Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Zhengqi Gao, ECE Faculty Candidate Seminar

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  B02 CSL Auditorium or Zoom

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Han Keun Lee

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  HMNTL 1000

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Power Electronics Circuits & Devices

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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  Final Exam: Stephen Messing

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  ECEB 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Invited Lecture: Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits and Packaging

  11:00 am

  Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (HMNTL), Room 1000, Auditorium

  • Lecture
• 

  Liwei Jiang, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Seminar

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  B02 CSL or Zoom

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Siyuan Qian

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Yike Wang

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Zoom & Beckman Institute (Room TBD)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 4, 2026

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  AIM Partners Mental Math Competition

  11:00 am

  Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Other

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  Final Exam: Qihao Wang

  8:00 - 10:00 am

  ZOOM

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Anuj Maheshwari

  10:30 am - 12:30 pm

  ECEB 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Prelim Exam: Masa Sakakura

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  ECEB 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Zhongweiyang (Alan) Xu

  12:30 - 2:30 pm

  CSL 301

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Photonics Lasers & Nanofabrication

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  Final Exam: Nikita Duggar

  9:30 - 11:30 am

  HMNTL 1000

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Prelim Exam: Sahil Bhandary Karnoor

  10:30 am - 12:30 pm

  CSL 239

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Final Exam: Arjun Gupta

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  CSL 301

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  EOH 2026: Forging the Future

  Recurring

  All Day

  Engineering Quad

  • Exhibition
• 

  Illinois Mom's Weekend

  Recurring

  All Day

  University of Illinois

  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Engineering Open House 2026

  Recurring

  All Day

  Bardeen and Engineering Quads

  Forging the Future Experience exciting exhibits and competitions during Engineering Open House 2026!

  • Exhibition
• 

  Prelim Exam: Sujay Patel

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  CSL B02

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 11, 2026

• 

  EOH 2026: Forging the Future

  Recurring

  All Day

  Engineering Quad

  • Exhibition
• 

  Illinois Mom's Weekend

  Recurring

  All Day

  University of Illinois

  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Engineering Open House 2026

  Recurring

  All Day

  Bardeen and Engineering Quads

  Forging the Future Experience exciting exhibits and competitions during Engineering Open House 2026!

  • Exhibition

Sunday, April 12, 2026

• 

  Illinois Mom's Weekend

  Recurring

  All Day

  University of Illinois

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• 

  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Computer Architecture & Systems

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

• 

  Power and Energy Conference at Illinois

  Recurring

  All Day

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  Prelim Exam: Xizheng Fang

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  MNTL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

• 

  Power and Energy Conference at Illinois

  Recurring

  All Day

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, April 18, 2026

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  Saturday Engineering for Everyone: Prof. Kiruba Haran

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  ECEB 1015

  • Lecture

Monday, April 20, 2026

• 

  Quantum Illuminations

  7:00 pm

  The Den Theatre

  • Performance

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• 

  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - AI Vision & Machine Learning

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

• 

  Prelim Exam: Kanad Sarkar

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Coordinated Science Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Prelim Exam: Kaining Zhou

  2:30 - 4:30 pm

  Coordinated Science Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

• 

  Final Exam: Yifeng Chu

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  ECEB 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

• 

  Prelim Exam: Priyam Mazumdar

  12:00 - 2:00 pm

  ECEB 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  ECE Student Awards Banquet

  6:00 pm

  Heritage Hall, I Hotel and Conference Center

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• 

  Prelim Exam: Yan (Simon) Sun

  8:30 - 10:30 am

  ZOOM

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Prelim Exam: Iven Guzel

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  ECEB 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Robotics Security & Applied Systems

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

• 

  Undergraduate Research Symposium

  All Day

  • Exhibition
• 

  Prelim Exam: Jiaxin Wan

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Remote via Zoom

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  TBA

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

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  Final Exam: Raj Kiriti Velicheti

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  CSL 301

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, May 2, 2026

• 

  Saturday Engineering for Everyone: Prof. Larry Lee

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  ECEB 1015

  • Lecture

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

• 

  Final Exam: Bing-Ze Lin

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Beckman Institute Room 4169

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other
• 

  ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Signal Processing Biomedical & Imaging

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  ECEB 1002

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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  Prelim Exam: Hyungyo Kim

  8:30 - 10:30 am

  Online

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

• 

  Prelim Exam: Ameya Anjarlekar

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  CSL 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 15, 2026

• 

  ECE Graduation Open House

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  ECE Building Lobby

  • Reception/Open House

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• 

  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026

• 

  Ceremony 1 | Grainger Engineering Convocation

  9:00 am

  State Farm Center

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Ceremony 2 | Grainger Engineering Convocation

  1:00 pm

  State Farm Center

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Ceremony 3 | Grainger Engineering Convocation

  5:00 pm

  State Farm Center

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, August 24, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Saturday, November 21, 2026

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  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other