Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
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2:00 - 3:00 pmCSL B02 -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures 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 pm119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:30 - 2:00 pm2405 Siebel Center -
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
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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, February 27, 2026
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10:00 - 10:50 amRoom 1310 Digital Computer Laboratory 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, March 2, 2026
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street -
4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -

The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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10:00 - 11:00 amCIF 2035 -
11:00 am - 12:15 pm4045 School of Information Sciences -
1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hong-Ye Hu, Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) Fellow, Harvard University
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, March 6, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, March 9, 2026
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Dafei Jin, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures 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 pm119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab -
2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, March 13, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, March 23, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 -
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street -
4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310
Thursday, March 26, 2026
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
Friday, March 27, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, March 30, 2026
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm3401 Siebel Center -
4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street -
6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Henry Yuen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, April 3, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, April 6, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Zheshen Zhang, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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9:00 am 03/06/2026117 Roger Adams Lab -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm4045 School of Information Sciences -
2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, April 10, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
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4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, April 17, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, April 20, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Friday, April 24, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Monday, May 4, 2026
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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3:30 - 4:30 pm0216 Siebel Center -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Friday, May 8, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 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 -
11:00 1:00 p.m.Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801





