Working Party on Electochemical Engineering - WPEE

Working Party aims

 

Promotion of knowledge, applications and networking in the field of electrochemical engineering and applied electrochemistry (i.e. the application of the concepts and methodologies of chemical engineering to industrial electrochemical processes and related technologies)

 

Working Party members

 

Delegates and Elected Members

CROATIA

Prof. Zoran Mandic
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Marulićev trg 19, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 4597164; Fax: +385 1 4597139
Contact 

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Prof. Karel Bouzek  (Chair)
Institute of Chemical Technology
Department of Inorganic Technology
Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 220 44 4019; Fax: +420 220 44 4410
Contact 

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FRANCE

Prof. Alain Bergel
CNRS - Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse.
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
4 allée Emile Monso, BP 84234, 31432 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Tel: +33 5 34 32 36 73
Contact

Prof. Karine Groenen-Serrano
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier
118, Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Tel: +33 5 61 55 61 10; Fax: +33 5 61 55 61 39
Contact

Prof. Francois Lapique
Equipe Systèmes Polyphasiques (SysPol)
Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés
CNRS - Nancy Université, ENSIC BP 20451, 54001 Nancy, France
Tel: +33 383 175 266; Fax: +33 383 322 975
Contact

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GERMANY

Prof. Henry Bergmann
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
FB 6/7 - Electrotechnologies
Bernburger Strasse 55, 06366 Koethen/Anh., Germany
Tel: +49 3496 67 2313; Fax: +49 3496 67 2642
Contact 

Dr. Claudia Weidlich (Vice-Chair)
DECHEMA e.V.
Karl-Winnacker-Institut
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 0486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel: +49 69 7564 633; Fax: +49 69 7564 388
Contact

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GREECE

Prof. Symeos Bebelis
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Patras
1 Caratheodory Str.- University Campus, 26504 Patras, Greece
Tel: +30 2610 969511; Fax: +30 2610 969534
Contact(Department) or Contact (University)

Prof. Niki Kouloumbi
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
9 Iroon Politechneiou Str., 15780 Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 2107723101
Contact 

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ITALY

Dr. Massimo Maccagni
Engitec Technologies S.p.A.
Process and R&D Manager
via Borsellino e Falcone, 31
20026 Novate Milanese, Italy
Contact

Prof. Michele Mascia (tbc)

Previous: Prof. Simonetta Palmas († August 2024)

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NETHERLANDS

to be confirmed

 

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NORWAY

Prof. Kemal Nisancioglu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kjemi II*334, Sem Sælands vei 12, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
Tel: +47 73594035
Contact 

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PORTUGAL

Prof. Mário G.S. Ferreira
Departamento de Engenharia Cerâmica e do Vidro
Universidade de Aveiro
Campus Universitário de Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Contact 

Prof. Adelio Miguel Magalhaes Mendes
Laboratory for Process, Environment and Energy Engineering (LEPAE)
Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering
University of Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias,4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Tel: +351 22 508 1695; Fax: +351 22 508 1449
Contact 

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SERBIA

Prof. Dr. Branimir Grgur
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Technology
and Metallurgy
Karnegijeva 4
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Contact 

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SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Prof. Ján Híveš
Department of Inorganic Technology
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technology and Materials
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
Slovak University of Technology
Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 2 59 325 468; Fax: +421 2 59 325 560
Contact 

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SPAIN

Prof. Manuel Andrés Rodrigo
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Dep. Ingeniería Química
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Edificio Enrique Costa Novella.
Campus Universitario s/n., 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
Tel.: +34 902 204 100 ext. 3411; Fax: +34 902 204 130
Contact

Prof. Vicente Montiel 
Dep. Química Física
Universidad de Alicante
P.O.Box 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Tel: + 34 96590 3535; Fax: + 34 96590 3537
Contact 

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SWEDEN

Prof. Ann Cornell
Applied Electrochemistry
School of Chemical Science and Engineering
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 7908172; Fax: +46 8 108087
Contact  or Contact 

