Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Events of Interest

Monday, August 26, 2019

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Illini Union
Graduate Student Welcome Reception
Welcome to the Illinois Family!
- Reception/Open House

Thursday, September 5, 2019

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall (1st FL reception) 801 S Wright St
Café Coble | First Thursdays at the Graduate College
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Suslick-Sessler Lecture, Professor Richard Kaner, University of California -Los Angeles, "Exploring the Synthesis and Applications of Graphene"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 19, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Fengqi You, Cornell University, "Multi-Scale Systems Analytics for Energy and Environment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karen Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Vapor Deposited Polymers: from Fundamentals to Commercialization"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lynn Loo, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 3, 2019

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall (1st FL reception) 801 S Wright St
Café Coble | First Thursdays at the Graduate College
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 10, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Kelly Schultz, Lehigh University, "Characterizing the Evolution of Gel Scaffolds Using Passive Microrheology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- Third Floor Atrium, Natural History Building
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Alumni Awards Reception
The event will recognize recipients of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Alumni Awards and graduate students who have won fellowships. 4 p.m.: Ceremony 5 p.m.: Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, October 18, 2019

- 8:00 am
ChBE Graduate Research Symposium
The Graduate Research Symposium allows graduate students to present their work in the form of either a poster or an oral presentation. Research areas include a range of topics. Judges are alumni from industry and academia.
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 19, 2019

- 9:00 am
- Grange Grove, just west of Memorial Stadium
ChBE Alumni & Friends Homecoming Tailgate
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, October 21, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zurich, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zurich, "Title: TBD"
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5
Research Live! competition
Fun, fast-paced & fascinating celebration of graduate research at Illinois!
- Performance

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, October 24, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration

Saturday, October 26, 2019

- All Day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Celebrate the contributions of over 14,000 grad students, each one changing the world!
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Lecture

Thursday, October 31, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2019

- 5:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
Nelson J. Leonard Distinguished Lecture: Professor Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Reception immediately following in the Atrium of the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.
- Lecture

Thursday, November 7, 2019

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall (1st FL reception) 801 S Wright St
Café Coble | First Thursdays at the Graduate College
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, November 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following lecture in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 21, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley, "Negative Diffusion Coefficients in Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 23, 2019

- All Day
Thanksgiving Break Begins
- Other

Monday, December 2, 2019

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other

Thursday, December 5, 2019

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall (1st FL reception) 801 S Wright St
Café Coble | First Thursdays at the Graduate College
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ralph Colby, Penn State University, "Flow-Induced Crystallization of Engineering Thermoplastics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington, "Structure-function Relationships at the Bio/Nano Interface"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

- All Day
Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other

Thursday, December 12, 2019

- All Day
Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect
- Other

Saturday, December 21, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Winter 2019 Convocation
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will hold a winter convocation ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, in Room 116 of Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 South Mathews Ave., Urbana. More information about registration and the convocation speaker will be shared here when it becomes available.
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, January 2, 2020

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall (1st FL reception) 801 S Wright St
Café Coble | First Thursdays at the Graduate College
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
- Social/Informal Event