Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

Thursday, January 2, 2025

• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm
  • HMNTL 2003

  Final Exam: Pin-Chiao Huang

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 3, 2025

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, January 6, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to apply • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) University Nuclear Leadership Program Scholarship

  • Informational

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • Descend 21 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando

  AE Reception at AIAA SciTech Orlando

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to apply • U.S. Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

  • Informational
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting

Friday, January 10, 2025

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Sunday, January 12, 2025

• • All Day

  Project Application Deadline | 2025 Community-Academic Scholars Program

  This campus-wide program benefits faculty and researchers with community-academic research collaborations by matching them with U of I undergraduate research assistants. If you conduct community-engaged research in partnership with a community organization that addresses issues related to health, poverty, or social inequity, please consider applying.

  • Other

Monday, January 13, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring tuition and fee charges first appear on student accounts

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

  FINAL DEFENSE, Victoria Kriuchkovskaia, "HYDROGEL PLATFORM TO INVESTIGATE PROGRESSION OF DRUG-RESISTANT GLIOBLASTOMA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting

Thursday, January 16, 2025

• • 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • CSL 301 & Zoom

  Final Exam: Jiarui Sun

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service
• • All Day

  Spring Qualifying Written Exam

  • Informational

Monday, January 20, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to apply • Defense Science & Technology Summer Internships at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Informational
• • All Day

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

  • Other
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Campus Holiday

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other
• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  FGI Webinar: MSE Walls – The good, the bad and the ugly – A look at three MSE wall failures and the lessons learned

  This presentation will review three very different MSE wall failures; one failure involves the construction of a two stage MSE, another is related to cold weather construction, and the last is related to design issues. 1.0 PDH

  • Professional Development
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. Aditi Verma

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• 

  • All Day

  Illinois Innovation Award & Fiddler Innovation Fellowship NOMINATION DEADLINE

  Working on cutting edge innovation, translational research, or addressing cultural or global challenges? Ask a mentor to nominate you.

  • Other
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 4039

  AE Seminar Speaker Aaron Berliner: Space Bioprocess Engineering for an Offworld Biomanufactory

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  Canceled: ECE Explorations (200) - First Week Back Spring 2025 Semester -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 23, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Qualifying Research Oral Exams

  • Informational
• • 5:00 pm
  • 108 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  ACDIS: Seminar Series - Dr. Andrew Castiglioni

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Qualifying Research Oral Exams

  • Informational
• 

  • 10:00 - 10:50 am
  • 1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801

  ISE Graduate Seminar Series- Negin Golrezaei

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, January 27, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

  COLLOQUIUM: Meng Jiang, "Lessons Learned from Enhancing Knowledge and Reasoning for (Large) Language Models"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Hadiseh Alaeian, Purdue University

  Speaker: Hadiseh Alaeian, Assistant Professor, Purdue University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. Stephanie Diem

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • 1002 Grainger Auditorium, ECE Building

  ECE Explorations (200): ECE Student Advancement Committee (ECESAC) "Ask the Head" Town Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • TBD

  SocialFuse + Cozad Kickoff

  SocialFuse: The event where you can pitch your startup idea, network, and find teammates. Or sit back and check things out!

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, January 30, 2025

• • 5:00 pm
  • 108 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  ACDIS: Seminar Series - Camila Martinica

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 7:00 - 8:30 pm
  • 3025 Campus Instructional Facilty

  Intellectual Property Clinic

  Take advantage of this opportunity to get FREE patent and trademark assistance!

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, January 31, 2025

• • All Day

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

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, February 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to apply • American Nuclear Society ANS Scholarship

  • Informational

Sunday, February 2, 2025

• • All Day
  • Online (TEC website)

  Register for the Cozad New Venture Challenge by Feb. 2!

  • Other
• 

  • All Day

  Cozad New Venture Challenge - Registration Deadline

  Connect with investors and mentors that can help launch your startup, and get funding and prizes from a record pool of over $500,000!

  • Other

Monday, February 3, 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online

  Distinguished Lecture: Ryan O'Donnell

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Stabilization of Non-Aqueous Pickering Emulsions and their use for Encapsulation of Water-Sensitive Liquids"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Mihir Bhaskar, Amazon Web Services

  Speaker: Mihir Bhaskar, Research Lead at AWS Center for Quantum Networking, Amazon Web Services

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  ECE Explorations (200): Intel

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Jason Lee

  • Lecture
• • 5:00 pm
  • 108 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  ACDIS: Seminar Series - Dr. Don Casler

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 7, 2025

• • All Day

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

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

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, February 10, 2025

• • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CSL 301

  Final Exam: Usman Syed

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Modeling and measuring the linear viscoelasticity of vitrimer melts"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Dr. Ross Radel

