Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• • 3:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 2100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building, 206 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  NPRE Special Seminar Series - Alan Durif

  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, June 5, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  FGI Webinar: Retaining Wall Global Instability

  This webinar will present a case history of a cantilever soldier pile retaining wall with tie-back anchors for a county roadway. 1.0 PDH

  • Webinar
• • 1:30 pm
  • 307 Gregory Hall

  FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "Novel Understandings of Yielding in Soft Materials Through Recovery Rheology Techniques""

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm
  • ECEB 5070

  Final Exam: Krishna Subramani

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Final Exam: YiRang Shin

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 13, 2025

• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • ECEB 5070

  Prelim Exam: Anjana Jayasanka Samarakoon Samarakoon Perumbuli Arachchige

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • 3217 Everitt Laboratory, 1406 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  NPRE Special Seminar Series - Ferry Roelofs

  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

Monday, June 30, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 276 Loomis

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture

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

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

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

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • 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

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

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • 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

  • 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

Thursday, September 25, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

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

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • 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

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • 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

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • 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

• • 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

  • Lecture

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • 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

  • 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

Thursday, November 20, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Thursday, November 27, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 114 Transportation Building

  SE 290

  • Lecture

Thursday, December 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. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 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

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