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SWITZERLAND

Prof. Christos Comninellis
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimique
EPFL SB ISIC GGEC
CH J2 489 (Bât. CH), Station 6
Office: CH J2 489, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 693 36 74; Fax: +41 21 693 56 90
Contact

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UNITED KINGDOM

Prof. Geoff Kelsall 
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Tel: + 44 20 7594 5633
Contact

Prof. Sudipta Roy
Head of School, University of Strathclyde
James Weir Building
75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, Scotland
Contact

Prof. Frank Walsh 
School of Engineering Sciences
University of Southampton
University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Tel: +44 2380 598752; Fax: +44 2380 598754
Contact (University) or Contact

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Guest Members of the WPEE

 

BELGIUM

Prof. Johan-Maria Deconinck
Vrije Univ. Brussel
Research Group of Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF)
Pleinlaan 2, Room ZE005B, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 629 28 01; Fax: +32 2 629 32 00
Contact 

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CANADA

Prof. Edward P.L. Roberts
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive Nw, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Contact

 

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FRANCE

Dr. Charles Delacourt
Université de Picardie Jules Verne
Laboratoire de Reactivité et de Chimie des Solides
33, rue Saint Leu, 80039 Amiens, France
Tel: +33 322 82 75 89; Fax:  +33 322 82 75 90
Contact

Prof. Théo Tzedakis
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, UMR CNRS 5503
Bât. 2RI, Rez de chaussée, porte 126
Faculté des Sciences et d'Ingénierie,
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Contact

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GERMANY

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christina Roth
Universität Bayreuth
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffverfahrenstechnik
Universitätsstr. 30
95447 Bayreuth, Germany
Contact 

Dr. Thorsten Matthée
CONDIAS GmbH
Fraunhoferstr. 1b, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany
Tel: +49 4821 804 0870; Fax: +49 4821 804 08711
Contact

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GREECE

Dr. Alexandros Katsaounis
University of Patras
Department of Chemical Engineering
Karatheodori 1, 26504 Patras, Greece
Tel: +30 2610 962757; Fax: +30 2610 997269
Contact

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ISRAEL

Prof. Yoram Oren (guest member)
Institutes for Applied Research and the Institute for Water Sciences and Technologies
The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research (BIDR)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
P.O. Box 653, 84990 Sede-Boger Campus, Israel
Tel: +972 8 6477167; Fax: +972 8 6472960
Contact

Prof. Matthew Suss (guest member)
Grand Technion Energy Program &
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, 32000, Israel
Tel: 972-77-8871617
Contact

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ITALY

Assistant Prof. Dr. Carlo Santoro
University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)
Department of Material Science
Electrocatalysis and Bioelectrocatalysis Lab (EBLab)
U5 Building, Via Roberto Cozzi 55,
20125 Milan, Italy
Contact

Prof. Achille de Battisti
Università di Ferrara
Dip. di Chimica
V. Borsari 46 v. mappa, 44100 Ferrara (FE), Italy
Tel: +39 0532291124; Fax: +39 0532240709
Contact 

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JAPAN

Prof. Takayuki Homma
Waseda University
Department of Applied Chemistry
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, 169-8555 Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 3 5286 3209; Fax: +81 3 3205 2074
Contact

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PORTUGAL

Assistant Professor João Tedim
Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering
CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
University of Aveiro
Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Contact

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RUSSIA

Prof. Alexey D. Davydov
Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry
Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky pr. 31, 117021 Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 95 952 0806; Fax: +7 95 952 0846
Contact

Prof. Vladimir Fateev
HEPTI RRC "Kurchatov Institute",
Institute of Hydrogen Energy and Plasma Technology
Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 095 1969429; Fax: +7-095 1966278
Contact

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SPAIN

Prof. Ignacio Sirés Sadornil
Universitat de Barcelona
Dep. Química Física
Facultad de Química
c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Fax: +34 934021231
Contact

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UNITED KINGDOM

Carlos Ponce de Leon Albarran
University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences,
Energy Technology Group
Electrochemical Engineering Laboratory,
Highfield Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Contact

