Grainger College of Engineering, All Events
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 1306 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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4:00 - 5:30 pmThomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Hosted by the CS STARS, our researchers share their work with students interested in exploring computing and data science research opportunities.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmECEB 1002
ECE faculty will share information on their tech elective courses, allowing you to learn more about the available options.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmThis is a virtual event. Zoom link coming soon!The International Student Entrepreneurship Workshop helps international students understand policies and requirements for pursuing entrepreneurship and starting a business in the United States.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlease join us Nov. 6, 11 a.m.-noon on Zoom to learn more about submitting projects and becoming an academic mentor for the Community-Academic Scholars program.
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2:00 - 4:00 pmGrainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Grainger Commons Room 233/235, 1301 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Join us for an afternoon of free play of the upcoming addition of the library’s loanable technology resource: video game consoles!
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, November 7, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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11:00 am - 4:00 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF)
The Semiconductor Professional Development Seminar, hosted by SEMI, is an event focusing on how to make yourself marketable for employment in this rapidly growing industry.
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2:00 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Saturday, November 8, 2025
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10:15 am 11:30am141 Loomis Laboratory of PhysicsThis presentation will introduce participants to a groundbreaking project called CraftCells: A Window into Biological Cells. This is the first tool that lets anyone—from researchers to curious students—step inside an accurate 3D model of a cell and see how life is organized at the tiniest scale.
Monday, November 10, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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8:30 - 11:30 amMartens Center, 1515 N. Market St., ChampaignThe Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is hosting a hands-on workshop designed to introduce community-based organizations to program evaluation on Nov. 13, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., at the Martens Center in Champaign.
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
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.
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
A detailed quantification and comparative analysis of carbon emissions for three landfill final cover systems: (i) soil-only cover; (ii) soil-geosynthetic cover; and (iii) an engineered turf cover are presented. 1.0 PDH
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives (room 146, Main Library) or via Zoom (a link will be emailed to you after registration).
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1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, November 14, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
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2:30 - 3:30 pmIllini Rooms | Illini Union | 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Saturday, November 15, 2025
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All DayGrainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.
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10:15 am 11:30am141 Loomis Laboratory of PhysicsDid you know the internet is distributed using light? A quantum network uses the smallest possible blips of light, called photons, to share information in a fundamentally different way, based on the concepts of quantum mechanics. This presentation will share the work that led to the launch of the first Public Quantum Network (PQN) at The Urbana Free Library.
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Monday, November 17, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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ACDIS: Seminar Series - John Erath and Connor Murray - Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation
5:00 pmCoble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Richard Feder (University of California, Berkeley)
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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5:00 - 6:00 pmECEB 1002
Learn about the career journey of Gerald Wilson, the Director of Entrepreneurship for EnterpriseWorks at Research Park on campus.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmUndergraduates in all majors are invited to join the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) for an information session Nov. 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. on Zoom to learn about the Summer 2026 Community-Academic Scholars program.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, November 21, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
Monday, November 24, 2025
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Monday, December 1, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 1 Welding Different Geomembrane Polymers will focus on the following: • Welding PE and PP materials (HDPE, LLDPE. fPP and PP-R) • Welding PVC and similar products ( PVC, CSPE and EIA)
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 2: Welding Equipment and Selection will focus on the following: • Hot wedge fusion welder – solid and split wedges • Hot air fusion welder • Hand extrusion welder • Adhesive and solvent welding • Data logging technology and its benefits • Equipment setup
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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab -
2:30 - 3:30 pm2405 Siebel Center
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - The Engineering Journey of the First Rotorcraft Flight on Another Planet
4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium -
4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, December 5, 2025
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Monday, December 8, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 3 Welding Parameters will focus on the following: • Understanding Heat, Speed, and Pressure • Establishing Welding Windows • Importance of Welding Windows • Impact/Dangers/Wrinkles from Ambient conditions • Parameter recommendations • Pre-weld Testing • Correct seam overlap • What if FML is not clean (dust, water, painting)
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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1:00 - 2:00 pmNCSA 1040Part of the Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series that features the latest research at the center of cancer and engineering.
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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All DayFunk Library, Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Main Library
Save the date: On Reading Day, take a study break to relax and refresh at the library's end-of-semester tradition, De-Stress Fest! We'll have more information about each location's unique schedule of events closer to the date.
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 4 Importance of Seam Testing will focus on the following: • Non-Destructive Testing – air channel, pick, air lance, and vacuum testing • Destructive Testing – In-house and 3rd Party Testing • Factory and Field Testing • What if seam test(s) fails - Patching • Project goal is a liner system that does not leak – work together-welder, CQA, regulator,
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives (room 146, Main Library) or via Zoom (a link will be emailed to you after registration).
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, December 12, 2025
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Friday, December 19, 2025
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLatzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Friday, December 26, 2025
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom