Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm0216 Siebel Center (with refreshments!) - 
                           
11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141 
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street - 
                           
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 
Friday, November 7, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 - 
                           
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 - 
                           
2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room). 
Monday, November 10, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 - 
                           
1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab - 
                           
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street 
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street 
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 - 
                           
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building - 
                           
12:00 - 1:00 pmA detailed quantification and comparative analysis of carbon emissions for three landfill final cover systems: (i) soil-only cover; (ii) soil-geosynthetic cover; and (iii) an engineered turf cover are presented. 1.0 PDH
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1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464 - 
                           
2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 - 
                           
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street 
Friday, November 14, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 - 
                           
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 - 
                           
12:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab - 
                           
2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room). 
Monday, November 17, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center - 
                           
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building - 
                           
4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Richard Feder (University of California, Berkeley)
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141 
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building - 
                           
2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium - 
                           
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 
Friday, November 21, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center 
Monday, December 1, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 - 
                           
4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 - 
                           
4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building - 
                           

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab - 
                           
2:30 - 3:30 pm2405 Siebel Center - 
                           

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - The Engineering Journey of the First Rotorcraft Flight on Another Planet
4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium 
Friday, December 5, 2025
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science 
Monday, December 8, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 - 
                           
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street 
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLatzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab 
Friday, February 20, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab 
Friday, March 27, 2026
Friday, April 3, 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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9:30 11:00 amKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801