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USA

Prof. Dr. Peter S. Fedkiw
North Carolina State University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
107 Riddick Engineering Lab.
Campus Box 7905, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, USA
Tel: +1 919 515 3572; Fax: +1 919 515 3465
Contact 

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Honorary Members of the WPEE 

 

FRANCE

Prof. André Savall
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, CNRS
Université Paul Sabatier
118, Route de Narbonne
31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Tel: +33 5 61 55 61 10; Fax: +33 5 61 55 61 39
Contact

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GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Jüttner       
Ahornweg 24a, 63674 Altenstadt, Germany
Contact 

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kreysa
Weingasse 22, 65817 Eppstein, Germany
Contact

Prof. a.D. Dr. Hartmut Wendt
Darmstädter Str. 65, 64807 Dieburg, Germany
Contact

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UNITED KINGDOM

Prof. Dr. A. A. Wragg
University of Exeter (retired)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK

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Working Party Events

 

Symposia on Electrochemical Engineering (ESEE)

The main aim of this Symposium series is to provide fora for presentations and discussions of recent developments and applications in Electrochemical Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry.
 

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Previous editions of ESEE

 

 

Cover of the Proceedings of the 5th ESEE:       

 

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European Summer School in Electrochemical Engineering (ESSEE)

 

The ESSEEs aim to provide a comfortable and stimulating atmosphere to enable students and other participants to acquire basic and advanced knowledge and skills of electrochemical engineering theory and practice from well-known and world-recognized professors and teachers.

Previous editions of ESSEE

Carl Wagner Medal of Excellence in Electrochemical Engineering

Introduction

The Carl Wagner Medal of Excellence in Electrochemical Engineering is awarded every three years by the EFCE Working Party on Electrochemical Engineering to a European researcher under the age of 35 for outstanding contributions to research in applied electrochemistry or electrochemical engineering.

It is an EFCE Excellence Award and the selection process will follow strictly th Guidelines for EFCE Excellence Awards revised in May 2013.

 

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Carl Wagner Medal 2023

 

The winner of the 2023 Carl Wagner Medal of Excellence in Electrochemical Engineering is

Dr. Davide Clematis

The Award was presented at the 13th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering 2023, held in Toulouse, France, on 26-29 June 2023. Details see below

Sponsor 2023

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Laureates
 

2023

Dr. Davide Clematis

University of Genova, Italy

He has been selected for his outstanding contributions to research in the field of applied electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering with a special focus on water treatment and energy conversion.

Davide Clematis currently holds the position of Assistant Professor with Tenure Track in in “CHEMISTRY FOR TECHNOLOGIES” at the Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering (DICCA), University of Genoa, Italy.

RECENT ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (with D. Clematis as the first author)

• D. Clematis, M. Delucchi, M. Panizza; Electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment at pilot plant scale; CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY 37 (2023) 101172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101172
• D. Clematis*, A. Marroccu, M. Panizza, A. Barbucci; A critical analysis on the current design for cathodic protection of ships and superyachts; MATERIALS 15 (2022) 2645
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15072645
• D. Clematis*, T. Ferrari, A. Bertei, A.M. Asensio, M.P. Carpanese, C. Nicolella, A. Barbucci; On the stabilization and extension of the distribution of relaxation times analysis.
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 391 (2021) 138916; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138916 

Press release 

The Medal was presented in conjunction with the 13th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering 2023, held in Toulouse, France, on 26-29 June 2023.

The Award was generously sponsored by thyssenkrupp nucera

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2020

Dr. Emmanuel Mousset

CNRS, LRGP, Nancy, France

Emmanuel Mousset holds the position of a Senior Researcher at the Reactions and Chemical Engineering Laboratory (Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés – LRGP, University of Lorraine - CNRS) in Nancy, France. He is a lecturer in electrochemical engineering, water treatment and advanced oxidation processes.

RECENT ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

• E. Mousset*, K. Doudrick* (2020), Electrochemical reduction of oxidized contaminants in water, in Environmental, Electrochemistry special issue 2020, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (invited paper).
• E. Mousset*, Lenna Quackenbush, Christine Schondek, Arthur Gerardin-Vergne, S. Pontvianne, S. Kmiotek, M.N. Pons (2020). Effect of homogeneous Fenton combined with electron transfer on the fate of inorganic chlorinated species in synthetic and reclaimed municipal wastewater, Electrochimica Acta, 334, 135608.