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • 1002 Grainger Auditorium, ECEB

  ECE Explorations (200): Pulse 2025 Keynote Speaker

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Peter Kim

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hard Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 14, 2025

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, February 15, 2025

• • All Day

  Conference Presentation Awards for Spring open

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Final Graduate Application Deadline for Fall

  • Informational

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Birnbaum Lecture

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Edo Waks, University of Maryland

  Speaker: Edo Waks, Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor and Associate Director of Quantum Technology Center University of Maryland

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - David L. Luxat

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  Canceled: ECE Explorations (200) Due To Engineering Career Fair

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Speaker (TBD)

  • Lecture

Friday, February 21, 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/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, February 24, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • HMNTL 2003

  Prelim Exam: Jingxing Gao

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

  COLLOQUIUM: Kojiro Sho, "Unveiling Urban Visitation Dynamics and Non-linear Relationships with the Built Environment Using Mobile Big Data"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Materials-Driven Strategies for Translational Bioelectrical Interfaces"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: William Oliver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Speaker: William Oliver, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Megan Robertson, University of Houston, (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • Room 1002, Grainger Auditorium, ECEB

  ECE Explorations (200): ECESAC Mental Health Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Vicki VanBlaricum

  • Lecture

Friday, February 28, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to apply • Argonne Seasonal Internship Program:

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Spring 2025 tuition and fees are due.

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, March 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Ed Barnes, Virginia Tech

  Speaker: Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics, Virginia Tech

  • 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
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Michael G. Houts

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  ECE Explorations (200): ECE Student Advancement Committee (ECESAC) Research Fair

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Mary Kay Scott

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 7, 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/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Bioelectronics to Probe Brain-Body Physiology"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Angel Rubio, Flatiron Institute

  Speaker: Angel Rubio, Research Scientist and Co-Director of Initiative for Computational Catalysis Flatiron Institute

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Christian Petrie

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • 1002 Grainger Auditorium, ECEB

  ECE Explorations (200): ECE Student Advancement Committee (ECESAC) Technical Elective Fair

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Stephanie Ziegle

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis) )

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

• • 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/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Saturday, March 15, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Annual Graduate Evaluations Open

  • Informational
• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Monday, March 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Spring Break

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  Canceled: ECE Explorations (200) - Spring Break

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 21, 2025

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

  Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato

  • Other

Monday, March 24, 2025

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other
• • 3:30 pm
  • HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

  COLLOQUIUM: Makoto Yamada

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - No Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Richard Averitt, University of California, San Diego

  Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • 1002 Grainger Auditorium, ECEB

  ECE Explorations (200): ECE Student Advancement Committee (ECESAC) Town Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 27, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Gene Kiesel

  • Lecture

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

  Speaker: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm

  ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Jim Haran

  • Lecture

Friday, April 4, 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

Sunday, April 6, 2025

• • All Day

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

  • Other

Monday, April 7, 2025

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker Jason Patrick: Self-healing and Self-sensing in Structural Composites

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - no colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Bill Fefferman, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Bill Fefferman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. James Moon, University of Michigan , (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm

  ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Edward Hightower

  • Lecture
• • 1:30 - 3:30 pm
  • ECEB & Zoom

  Final Exam: Haotian Chen

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Javad Shabani, New York University

  Speaker: Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics, New York University

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm

  ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:30 - 9:00 pm
  • Illini Union Ballroom, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  NPRE/ANS Student Chapter 2024 Honors Banquet

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
  • I Hotel and Conference Center

  2025 Illinois Structural Engineering Conference

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Aakrit Vaish

  • Lecture

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • All Day

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

  • Other

Sunday, April 20, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 21, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Sara Mouradian, University of Washington

  Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washinton

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Michael Tonks

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm

  ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Illini Union (1401 W Green St, Urbana)

  Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Alan Landmann

  • Lecture

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 12:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture

Saturday, April 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Undergraduate Research Week (URW)

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker Mykel Kochenderfer: Automated Decision Making for Safety Critical Applications

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Alexandre Bourassa, Google Quantum AI

  Speaker: Alexandre Bourassa, Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI

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

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm

  ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Kevin Quaid

  • Lecture

Friday, May 2, 2025

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

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture

Monday, May 5, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Racheff student awardees

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Srinivasan Arunachalam, IBM

  Speaker: Srinivasan Arunachalam, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 pm
  • ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium

  Canceled: ECE Explorations (200) - No Class - Reading Day Week

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

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

  • Other
• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• • 9:30 - 11:00 am
  • Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre

  ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Illini Union - room ABC

  ChBE Spring 2025 Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

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

Thursday, August 7, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

  RailTEC Short Course: Track Engineering Fundamentals

  • Professional Development

Monday, August 11, 2025

• • 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

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