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UOIT Materials Science graduate student wins national honour

November 15, 2012

Jennie Eastcott (left) receives best poster award at Electrochemical Society's fall meeting in Sudbury, Ontario. (Above: Electrochemical Society attendees at Laurentian University, including Dr. Brad Easton (back row, first on right) and Jennie Eastcott (front row, fourth from right). Not pictured: Dr. Farhana Saleh, postdoctoral fellow, UOIT).
Jennie Eastcott (left) receives best poster award at Electrochemical Society's fall meeting in Sudbury, Ontario. (Above: Electrochemical Society attendees at Laurentian University, including Dr. Brad Easton (back row, first on right) and Jennie Eastcott (front row, fourth from right). Not pictured: Dr. Farhana Saleh, postdoctoral fellow, UOIT).

The Faculty of Science at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is celebrating a national award presented to graduate student Jennie Eastcott by the Electrochemical Society’s (ECS) Canadian Section.

Eastcott, a PhD candidate in Materials Science (with specialization in Materials Chemistry) captured first prize in the student poster competition at the ECS Canadian Section’s fall meeting held at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Eastcott’s poster was entitled Electrochemical performance of sulfonated ceramic carbon electrodes for PEM fuel cells over multiple cycles and at low relative humidity. In addition to her certificate, she was also presented with a $200 cheque by the ECS.

“We are extremely pleased to share the news of Jennie’s achievement,” said Dr. Brad Easton, associate professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science and principal investigator in the Electrochemical Materials Laboratory at UOIT. “The work she presented was based upon a recent patent application we filed in September. Her award recognizes the outstanding quality of the research by our Materials Science graduate students and their ongoing success.”

Eastcott also holds a Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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