Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

Friday, November 22, 2024

- 10:00 - 10:50 am
- 2311 NCEL - Yeh Center
Biofilm Engineering for Environmental Sustainability

In this presentation, I will discuss our recent work on biofilm biology-informed biofilm engineering, specifically, exploring interactions between biofilms and environmental contaminants such as nitrate, arsenic, and plastic in aquatic environments.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Room 464
High Energy Physics Seminar - Qianshu Lu (Institute for Advanced Study) - "The Quality/Cosmology Tension for a Post-Inflation QCD Axion"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- CEEB 1017
PhD Final Defense – Anshu Abhinav
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- 2320 Digital Computer Lab
Collins Scholars Sessions
- Conference/Workshop
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Journeys in quantum magnets, from nodal lines to chiral stripes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- CSL Studio 1232
ROBOTICS SEMINAR: Siyi Xu, "Electrical actuation and control of soft fluidic robots: towards wearable and implantable soft robotic systems for daily purposes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Towards Code-Aware Code Models
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory Room 3218
PhD Final Defense – Josiane Jello
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 23, 2024

- 8:30 am
Fall break begins
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, November 24, 2024

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Girls Who Code Club
- Meeting
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Sunday Coding Studio
- Meeting

Monday, November 25, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
No Colloquium - Thanksgiving Break
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Soft Materials Seminar - No seminar, Fall break
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

- 8:30 am
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Ceremony/Service
- 1:00 pm
- Siebel Center 4124
Final Defense of Kavitha Chandrasekar
- Other
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours
- 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
- ECEB, Room 1002 Grainger Auditorium
Canceled: ECE Explorations (200) - Fall Break
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 28, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar - no seminar, fall break
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 29, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 2320 Digital Computer Lab
Collins Scholars Sessions
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, December 1, 2024

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Girls Who Code Club
- Meeting
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Sunday Coding Studio
- Meeting

Monday, December 2, 2024

- All Day
- Illini Union Room 335 (3rd floor, north side of the building, door is next to the vending machines)
FREE student professional headshot!
- Informational
- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: "Unconventional discontinuous transitions in a 2D system with spin and valley degrees of freedom"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Beckman 5602 and Zoom
Final Defense - PhD - Zepeng Wang
- Other
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- CIF 2035
AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Jim Coder Transonic, Natural-Laminar-Flow Technology for Next-Generation Aircraft
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
No Colloquium - MRS symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1310 Yeh Student Center
Realizing Architecture Through Structure | Matt Streid | Structural Engineering Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

- 8:00 am
- Location: CEEB (Hydro) 3019, or Zoom
PhD Final Defense – Xinchang “Cathy” Li
- Conference/Workshop
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Algebras, CSPs, and Quantum Computing," Hamoon Mousavi, University of California, Berkeley

Speaker: Hamoon Mousavi, Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- 208 N Wright St, Urbana, IL
Prelim Exam: Yulin He
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Fragility in Large-scale Dynamics: From Shear-flow transition to Anderson Localization to Large Networks
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 4:50 pm
- 2100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building, 1206 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Matt Caplan

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
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Soft Materials Seminar - No Seminar (MRS)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

- All Day
- Illini Union Room 335 (3rd floor, north side of the building, door is next to the vending machines)
FREE student professional headshot!
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Juan Estrada (Fermilab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- Everitt Laboratory 2310
Distinguished BIOE 500 Seminar Speaker - Yi Wang
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 4:00 pm
- Reception in CSL 154 at 2:30pm followed by Seminar in B02 at 3:00pm
Seminar with Speaker Bassam Bamieh
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 5, 2024

- All Day
- Illini Union Room 335 (3rd floor, north side of the building, door is next to the vending machines)
FREE student professional headshot!
- Informational
- 10:00 am
Final Defense of Yuchen Yan
- Other
- 11:00 am
- 114 TB
SE 290 - Jim McMahon
- Lecture
- 11:00 am
- 2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
The role of friction interfaces in engineering structures
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm
- ECEB 5070
Prelim Exam: Hsinju Chen
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Main Library, Room 146, 1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Sepideh Sadaghiana

