IQUIST Master Calendar

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

- All Day
New Year's Day
- Other

Friday, January 3, 2025

- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ Department Head Nancy Amato
- Other

Thursday, January 16, 2025

- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- Ice Arena (406 E Armory Ave, Champaign)
Graduate Student Meet-up: Ice Skating
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, January 17, 2025

- 8:30 am
Final Exams Begin
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 20, 2025

- All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Other

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester
- Other

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- CIF 4039
AE Seminar Speaker Aaron Berliner: Space Bioprocess Engineering for an Offworld Biomanufactory
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 27, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Meng Jiang, "Lessons Learned from Enhancing Knowledge and Reasoning for (Large) Language Models"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Hadiseh Alaeian, Purdue University

Speaker: Hadiseh Alaeian, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- Illini Union. 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Illinois Part-Time Job Fair - Spring 2025
- Other

Monday, February 3, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online
Distinguished Lecture: Ryan O'Donnell
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Stabilization of Non-Aqueous Pickering Emulsions and their use for Encapsulation of Water-Sensitive Liquids"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Mihir Bhaskar, Amazon Web Services

Speaker: Mihir Bhaskar, Research Lead at AWS Center for Quantum Networking, Amazon Web Services
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Illinois Spring 2025 Grainger Engineering Career Fair (VIRTUAL)
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Anastasiya Osher, Anderson Group

Speaker: Anastasiya Osher, Anderson Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 6, 2025

- 12:00 - 4:00 pm
- Virtual
Illinois Gies College of Business Virtual Job Fair
- Other

Friday, February 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture

Monday, February 10, 2025

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- CSL 301
Final Exam: Usman Syed
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Modeling and measuring the linear viscoelasticity of vitrimer melts"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Chloe Kim, Chitambar/Leditzky Group

Speaker: Chloe Kim, Chitambar/Leditzky Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

- 11:00 am - 4:00 pm CST
- Illini Union ABC Rooms & 2nd Floor Ballroom
CEE Spring 2025 Job Fair
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Edo Waks, University of Maryland

Speaker: Edo Waks, Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor and Associate Director of Quantum Technology Center University of Maryland
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Will Huie, Covey Group

Speaker: Will Huie, Covey Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 - 6:00 pm 4:00 pm
- Illini Union. 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States Contact
Illinois Spring 2025 Grainger Engineering In-Person Career Fair
- Other

Thursday, February 20, 2025

- 1:00 - 6:00 pm 4:00 pm
- Illini Union. 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States Contact
Illinois Spring 2025 Grainger Engineering In-Person Career Fair
- Other

Monday, February 24, 2025

- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- HMNTL 2003
Prelim Exam: Jingxing Gao
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Kojiro Sho, "Unveiling Urban Visitation Dynamics and Non-linear Relationships with the Built Environment Using Mobile Big Data"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Materials-Driven Strategies for Translational Bioelectrical Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: William Oliver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker: William Oliver, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Photo-switchable radicals as reporter spins for quantum sensing," Lakshmy Ajayakumar, Backlund Group

Speaker: Lakshmy Ajayakumar, Backlund Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 3:00 pm
- MLK Union Grand Ballroom and University Ballroom, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920
2025 EIU/Illinois Spring Education Job Fair
- Other

Monday, March 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Ed Barnes, Virginia Tech

Speaker: Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics, Virginia Tech
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Rajesh, Clark/Draper Group

Speaker: Rajesh, Clark/Draper Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 7, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 408 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL
Design Illinois Career Fair
- Other

Monday, March 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Bioelectronics to Probe Brain-Body Physiology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Angel Rubio, Flatiron Institute

Speaker: Angel Rubio, Research Scientist and Co-Director of Initiative for Computational Catalysis Flatiron Institute
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Lintao Li, Covey Group

Speaker: Lintao Li, Covey Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 15, 2025

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 24, 2025

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 3:30 pm
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Makoto Yamada
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Richard Averitt, University of California, San Diego

Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

Speaker: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Samantha Isaac, Kwiat Group

Speaker: Samantha Isaac, Kwiat Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 7, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- CIF 2035
AE 590 Seminar Speaker Jason Patrick: Self-healing and Self-sensing in Structural Composites
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Bill Fefferman, University of Chicago

Speaker: Bill Fefferman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Xiaochuan (David) Ding, Clark Group

Speaker: Xiaochuan (David) Ding, Clark Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 10, 2025

- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- ECEB & Zoom
Final Exam: Haotian Chen
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Javad Shabani, New York University

Speaker: Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics, New York University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Randy Owen, Kou Group

Speaker: Randy Owen, Kou Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 21, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Sara Mouradian, University of Washington

Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washinton
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldshmidt Group

Speaker: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldshmidt Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 25, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- CIF 2035
AE 590 Seminar Speaker Mykel Kochenderfer: Automated Decision Making for Safety Critical Applications
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Alexandre Bourassa, Google Quantum AI

Speaker: Alexandre Bourassa, Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture

Monday, May 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Racheff student awardees
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Srinivasan Arunachalam, IBM

Speaker: Srinivasan Arunachalam, Senior Research Scientist, IBM
- Seminar/Symposium