Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• • 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 pm
  • 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  FARAWAY, SO CLOSE: HIGH RESOLUTION INVESTIGATIONS OF BOILING HEAT TRANSFER, FROM CRYONGENIC FLUIDS TO HIGH-PRESSURE WATER.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

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

  Soft Materials Seminar - "Molecular design of polymer networks: from skin-inspired electronics to uncovering fundamental physics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: Konstantinos Ameranis, "Consistency, Empathy, Knowledge: Instructor Qualities, Why and How"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 4039

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 23, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866

  Kent Seminar: Yanfeng Ouyang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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

  Hard Materials Seminar - "Genetically encodable self-assembling biomaterials by design"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 24, 2025

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: Harsha Tirumala, "A Holistic Approach to Teaching CS Theory"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 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: "Life After PhD"

  • Lecture
• • 1:10 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "When details matter: learning coarse-grained physics from first principles"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:15 - 4:15 pm
  • HMNTL 2003

  Prelim Exam: Nikita Duggar

  • Seminar/Symposium

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 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Diana Gonzalez - Mavis Program Seminar

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

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures for Electronic and Energy Technologies"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 1310 Yeh Student Center, Newmark Civil Engineering Building, 205 N Mathews Ave

  Molecular computation for bioengineering | Anna Tarakanova | Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: Ram Kesavan, "My Teaching Experience & Scholarship"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 30, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866

  Kent Seminar: Ziran Wang, Purdue University

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 31, 2025

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

  ISE Graduate Seminar Series- Spandan Mishra

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Pat Clancy, McMaster University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 3, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • CEEB 3012

  PhD Final Defense – Jaeik Lee

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Daniel Agterberg, University of Wisconsin

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

  Distinguished Lecture: Ryan O'Donnell

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Raffaele Russo - Liquid Hydrogen Powered VTOL Aircraft

  • 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

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: Emily Fox

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 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
• • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

  University of Illinois-FGI Online CQA Course & Certification Exam

  Join the University of Illinois-FGI for a Live Online Course and Certification Exam on Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Installation QA/QC for Geosynthetics February 4-18, 2025.

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: Tamara Nelson-Fromm

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • ECEB 5070

  Prelim Exam: T.G. Roberts

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

  University of Illinois-FGI Online CQA Course & Certification Exam

  Join the University of Illinois-FGI for a Live Online Course and Certification Exam on Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Installation QA/QC for Geosynthetics February 4-18, 2025.

  • Professional Development
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "The renaissance of general relativity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Jason Lee

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866

  Kent Seminar: Alireza Talebpour, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 7, 2025

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

  ISE Graduate Seminar Series- Shivakumar Raman

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

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture

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

• • 9:00 am

  Teaching Special Seminar: James Perretta

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

  University of Illinois-FGI Online CQA Course & Certification Exam

  Join the University of Illinois-FGI for a Live Online Course and Certification Exam on Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Installation QA/QC for Geosynthetics February 4-18, 2025.

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

  Soft Materials Seminar - "Electrolytes and electrochemical systems for energy and sustainability"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

  University of Illinois-FGI Online CQA Course & Certification Exam

  Join the University of Illinois-FGI for a Live Online Course and Certification Exam on Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Installation QA/QC for Geosynthetics February 4-18, 2025.

  • Professional Development
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "Intertwined Orders and the Physics of High Temperature Superconductors"

  • 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 - "Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 14, 2025

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

  ISE Graduate Seminar Series- Mohsen Jafari

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Ben Feldman, Stanford University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 0027/1025 Campus Instructional Facility, 1405 W. Springfield Ave

  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
• • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

  University of Illinois-FGI Online CQA Course & Certification Exam

  Join the University of Illinois-FGI for a Live Online Course and Certification Exam on Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Installation QA/QC for Geosynthetics February 4-18, 2025.

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "Building the Cathedral of Quantum Mechanics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Jeremy Ward

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866

  Kent Seminar: Sayan Mitra, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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

  Hard Materials Seminar - No Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1002 ECEB - Grainger Auditorium

  Toward a Systems Theory for Human-Centered Trustworthy Agentic AI

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 21, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Stephen Wilson, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Seminar/Symposium

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 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Niccoli Scalice - Deployable Satellite Structures at AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate

  • 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
• • 4:00 pm
  • 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  Autonomous Systems: Research, Real-World Applications and Effective Industry-Academia Partnerships

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

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

  Soft Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford). Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 4039

  Seminar Speaker: Carina Li - High-Temperature Multifunctional Structural Materials for Aerospace Applications

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Vicki VanBlaricum

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866

  Kent Seminar: Sean Qian, Carnegie Mellon University

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

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

  Hard Materials Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium