Materials Research Laboratory

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: "Terahertz Studies on Topological Materials"
- Other

Thursday, October 17, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Ms. Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, UIUC, "DNA Tetrahedra for the Delivery of Anti-Cancer Agents"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ou Chen, Brown University, "Self-assembly of anisotropic nanocrystals from periodic superlattices to aperiodic quasicrystals"
- Seminar/Symposium

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
- 2:00 pm
- Loomis 144
CPLC Seminar: Ting Lu (UIUC) - "Bottom-up Assembly of Microbial Communities: Modeling, Analysis and Engineering"
- 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

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Traveling in Meta Space-Time: particle dynamics in Floquet-Bloch Crystal"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Thursday, October 24, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Ms. Emily Desormeaux, UIUC, "The Roles of Gangliosides in Human-Pathogen Interactions"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2019

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar: Stefanos Kourtis, Boston University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 28, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Vedika Khemani"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "How Nature Fertilizes the Earth: The Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase""
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Jenelle Weaver, UIUC, "The f-Block Metals in Radiotherapy and Imaging: Tuning Size Selectivity of Expanded Macrocycles"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Nicolas Capra, UIUC, "Secondary Sphere Effects on Metal Hydride Oxidations."
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: "SEISMIC: Equity & Inclusion as Design Goals for STEM Education Reform"
- Other

Thursday, October 31, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Mr. Dinh Nguyen, UIUC, "Strategies to Improve Membrane Permeability of Peptide Drugs"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Roseanna Zia, Stanford University, '"Phase Mechanics" of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter'
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Francis Alcorn, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Stanley Bram, UIUC, "Genetic Materials, and the Means by Which Humans can Systematically Repattern Life"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2019

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar: Dragana Popovic, Florida State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Justin Wilson, Cornell University, "Heavy Metal Chelation: Applications in Industry and Medicine"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

- 8:30 am
- TBD
IQUIST Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Eliot Lakner, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Kevin Gorman, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Mahima Unnikrishnan, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis Laboratory
Physics Colloquium: Thomas Lykken, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Other

Thursday, November 7, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Andrew Greenlee, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Katherine Stawiasz, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Priti Kharel, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 8, 2019

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar: Jimmy Williams, University of Maryland
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 11, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Gordon Semenoff"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Birnbaum Lecture
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

- 9:30 am
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Linna An, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
Advisor: Prof. Wilfred van der Donk
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
PChem Literature Seminar, Eric Han, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Zane Thornburg, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: Thomas Sotiriou, University of Nottingham
- Other

Thursday, November 14, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Bailey Bouley, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Paul Griffin, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 15, 2019

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar: Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 16, 2019

- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Illini Union, Ballroom B
ACS Undergraduate Research Conference
A chemistry-wide undergraduate research conference.
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 18, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Dirk Morr"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

- 8:30 am
- TBD
IQUIST Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Literature Seminar, Joseph Wright, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Hannah Shay, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Pchem Literature Seminar, Rachel Wallick, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: Barry Bradlyn, University of Illinois - 2019 McMillan Award Winner
- Other

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, November 25, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 28, 2019

- All Day
Thanksgiving Day
- Other

Friday, November 29, 2019

- All Day
Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, December 2, 2019

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium - Ethics Lecture
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Ericka Bruske, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Kelly Gullett, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Student Select Seminar: Prof. William Moerner, Stanford University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - Erik Shirokoff, University of Chicago
- Other

Thursday, December 5, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ralph Colby, Penn State University, "Flow-Induced Crystallization of Engineering Thermoplastics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 6, 2019

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar: Fahad Mahmood, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 9, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- 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
- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Alexander Govorov, Ohio University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: Sanjay K. Reddy, University of Washington
- Other

Thursday, December 12, 2019

- All Day
Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect
- Other
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Chris Murray, University of Pennsylvania, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

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

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

- All Day
Gift Day
Half gift day from President/Chancellor (a.m.), half excused day (p.m.)
- Other

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

- All Day
Christmas Holiday
- Other

Thursday, December 26, 2019

- All Day
Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday
- Other

Friday, December 27, 2019

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Monday, December 30, 2019

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

- All Day
New Year's Day
- Other

Monday, January 20, 2020

- All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

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

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, January 27, 2020

- 8:30 am
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Xiaoliang Qi
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - Christopher G. Weaver, University of Illinois
- Other

Monday, February 3, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Alison Narayan, University of Michigan, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

- 4:00 pm
Physics Colloquium: Renee Hlozek, University of Toronto
- Other

Monday, February 10, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Srinivas Raghu"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, February 17, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Emily Que, University of Texas - Austin, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, February 24, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, March 2, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Thomas Kempa, John Hopkins University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Racheff Lecture
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Shannon Boettcher, University of Oregon, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Saturday, March 14, 2020

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 16, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2020

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, March 30, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 141 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - Brad Marston, Brown University
- Other

Friday, April 3, 2020

- 12:00 - 6:00 pm
- CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium and Awards Ceremony
- Other

Monday, April 6, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- TBA
Prof. Xin Zhang, Penn State, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Tianquan (Tim) Lian, Emory State, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Thursday, April 9, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Emily Derbyshire, Duke University, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California Berkeley, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, April 20, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Monday, April 27, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Materials Science and Engineering - Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium: Cora Dvorkin, Harvard University
- Other

Thursday, April 30, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor William Dichtel, Northwestern University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2020

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- B102
Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 144 Loomis
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Other

Thursday, May 7, 2020

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

Friday, May 8, 2020

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other

Saturday, May 16, 2020

- All Day
- Memorial Stadium
Commencement
- Other

Monday, May 18, 2020

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1
- Other

Monday, May 25, 2020

- All Day
Memorial Day Holiday
- Other

Monday, June 15, 2020

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2
- Other

Friday, July 3, 2020

- All Day
Independence Day (observed)
- Other

Thursday, September 10, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium