Urbana Campus Research Calendar (OVCRI)

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Biomass Webinar Series: Fuels Diversification at University of Iowa

  Time

  12:00 - 12:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: Fuels Diversification at University of Iowa

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Women@NCSA presents "Tick Tock…Important Time for a Tick Talk!"

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Prof. Yang Jinglei, will talk on "Recent progress on developing superlight DD laminated Composites"

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  3269 (3rd Floor Tower Room) Beckman Institute

  Prof. Yang Jinglei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Engineering will speak on "Recent progress on developing superlight DD laminated composites"

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series -Rizwan Uddin and Mohan Sankaran

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Patrick Poole

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Wenzhen Yuan

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Alvaro Hernandez

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | Backward Design

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Patrick Poole

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Wenzhen Yuan

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Alvaro Hernandez

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | Backward Design

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Jacob P. Covey

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | University Ethics and Compliance

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Taek K. Kim

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Joern Davidsen, University of Calgary

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series -Areg Danagoulian

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Saurabh Gupta

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Dean Pospisil, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Director & Founder Professor Jim Rehg

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• TBA

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Princeton University

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Director & Founder Professor Jim Rehg

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• TBA

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Princeton University

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Rajesh Maingi

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Yuxiong Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Ms. Alyssa Hartman

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• TBA

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Editor in Chief, Director & Jackson Family Distinguished Professor He (Helen) Huang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Dorivar Ruiz Diaz

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Jason MacLean, University of Chicago

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Xu Wu

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Jennifer Kimball

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Caltech

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Christopher Ritter

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Chair & Professor Robin Queen

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Veronica Roman-Reyna

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• TBA

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• 2026 iSchool Research Showcase

  Time

  12:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union, Illini Rooms B & C

  The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Daniel Sweeney

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Federico Scurti

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  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

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Longwei Liu

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with a UIUC Grad Postdoc

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair & Professor Yingxiao Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Jose Franco

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Samuel Y. Sheng Professor Kam Leong

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Carmen Ugarte

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Samuel Y. Sheng Professor Kam Leong

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Carmen Ugarte

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Virgnia Moore

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Wubishet Bekel

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium