Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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9:00 amHMNTL 1000Wednesday, October 15 9am - 4pm » Day 1 - Vacuum Science » Vacuum Fundamentals » Vacuum Pumps » Pressure Measurement » Vacuum System Characterization » Cleaning for Vacuum Service Thursday, October 16 9am - 4pm » Day 2 - Thin Film Deposition » Electron Beam Evaporation » Sputtering by DC, Pulsed Dc, RF and HiPIMS » Atomic Layer Deposition/Atomic Layer Etch
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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9:00 amHMNTL 1000
Wednesday, October 15 9am - 4pm » Day 1 - Vacuum Science » Vacuum Fundamentals » Vacuum Pumps » Pressure Measurement » Vacuum System Characterization » Cleaning for Vacuum Service Thursday, October 16 9am - 4pm » Day 2 - Thin Film Deposition » Electron Beam Evaporation » Sputtering by DC, Pulsed Dc, RF and HiPIMS » Atomic Layer Deposition/Atomic Layer Etch
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1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Friday, October 17, 2025
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9:00 am3100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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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
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Monday, October 20, 2025
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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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 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
Exposed and covered geomembrane liner systems are subjected to wind uplift, hydrostatic uplift, gas generation and erosive / external forces that need to be assessed for long term resistance to site and environmental conditions but that are not often addressed during the design and construction phase.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Friday, October 24, 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
Monday, October 27, 2025
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, October 31, 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
Monday, November 3, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Friday, November 7, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
Monday, November 10, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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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 61801
Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
A 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
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, November 14, 2025
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
Monday, November 17, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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 - 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
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Friday, November 21, 2025
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Monday, December 1, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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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 Laboratory
Lectures 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
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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
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
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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 61801
Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Wednesday, December 10, 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
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Friday, March 27, 2026
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Friday, April 3, 2026
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science