This lecture series highlights the important innovations and contributions of women in sciences here at the University of Illinois, and centers the importance of documenting women scientists and engineers to create a diverse and inclusive archival record.
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- Loomis Room 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: "More is different: a path from integrability to quantum chaos"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar - no seminar, MRS
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Undergraduate Physics Seminar:"The black box of a neural network," Chinmay Ambasht
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 6, 2024

- All Day
Dealine to apply • Dr. G. Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Science Summer Program
- Informational
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- ECEB
Final Exam: Qi Jian Lim
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 - 10:50 am
- 2310 EVRT - 1406 W Green St, Urbana IL 61801
ISE Graduate Seminar Series- Corey Schimpf
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 2320 Digital Computer Lab
Collins Scholars Sessions
- Conference/Workshop
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Quantum or Not? Decoding Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Insulators"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato
- Other
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- 210 Engineering Hall, 1308 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
WIE Coffee Chat

Join us over coffee and snacks to connect with women in engineering students!
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, December 7, 2024

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
- LOBBY - Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois: 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801 United States
Saturday Physics for Everyone: Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into the Most Perfect Liquid

Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 7th. This in-person lecture series concludes with Jaki Noronha-Hostler's "Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into the Most Perfect Liquid". Breakfast will be served at 10:00AM and the lecture begins at 10:15AM.
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, December 8, 2024

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Girls Who Code Club
- Meeting
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Computer Science
Illinois CS Sunday Coding Studio
- Meeting

Monday, December 9, 2024

- All Day
- Illini Union Room 335 (3rd floor, north side of the building, door is next to the vending machines)
FREE student professional headshot!
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: "Quantum circuit as a lens into quantum phases and phase transitions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Tanya Berger-Wolf
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1310 Yeh Student Center
A Novel Technique for Self-Centering Shear Keys in Highway Bridges | José Wilches | Structural Engineering Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Matthew Lahaye, Air Force Research Laboratory

Speaker: Matthew Lahaye, Senior Research Physicist, Air Force Research Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 204- Physics Interaction Room
IDEA Institute In-Person Meeting
- Meeting
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- 220 Talbot Laboratory
2024 NPRE Holiday Party
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Betar Gallant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Interplays of Composition and Function in the Interphases of Metal Anodes" (host: Schoetz)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Integrating Multi-scale Modeling and Control Theory in Biomedical Therapeutic Systems
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 4:50 pm
- 2100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building, 1206 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Ben Lindley

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

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

- All Day
Dealine to apply • Nuclear Energy’s Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition
- Informational
- All Day
- Illini Union Room 335 (3rd floor, north side of the building, door is next to the vending machines)
FREE student professional headshot!
- Informational
- All Day
Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other
- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- 210 Engineering Hall, 1308 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
WIE Final Exam Goodie Bags

Stop by and pick up a final exam goodie bag to finish off the semester!
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Elisa Novitski (University of Washington)
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- 2310 Everitt Laboratory, 1406 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
WIE Social Craft

Join Women in Engineering to de-stress and socialize over arts and crafts!
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 pm
ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 12, 2024

- 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
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
FGI Webinar: Stress Based Flow Failure Assessment for Dams and Embankments with Examples

This presentation will discuss a procedure to assess whether a liquefied strength or liquefied strength ratio should be applied to a zone(s) along a potential failure surface in a static or dynamic stability analysis to assess the flow failure potential of dams and embankments. 1.0 PDH
- Professional Development
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- ECEB
Prelim Exam: Zixuan Tian
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 13, 2024

- 8:30 am
Final Exams Begin
- Ceremony/Service
- 12:00 pm
- 2320 Digital Computer Lab
Collins Scholars Sessions
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

- 9:00 am
- Beckman 2169 and Zoom
Final Defense - PhD - Mingxiao Zhang
- Other

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- CSL 301 & Zoom
Final Exam: Hongyu Shen
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies
- Meeting

Friday, December 20, 2024

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Winter Session
- Ceremony/Service
- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato
- Other

Saturday, December 21, 2024

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2024 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 2024 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies
- Meeting

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