Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers
Friday, October 31, 2025
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                            10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
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                            11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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                            1:00 pm1232 Coordinated Science Laboratory 1:00 pm1232 Coordinated Science Laboratory
Monday, November 3, 2025
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                            10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center 10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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                            3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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                            4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 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 11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign 
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                            4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt Laboratory 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 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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                            11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141 4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center 4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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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
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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
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                            4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Friday, November 7, 2025
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                            10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
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                            11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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                            2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room). 2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
Monday, November 10, 2025
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                            12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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                            1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab 1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab
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                            3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 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 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 11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago 
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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
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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                            11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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                            3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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                            11:00 am114 Transportation Building 11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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                            12:00 - 1:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pmA 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 1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464
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                            2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 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 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 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 10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
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                            11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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                            2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room). 2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
Monday, November 17, 2025
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                            3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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                            11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 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 Laboratory 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
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141 4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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                            11:00 am114 Transportation Building 11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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                            2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 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 4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium 4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
Friday, November 21, 2025
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center 4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
Monday, December 1, 2025
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                            12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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                            4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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                            4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 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 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 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
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                            2:30 - 3:30 pm2405 Siebel Center 2:30 - 3:30 pm2405 Siebel Center
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                            Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - The Engineering Journey of the First Rotorcraft Flight on Another Planet4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
Friday, December 5, 2025
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                            4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science 4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
Monday, December 8, 2025
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                            12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190 12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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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
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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                            11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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                            3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online 3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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 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 2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Friday, March 6, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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                            2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab 2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
