Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • ECEB 5070

  Final Exam: Louis Schatzki

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • Grainger Library (Room 233/235)

  Final Defense: "Obtaining Physical Insights for Diffusion Through Machine Learning for Renewable Energy Storage Applications"

  • Other
• • 2:00 pm

  Final Defense of Revanth Gangi Reddy

  • Other

Thursday, July 3, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • Siebel Center 3102

  Final Defense of Kuan-Ying (Eric) Lee

  • Other
• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm
  • MNTL 1000

  Final Exam: Stasiu Chyczewski

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Siebel Center 4102

  Final Defense of Hyoungwook Nam

  • Other

Friday, July 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Holiday July 4, 2025

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, July 5, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: LabEscape

  • Community Service

Sunday, July 6, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to add name to August degree list.

  • Other

Monday, July 7, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • Siebel Center 4102

  Final Defense of Qingying Hao

  • Other
• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Prateek Dinesh Bansal, "'Activation mechanisms of non-Class A G protein coupled receptors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • Siebel Center 3124

  Final Defense of Vaibhav Vavilala

  • Other

Thursday, July 10, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • Siebel Center 3124

  Final Defense of Eliot Robson

  • Other

Friday, July 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive a 40% refund of tuition for Summer 2025 FS courses.

  • Other
• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* or drop** a Summer 2025 FS courses course without a grade of "W".

  • Other
• • 9:00 am

  Final Defense of Yunyi Zhang

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, July 12, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Monday, July 14, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 3:30 pm

  COLLOQUIUM: Melkior Ornik, "Autonomy at the Frontier: Limited Resources, Complex Missions, Uncertain Environments"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 17, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Art Gallery

  Dr. William Roy: Surrealistic Views of Life

  • Other

Friday, July 18, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, July 19, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: AAP Summer Research Fellowship Program

  • Community Service

Sunday, July 20, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, July 21, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  16th ANCRiSST Workshop and 4th ZHITU Symposium

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  16th ANCRiSST Workshop and 4th ZHITU Symposium

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • Venue Six10, 610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

  TechChicago Week: Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge

  • Other
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • Bugsy & Meyers Steakhouse in the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas

  AIAA Aviation Alumni Reception

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 24, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, July 25, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, July 26, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Women and Gender Minorities in Physics Association

  • Community Service

Sunday, July 27, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, July 28, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 31, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, August 1, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Beckman 5602

  Final Exam: Shensheng Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, August 2, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  • Community Service

Monday, August 4, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Track Engineering Fundamentals

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Track Engineering Fundamentals

  • Professional Development

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Track Engineering Fundamentals

  • Professional Development
• 

  • 10:00 - 11:30 am
  • St. Matthew Lutheran Church on Philo Road

  2025 Community-Academic Scholars Poster Session

  Meet the undergraduate scholars and learn about their summer research projects and experiences in the 10-week Community-Academic Scholars program. We hope that you can join us as these dedicated and passionate scholars showcase their work to make a difference in the local community.

  • Informational

Thursday, August 7, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Track Engineering Fundamentals

  • Professional Development
• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* or drop** a course without petitioning the Graduate College.

  • Other

Friday, August 8, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, August 9, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Monday, August 11, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • CSL

  Final Exam: Chang Hu

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Railroad Project Design

  • Professional Development

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Railroad Project Design

  • Professional Development
• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Railroad Project Design

  • Professional Development

Thursday, August 14, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Railroad Project Design

  • Professional Development

Friday, August 15, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • CSL 301

  Final Defense of Patrick Naughton

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, August 16, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Illinois Science Explorers

  • Community Service

Monday, August 18, 2025

• • All Day

  Non-degree students should register for fall online courses by this date to avoid delay in logins

  • Other

Friday, August 22, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Sunday, August 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to cancel registration in order to receive a full refund of tuition and fees for Fall 2025 courses.

  • Other

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, August 29, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  Plasmonic Terahertz Optoelectronics

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 5, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive an 90% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, September 6, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Physics Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Monday, September 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Official 10th day. Deadline to reduce course credit and to drop one or more, but not all courses, and receive a 100% refund of tuition and fees for the dropped course(s). (Please click here for more information)

  • Other

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  Speaker: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 12:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 12, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive an 80% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, September 13, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society

  • Community Service

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • CIF 1025

  SpaceX Information Session

  • Informational

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 19, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, September 20, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Parkland Science Scholars

  • Community Service

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 25, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, September 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive a 70% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other
• • 4:30 - 7:00 pm
  • 2079 Natural History Building (NHB) and 2nd Floor Atrium NHB

  ChBE Alumni and Graduate Awards Ceremony and Reception

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, September 27, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Fuller Lab

  • Community Service
• • All Day
  • Near Memorial Stadium (TBD)

  ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  • Sporting Event

Sunday, September 28, 2025

• • All Day

  Fall 2025 tuition and fees are due.

  • Other

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, October 4, 2025

• • 8:30 am
  • Art Institute of Chicago

  Quantum Rhapsodies

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

  Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • CIF

  AE590 Seminar: Robyn MacDonald, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive a 60% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, October 11, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Graduate Students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (GEEB)

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, October 17, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for ALL to drop semester course via Student Self-Service.

  • Other
• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive a 50% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, October 18, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

  Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, October 25, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Physics Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

  Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, October 31, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* and receive a 40% refund of tuition.

  • Other
• • All Day

  No refund of tuition is available after this date.

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Sunday, November 2, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day for GRADS to add name to December degree list. Must use Web Self-Service.

  • Other

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  Speaker: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, November 7, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • All Day
  • iHotel Illinois Conference Center

  Railroad Environmental Conference (RREC)

  RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

• • All Day
  • iHotel Illinois Conference Center

  Railroad Environmental Conference (RREC)

  RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, November 13, 2025

• • All Day
  • iHotel Illinois Conference Center

  Sustainability & Resiliency Day

  The S&R Day will focus on how sustainability and resiliency concepts and best practices can be applied to a broad range of engineering design, maintenance, operations, capital projects, construction, sustainable materials, organizational change activities, etc.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* or drop** a course without a grade of "W".

  • Other
• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, November 20, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 21, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, November 27, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, November 28, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 5, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

  Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day to withdraw* or drop** a course without petitioning the Graduate College.

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, December 19, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, December 20, 2025

• • 10:00 - 11:00 am
  • Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Friday, December 26, 2025

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, January 2, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, January 9, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, January 23, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, January 30, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, February 6, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, February 13, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, February 19, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 20, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, February 27, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Friday, March 6, 2026

• • 2:15 - 3:00 pm
  • Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  • Other

Thursday, March 12, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium