Seminars

Monday, January 12, 2026

Materials Chem Faculty Candidate, Dr. Jiahao Huang, Case Western Reserve University, "Fluorine-free Ferroelectric Polymers-Sustainable Energy Polymers with Superior Performance"

11:15 am

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- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 22, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Moon Jeong Park, POSTECH (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Polymer Chain-End Chemistry: Unlocking Next-Generation Functional Materials"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 23, 2026

Inorganic Chem Faculty Candidate, Dr. Heechan Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Molecular Design Across the Periodic Table: From Organic Fluorophores to Main-Group Magnetic Materials"

11:15 am

Noyes Lab 217
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing) "Effects of Conformational and Orientational Ordering in Polymer Crystal Nucleation"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Carl Denard, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

CHBE 121 Poster Session

6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.

Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University

3:30 pm

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- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Sarah King, University of Chicago

3:30 pm 12/02/2025

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- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

5:00 pm

TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

3:30 pm

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- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

3:30 pm

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- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 CHEM ANNEX
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026

CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

9:30 11:00 am

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

11:00 1:00 p.m.

Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Reception/Open House