
July 2021 - Prof Jacek Lipkowski wins the 2021 Frumkin Memorial Medal for Lifelong Achievement in Electrochemistry
May 2021 - Prof. Leanne Chen is awarded New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration grant
May 2021 - Congratulation to Emmanuel Boateng on the David Holden Memorial Scholarship of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry
April 2021 - Prof. Aicheng Chen works with industry partner on "Material of the Future"
March 2021 - Prof. Khashayar Ghandi and his group (Arash Fattahi and Pooya Afaghi) work on New COVID-19 Antibody Test
March 2021 - Congratulation to Joshua van der Zalm on the Chemistry Laboratory Instructor Award
January 2021 - Congratulation to Dr. Deepak Sridhar on the Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship
November 2020 - Congratulations to Professor Aicheng Chen for being awarded the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Canada Section R.C. Jacobsen Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the functioning of the ECS Canada Section and his passion for the advancement of electrochemistry in Canada
September 2020 - GWC2 AGM talk by Prof. Aicheng Chen will be held via MicroSoft Teams on Wednesday, September 30th at 3:00 pm
September 2020 - Controlling a beamline from across the Atlantic. With ISIS now operating under remote access, users are running experiments from their own institutions, including a group who have been “on” HiFi while remaining in Canada
September 2020 - Chemistry researchers uncover novel technique to better understand how to harness solar energy.
August 2020 - Congratulations to Prof. Aicheng Chen on being named as Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM).
August 2020 - Prof. John Dutcher's research awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
August 2020 - Welcome Prof. Leanne D. Chen as a new ETC member.
July 2020 - Prof. Aicheng Chen Developing Unique Coating for PPE to Prevent Spread of COVID-19.
July 2020 - It is a great sadness that Professor Paul Rowntree passed away. Paul served as the Director of the ETC from July 2006 to June 2013.
May 2020 - Profs. A. Chen, J. Lipkowski , A. Houmam, P. Rowntree, D. Thomas, J. Dutcher and X.R. Qin were awarded an NSERC RTI grant ($150k) to upgrade the UHV system at the ETC.
May 2020 - Congratulations to Joshua Van Der Zalm (Advisor: A. Chen) who has been selected as this year's winner of the David Holden Memorial Scholarship
April 2020 - Research at the University of Guelph’s Electrochemical Technology Centre will help save our planet. Green Science
March 2020 - Congratulations to Farnood Pakravan (Advisor: A. Chen) on the Chemistry Laboratory Instructor Award.
October 2019 - Sharmila Durairaj (Advisor: A. Chen) won the 1st Place Poster Presentation Award at the 16th Guelph Food Safety Annual Symposium. Poster abstract
May 2019 - Antony R. Thiruppathi (Advisor: A. Chen) was awarded the Graduate Student Excellence Award - Guelph Campus of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
May 2019 - Joseph Cirone (Advisor: A. Chen) won the Graduate Seminar Prize - Guelph Campus of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
May 2019 - Joseph Cirone (Advisor: A. Chen) was awarded the David Holden Memorial Scholarship of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
April 2019 - Congratulations to Sharon Chen for receiving the Richard J. Kokes Travel Award for the 26th North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Chicago, USA.
March 2019 - Canadian Association for Surface Finishing (CASF) is proud to invite you to our Lunch & Learn series event, hosted by the University of Guelph Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society and the Electrochemical Technology Centre .
November 2018 - Joseph Cirone won a poster award at the 9th Annual Nano Ontario Conference, Ottawa
October 2018 - Press Release: Zenyatta adds Interconnected Reduced Graphene Oxide to its Albany Graphite Product Development Pipeline
October 2018 - Profs. Aicheng Chen, Aziz Houmam, Jacek Lipkowski and Peter Tremaine were awarded an NSERC RTI grant ($149.9k) to upgrade the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at the Electrochemical Technology Centre.
September 2018 - Press Release: Zenyatta Adds Quantum Dots to its Product Development Pipeline
September 2018 - Xin Chang (Advisor A. Chen) was awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. She will be joining Oxford University as a postdoctoral fellow.
August 2018 - UofG Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) - ECS Guelph Young Research Symposium 2018
May 2018 - Dr. Hugues Arcis received two international early-career scientist awards: (i) the Stig Sunner Memorial Award at the North American Calorimetry Conference, and (ii) the IAPWS Helmholtz Award of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (Advisor: P. Tremaine).
May 2018 - Sharon Chen received the 2018 Canada Section Student Award of the Electrochemical Society (Advisor: A. Chen).
May 2018 - Sharon Chen was selected as one of the two Student Speakers in the Emerging Materials Researchers Symposium and gave an oral presentation at the 101stCanadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB (Advisor: A. Chen).
May 2018 - The Student Chapter has been approved by the ECS Board of Directors.
May 2018 - Nathan Shami (Advisor: D.Thomas) won the 2018 Associate Vice President Academic Teaching Award of Excellence.
April 2018 - GWC2 Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students met at the University of Waterloo for the GWC2 Annual Meeting, Seminar, Graduate Poster Session and Awards Presentations.
Awards won by ETC students:
- Jane Ferguson, R.G. Goel Memorial Graduate Scholarship (Advisor: P.Tremaine).
- Sharon Chen, David Holden Memorial Scholarship (Advisor: A.Chen)
- Nathan Shami, Graduate Student Excellence Award (Advisor: P.Rowntree)
November 2017 - Prof. Aicheng Chen starts as a new Director of the ETC.
Fall 2017 - Prof. Aziz Houmam was chosen as being in the top 10 of all instructors singled out by students.
2017 - Prof. Jacek Lipkowski was elected Foreign Fellow of the Polish Academy of Science
April 2016 - Prof. Peter Tremaine has been named the NSERC/UNENE (University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering) Senior Industrial Research Chair in High-Temperature Aqueous Chemistry at the University of Guelph.