Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

Sunday, November 1, 2026

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

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shuo Liu (Princeton)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Nora Ayanian

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CCIL-CI MED Symposium: Design Controls and Risk Management (Session II)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Design controls and risk management aren't just compliance tools for FDA. They are fundamental approaches to developing safer, more robust products that attract investors, funding agencies, and industry partners. In this two-part, virtual symposium series, learn how implementing both processes early, and throughout your development stages—strengthens your research, creates

  • Webinar

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Tim Lach

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• RTX Information Session

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Hannah Fronenberg (KICP/University of Chicago)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Rita Huan-Ting Peng & Xin Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Patrick Ledwith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• WE26 National Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Boston, MA

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• SE290 - Phil Ryan

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Lorenzo Vergari, Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering-Illinois

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• WE26 National Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Boston, MA

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Thaís Trevisan, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Kendrick Lev (Harvard)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE Seminar Speaker: Samuel Coogan - Safe autonomy from fast reachability

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Kunal Sharma, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Kunal Sharma

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Federico Scurti

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• International Student Entrepreneurship Workshop

  Time

  5:30 - 7:00 pm

  Immigration attorney Matthew Meltzer of Meltzer Hellrung, LLC, who specializes in employment-based immigration and works with entrepreneurs and companies, will share practical guidance and answer student questions. Whether you already have a startup, are exploring an idea, or simply want to understand your options for pursuing entrepreneurship in the U.S., this workshop is

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Katie Harrington (Argonne National Laboratory)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Longwei Liu

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Dylan Yost (Colorado State University) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• SE290 - Jeff Lee

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

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

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Ruben Verresen (U Chicago)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Sedina Tsikata

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• IDEA Institute Meeting

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Everitt Labs 1103

  • Meeting

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Physics Careers Seminar

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  464 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair & Professor Yingxiao Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• SE290 - Lindsay Winn

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Riccardo Comin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

Monday, November 23, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 24, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 27, 2026

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Raquel Pinheiro de Almeida Queiroz (Columbia U.)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event