Press release

The Medal was presented in conjunction with the 12th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering - 12th ESEE, held online on 14-17 June 2021.

The Award was generously sponsored by Covestro.

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2017

Dr. Carlo Santoro

Albuquerque, USA

and

 

Dr. João André da Costa Tedim

University of Aveiro, Portugal

 

The 2017 Carl Wagner Medal was presented to the laureates at the 11th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering (ESEE) in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference took place on 4-8 June 2017.

Press release

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2014
 

Dr. Ignacio Sirés Sadornil

Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

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2011
 

Dr. Charles Delacourt

University of Picardie, France

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2008

Dr Alexandros Katsaounis

Technical University of Crete, Greece

 

and

 

 

Dr. Christina Roth

TU Darmstadt, Germany

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2005
 

Dr. J. Gonzalez-García

University of Alicante, Spain 

 

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1999

Dr. Karel Bouzek

Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic 

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Links and References

 

Links

• The International Society of Electrochemistry
• The Electrochemical Society
• The Electrochemical Society of Japan
• Electrochemical Science and Technology Information Resource (ESTIR)
• SCI Electrochem Techn Group
• IChemE Energy Conversion
• Electricity Storage Association
• Fuel cell and hydrogen energy association
• Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
• Journal of the Electrochemical Society
• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering
• Journal of Power Sources
• Electrochimica Acta
• Fuel Cells

 

References

• F. Lapicque, Electrochemical Engineering: An Overview of its Contributions and Promising Features, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 82, Issue 12, December 2004, Pages 1571-1574.
• R. C. Alkire and R. D. Braatz, Electrochemical engineering in an age of discovery and innovation, R. C. Alkire and R. D. Braatz, Electrochemical engineering in an age of discovery and innovation, AIChE J., Vol. 50, Issue 9., Sept. 2004,  pp. 2000-2007.
• G. Botte, Introducing Electrochemical Engineering to Future Generations, The Electrochemical Society, Interface, Summer 2010, pp.39-43.
• V. Stankovic, Electrochemical Engineering - its appearance, evolution and present status. Approaching an anniversary, J. Electrochem. Sci. Eng. 2(2) (2012) 53-66. http://www.jese-online.org/Articles/Vol_02/No_2/pdf/jESE_Vol2_No2_p53-66_2012.pdf

• S. Bebelis et al., Highlights during the development of electrochemical engineering, Chem Eng Res Des 91(10)2013.

 

Previous activities

 

Annual meetings of the Working Party

 

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Working Party Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Secretaries

 
Chairs

• Professor Gerhard Kreysa, DECHEMA, Germany
• Professor E. Barendrecht , Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Dr Hugo J. B. Vandenborre, Stuart Energy Systems Corp.
• Professor A. Storck, University of Nancy, France (1992-1993)
• Professor Hartmut Wendt, TU Darmstadt, Germany (1994-1997)
• Professor Anthony A. Wragg, University of Exeter, UK (1998-2002)
• Professor Francois Lapicque, CNRS- University of Nancy, France (2003-2006)
• Professor Symeon Bebelis, University of Patras, Greece (2007-2010)
• Professor Manuel A. Rodrigo, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain (2011-2018)
• Professor Karel Bouzek, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic (2019- 

Secretaries

• Prof. André Savall, University Paul Sabatier, France (1992-1993)
• Dr D. Bergner, Hoechst A.G., Germany (1994-1997)
• Dr C.R. Huntley, ICI, UK (1998-2000)
• Dr Robert Buckingham (2000-2002)
• Professor Alain Bergel, University Paul Sabatier, France (2003-2006)
• Professor Niki Kouloumbi, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2007-2010)
• Professor Ann Cornell, KTH, Sweden (2011-2018)

Vice-Chairs

• Dr Clauida Weidlich, DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Germany (2019- 

 

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