Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

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
- MRL 280
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - "Doping a fractional quantum anomalous Hall insulator"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Juan Estrada (Fermilab) "Searching for Dark Matter, one electron at a time"
- 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

Architectural Questions in Distributed Systems and Controls
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours
- Ceremony/Service
- 3:00 pm
- 2008 Supercon
Final Defense: "Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility of Novel Low-Ni Austenitic Stainless Steels & Investigation of a critically resolved shear stress criterion for domain mobility in BaTiO3"
- Other
- 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: No Colloquium
- 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 pm
- MRL 280
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - "Interaction-induced topological electronic crystals: theory and phenomenology"
- 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 - 10:50 am
- 2311 NCEL - Yeh Center
Assessing the Impact of Marine Aerosols on Cloud Dynamics in the Southeast Atlantic: Insights from a Chemical Transport Model
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- 0222 Siebel Center and Zoom
FM/SE seminar
- 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

- 9:00 am
- ECEB
FIRST Lego League Qualifiers
- Other
- 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

- 11:00 am
- ECEB 3002
HKN Initiation
- Ceremony/Service
- 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
- 9:00 am
Teaching Special Seminar: Linh Nguyen, "Effectively Teaching Computer Science Theory: Old and New Challenges"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
- 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
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- 220 Talbot Laboratory
ANS StuCo Abstract Meeting
- Meeting
- 6:00 - 6:30 pm
- 220 Talbot Laboratory
ANS Town Hall
- Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 204- Physics Interaction Room
IDEA Institute In-Person Meeting
- Meeting
- 12:00 pm
- CEEB 1017
PhD Final Defense – Rini Jasmine Gladstone
- Conference/Workshop
- 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

Monday, December 16, 2024

- 8:00 am
- CEEB 1017
PhD Final Defense – Cocou Davis Ruben Aza-Gnandji
- Seminar/Symposium
- 9:00 am
- Everitt 1103 and Zoom
Final Defense - PhD - Fu Li
- Other

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

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

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

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
Dealine 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
Dealine 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

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
Dealine 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

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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

Thursday, January 23, 2025

- All Day
Spring Qualifying Research Oral Exams
- Informational

Friday, January 24, 2025

- All Day
Spring Qualifying Research Oral Exams
- Informational
- 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

- 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

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Coffee Hour with the Director of Graduate Studies
- Meeting
- 6:00 - 8:00 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

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

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