The ESA is a nonprofit professional society devoted to the advancement and improved understanding of electrostatics. The ESA often interacts with other organizations involved with electrostatic phenomena.

The ESA was founded in 1970, when 30 scientists working in the field of electrostatic phenomena were invited by A. D. Moore, Vincent Schaefer and Bernard Vonnegut to an informal conference to discuss their interests. The conference was a great success, and the participants decided to continue this meeting on an annual basis. The Electrostatics Society of America was proposed and formally came into existence on August 17, 1970.

The Annual Meeting of the ESA is held in June, in a different city each year.  This 3-day conference features technical presentations on the fundamentals of electrostatics and its applications in diverse areas including industry, the environment, space exploration, and medicine.

ESA President's Message
Welcome to the ESA's website.  Electro-statics cuts across many disciplines, including biology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, energy and the environment.  For example, electrostatic precipitators at coal power plants protect the environment, and our DNA function is controlled by electrostatic forces and attractions.  We hold our 40+ year-old annual conference every June, where cutting-edge research involving electrostatics, such as work on nanopores and electrostatically enhanced drug delivery, is presented.  The Journal of Electrostatics provides another avenue to publish your research findings in this area.  I wish you all a productive time, and I hope you find our site to be useful to you.  Please email or call me and pass your comments. 

 

Best,

Raji Sundararajan

raji@purdue.edu

765 494 6912

ESA Officers:

President: 
Raji Sundararajan, Purdue University

Vice President:
Daniel Lacks, Case Western Reserve University

Treasurer:
Steve Cooper, Mystic Tan, Inc.

Newsletter Editor:
Mark Zaretsky, Kodak

Executive Council:
Sheryl Barringer, Ohio State University
Steve Cooper, Mystic Tan, Inc.
Kelly Robinson, Electrostatic Applications

Previous officers

ESA Constitution