Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers

Monday, July 14, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 3:30 pm

  COLLOQUIUM: Melkior Ornik, "Autonomy at the Frontier: Limited Resources, Complex Missions, Uncertain Environments"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 17, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  FGI Webinar: Subsurface Elevated Temperature (SET) Events in Landfills

  This webinar will present recommendations and suggested best management practices to reduce the impacts of a SET Event and allow the landfill to properly collect landfill gas without initiating and/or expanding the SET Event. This presentation will also discuss proposed changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and

  • Webinar

Friday, July 18, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, July 19, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, July 20, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, July 21, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  16th ANCRiSST Workshop and 4th ZHITU Symposium

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  16th ANCRiSST Workshop and 4th ZHITU Symposium

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 24, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, July 25, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, July 26, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, July 27, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, July 28, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, July 31, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, August 1, 2025

• • All Day
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  14th Asia-Pacific-Europe Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Beckman 5602

  Final Exam: Shensheng Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • 2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  Stable Mobius bands via isometric deformations of circular helicoids

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 11, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • CSL

  Final Exam: Chang Hu

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Laboratory

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Rizwan Uddin and Mohan Sankaran

  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

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Friday, August 29, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  MiV Seminar: Shriya Srinivasan, Harvard University - "Unlocking the Gut's Brain with Ingestible Bioelectronics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

• 

  • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Laboratory

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. William Gropp

  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

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

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

  New Frontiers in Terahertz Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  Speaker: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Luke Wissmann

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

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Brian Truesdale

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 22, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Raja Sengupta

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 25, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Damon Scott

  • Lecture

Friday, September 26, 2025

• • 1:30 - 3:30 pm
  • Noyes Laboratory

  ChBE Unit Operations Lab - Open House/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 4:30 - 7:00 pm
  • 2079 Natural History Building (NHB) and 2nd Floor Atrium NHB

  ChBE Alumni and Graduate Awards Ceremony and Reception

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, September 27, 2025

• • All Day
  • Near Memorial Stadium (TBD)

  ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  • Sporting Event

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 0027/1025 Campus Instructional Facility, 1405 Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - SPEED INTERCHANGE

  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

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Dave Adams

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

  Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Deborah Mrazek

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • CIF

  AE590 Seminar: Robyn MacDonald, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Tamer Zaki

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Laboratory

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. Joseph D. Smith,

  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

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Toni Baumann

  • Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

  Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 4:50 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Laboratory

  NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. Indrajit Charit

  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

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Jeff Lee

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

  Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Jeremy Ward

  • Lecture

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  Speaker: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Jeff Mikulina

  • Lecture

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Romar Frazier

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Vicki L. VanBlaricum

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • CIF 2035

  AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Maruthi Akella

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Jason Lee - Presentation & Communication Skills Discussion

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290 - Jason Lee- Presentation & Communication Skills Workshop

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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

  IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

  Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 20, 2025

• • 10:00 - 11:00 am
  • Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Thursday, February 19, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 - 6:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  • Ceremony/Service