Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers
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 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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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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1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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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
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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
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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
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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11:00 am2405 Siebel Center
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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 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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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
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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
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12:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
Monday, November 17, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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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 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
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
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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
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
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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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 1 Welding Different Geomembrane Polymers will focus on the following: • Welding PE and PP materials (HDPE, LLDPE. fPP and PP-R) • Welding PVC and similar products ( PVC, CSPE and EIA)
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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
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 2: Welding Equipment and Selection will focus on the following: • Hot wedge fusion welder – solid and split wedges • Hot air fusion welder • Hand extrusion welder • Adhesive and solvent welding • Data logging technology and its benefits • Equipment setup
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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
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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
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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
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 3 Welding Parameters will focus on the following: • Understanding Heat, Speed, and Pressure • Establishing Welding Windows • Importance of Welding Windows • Impact/Dangers/Wrinkles from Ambient conditions • Parameter recommendations • Pre-weld Testing • Correct seam overlap • What if FML is not clean (dust, water, painting)
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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 10, 2025
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 4 Importance of Seam Testing will focus on the following: • Non-Destructive Testing – air channel, pick, air lance, and vacuum testing • Destructive Testing – In-house and 3rd Party Testing • Factory and Field Testing • What if seam test(s) fails - Patching • Project goal is a liner system that does not leak – work together-welder, CQA, regulator,
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
Monday, January 26, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
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
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11:00 1:00 p.m.Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801