Savinell and Angus have another academic tie. Faculty member C.C. Liu, who was Angus' first Ph.D. student and Savinell's Ph.D. advisor, also is a fellow of the society.Posted 12-15-00
CLEVELAND -- Robert Savinell, interim dean of Case Western Reserve University's Case School of Engineering, and John Angus, the Kent H. Smith Professor of Engineering, have been selected as fellows of the Electrochemical Society, the society's highest honor.
Savinell and Angus have another academic tie. Faculty member C.C. Liu, who was Angus' first Ph.D. student and Savinell's Ph.D. advisor, also is a fellow of the society.
Savinell, who has been involved in electrochemical engineering research and development for more than 26 years, was recognized for his outstanding contributions to high-temperature fuel cell research and to the advancement and education in electrochemical engineering. He has focused his work on the research and development of batteries, sensors, chlor-alkali synthesis, bromine recovery, wastewater treatment, and high-surface-area electrode electrolysis. Recently, Savinell broke new scientific ground by developing a prototype of a miniature methanol fuel cell smaller than a shirt button.
Angus was recognized for his seminal contributions to the fields of solid-state science and technology and electrochemistry (diamond and diamond-like carbon materials) and his many contributions to the affairs of society. He also has developed a better understanding of electrochemistry in polar non-aqueous solvents and elucidating their role in interfacial structure at electrodes and in electron transfer kinetics.
In 1968 Angus co-published the first paper that demonstrated that diamond could be grown at atmospheric pressures, outside the range of thermodynamic stability. In subsequent co-published papers, he described the critical role of hydrogen on the kinetics of metastable growth and co-reported the first synthesis of boron-doped, p-type diamond from the vapor. Angus continues to work on various aspects of diamond technology, including the use of conducting diamond as an electrode for electrochemical synthesis and for sensors.
The Electrochemical Society is an international nonprofit, educational, organization seeking to bridge the gap between academia, research and engineering, bring together scientists from around the world for the exchange of technical information and provide a forum for the integration of a broad range of phenomena relating to electrochemical and solid state science and technology.
The society has more than 7,000 scientists and engineers in more than 75 countries worldwide who hold individual memberships, as well as roughly 100 corporations and laboratories who hold contributing memberships.
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