Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

  Speaker: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

  • 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, April 2, 2025

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

  Physics Colloquium: TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Jim Haran

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

  Kent Seminar: Alexandre Alahi, EPFL Switzerland

  • 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
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1002 ECEB - Grainger Auditorium

  Intercellular Communication: Can It Be Mediated by Electromagnetics?

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Daniel Shoemaker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 7, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Eun Ah Kim, Cornell University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker Jason Patrick: Self-healing and Self-sensing in Structural Composites

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

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - no colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Bill Fefferman, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Bill Fefferman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. James Moon, University of Michigan, "Engineering Strategies to Modulate the Immune System" (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Suneet Singh

  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 - MRS, no seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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

  Physics Colloquium: Andreas Hoecker (CERN), Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Edward Hightower

  • Lecture
• • 1:30 - 3:30 pm
  • ECEB & Zoom

  Final Exam: Haotian Chen

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

  Kent Seminar: Bo Zou, University of Illinois Chicago

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

  Hard Materials Seminar - Spring MRS, no colloquium

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

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 11, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Edoardo Baldini, University of Texas, Austin

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Trithep Devakul, Stanford University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Warren Dixon

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

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Javad Shabani, New York University

  Speaker: Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics, New York University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Dr. Jhansi Kandasamy

  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, April 16, 2025

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

  Physics Colloquium: Marin Soljacic (MIT), Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
  • I Hotel and Conference Center

  2025 Illinois Structural Engineering Conference

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 11:00 am
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: "Anderson Group Careers in Physics Panel"

  • Lecture
• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Kevin Quaid

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

  Kent Seminar: Mani Golparvar-Fard, 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
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1002 ECEB - Grainger Auditorium

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 21, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Gil Rafael, California Institute of Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: John Junkins

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

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Sara Mouradian, University of Washington

  Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washinton

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 2035 Campus Instructional Facility

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Michael Tonks

  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, April 23, 2025

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

  Physics Colloquium: Ben Hooberman (UIUC), Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1310 DCL

  SE 290 - Alan Landmann

  • Lecture
• • 1:00 pm
  • LLP 464

  Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Chis Akers, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 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, April 25, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Nandini Trivedi, The Ohio State University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker Mykel Kochenderfer: Automated Decision Making for Safety Critical Applications

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

  Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Alexandre Bourassa, Google Quantum AI

  Speaker: Alexandre Bourassa, Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta , (host: Baron Peters)

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

  Soft Materials Seminar - DEI

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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

  Physics Colloquium: TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium