Electrochemical engineering
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Electrochemical engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with the technological applications of electrochemical phenomena (such as synthesis of chemicals, electrowinning and refining of metals, batteries and fuel cells, sensors, surface modification by electrodeposition and etching, separations, and corrosion). It is an overlap between electrical engineering and chemical engineering. One of the pioneers of this field of engineering was Charles Frederick Burgess
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(1962) influenced the emergence of electrochemical engineering, because their work inspired so many others. Several individuals, including Tobias, Ibl, and Hine, established engineering training centers and, with their colleagues, developed important experimental and theoretical methods of study.
Charles Frederick Burgess
Charles Frederick Burgess was an American chemist and engineer. He was founder of the University of Wisconsin-Madison department of Chemical Engineering in 1905, and was a pioneer in the development of electrochemical engineering...
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History
This branch of engineering emerged gradually from chemical engineering. The works of Wagner (1962) and LevichVeniamin Levich
Veniamin Grigorievich Levich was a physicist, an expert in the field of electrochemical hydrodynamics. His research activities also included gas-phase collision reactions, the quantum mechanics of electron transfer...
(1962) influenced the emergence of electrochemical engineering, because their work inspired so many others. Several individuals, including Tobias, Ibl, and Hine, established engineering training centers and, with their colleagues, developed important experimental and theoretical methods of study.
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