Materials Science and Engineering Calendar

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Soft Materials Seminar - "Development of Autophagosome-Based Cancer Vaccine"

  4:00 pm

  119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

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  Hard Materials Seminar - "Competing Roles of Microstructure and Defects in Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Hard Materials Seminar - "Hydrogen effect on the kink-pair mechanism in tungsten"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 2, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Glass for a Sustainable Future"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Unexpected “Twist” in Conjugated Polymers Opens a “Wonderland” of Chiral Electronics"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  Soft Materials Seminar - "Programming emergent mechanics via local deposition rules in agent-built fiber networks"

  4:00 pm

  119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other
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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "What one material can do"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Insights into Preceramic Polymer-Based Additive Manufacturing Inks via Rheological and Scattering Studies of Preceramic Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles Suspended in Polycarbosilane"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Racheff Lecture - "Bringing Materials Fabrication to 21st Century: 3D Nano- and Micro-Architected Materials as Key Enablers for Enhanced Properties, Responsiveness, and Impact Mitigation"

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Birnbaum Lecture

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

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  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Racheff Student Awardees

  4:00 pm

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other