GPO College of Engineering

Friday, March 27, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ankit Gautam, "Computational design for critical element sustainability: from platinum-free electrocatalysis to developing non-empirical tight-binding methods for rare-earth element recovery"

  11:00 am   03/06/2026

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense of Archana Verma, "Thermodynamic Origins of Molecular Doping Efficiency for Advancing Predictive Design of Organic Semiconductors"

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  6:00 pm   8:00 p.m.

  Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Rudiyanto Gunawan, University at Buffalo (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "Systems Glycoinformatics – Decoding Glycosylation Through Systems Biology and Machine Learning"

  2:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Final Defense of Hsin-Lan "Nicole" Chiang "Machine Learning for Protein Engineering Across Data Modalities"

  10:00 am   03/06/2026

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense of Bidipta Ghosh, "DEFECT ENGINEERING IN COMPLEX METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION"TBA

  3:00 pm   03/06/2026

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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  Final Defense of Kavinraaj Ella Elangovan "TBA"

  11:00 am   03/06/2026

  2269 Beckman Institute

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  Final Defense of Neil Tran, "Elucidating Reactivity of Atomically Dispersed Catalysts via Multiscale Modeling: Active Sites, Reaction Mechanisms, and Fluid-Modulated Kinetics"

  8:00 - 10:00 am

  165 Noyes

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Final Defense of Rajarshi Samajdar, CONFORMATION GOVERNS NANOSCALE ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN BIOMOLECULES AND SYNTHETIC ORGANICS

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  217 Noyes

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Final Defense of Haowei Long, Low-Temperature Anion Exchange Membrane Ammonia Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

  9:00 am   03/06/2026

  117 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  Final Defense of Sonji Lamichhane, "SCREENING AND IMAGING TOOLS FOR DETECTING MAMMALIAN CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND ALGAL BACTERIAL INTERACTION"

  9:00 am   03/06/2026

  433 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

• 

  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, April 16, 2026

• 

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers) "Tuning the Dynamic Structure and Reactivity of Metal-Zeolites for Sustainable Catalytic Chemistries"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

• 

  Final Defense of Haisu Kang, TBA

  10:00 am   03/06/2026

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

• 

  CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  9:30   11:00 am

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

  11:00   1:00 p.m.

  Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, May 25, 2026

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  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

• 

  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

• 

  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, September 7, 2026

• 

  Labor Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, November 26, 2026

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  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, November 27, 2026

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  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 24, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 25, 2026

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  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 28, 2026

• 

  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 31, 2026

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  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 1, 2027

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  New Year's Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, January 18, 2027

• 

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other