Materials Research Laboratory

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 1306 Everitt Laboratory

  FINAL DEFENSE, Kyle Benjamin Timmer, "Development of Multicompartment Biomaterials to Modulate Cellular Environments for Improved Tendon-to-Bone Rotator Cuff Repair"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: "Overview of learning and Testing Stabilizer States", Srinivasan Arunachalam, IBM

  Speaker: Srinivasan Arunachalam, IBM

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  "Molecular Catalysts go Nano: Installing Active Sites on Clusters and Nanosheets", Professor Alexandra Velian, University of Washington

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• • 2:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Special Seminar - "Quantum Computation using Majorana-Based Topological Qubits"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Geraldine Cochran (Ohio State University), "Leveraging Familial Capital to Improve Graduate Students Experiences"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Monday, May 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 161 Noyes Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Anaira Roman Santiago, "Understanding Molecular Level Interactions and Design of Selective Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  T.S. Piper Award for Outstanding Inorganic PhD Thesis

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Walter Klemperer Award for Outstanding Materials PhD thesis

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• • 9:30 - 11:00 am
  • Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre

  ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Illini Union - room ABC

  ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, May 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Memorial Day Holiday

  • Other

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1024 Chemistry Annex

  Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:30 pm
  • 307 Gregory Hall

  FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

Thursday, June 19, 2025

• • All Day

  Juneteenth

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Independence Day

  • Other

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 25, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Labor Day

  • Other

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Fall break begins

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 27, 2025

• • All Day

  Thanksgiving Day

  • Other

Friday, November 28, 2025

• • All Day

  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Gift Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 25, 2025

• • All Day

  Christmas Holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 29, 2025

• • All Day

  President Designated Holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

• • All Day

  Gift Day

  • Other

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

• • All Day

  Gift day

  • Other

Thursday, January 1, 2026

• • All Day

  New Year's Day

  • Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 19, 2026

• • All Day

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  • Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other

Saturday, March 14, 2026

• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other