Grainger College of Engineering, All Events
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center -
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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8:30 - 10:00 amEveritt Lab (between the front doors and the atrium) -
11:00 am - 12:15 pm0216 Siebel Center (with refreshments!)
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11:00 amHolonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (HMNTL), Room 1000, Auditorium
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 pmCoble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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9:00 am - 4:00 pmBeckman Institute, Tower Room 2269Please join us for this half day conference, with an optional deep dive workshop on quantitative research design in the afternoon.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEveritt Laboratory, Room 1103
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5:00 - 6:00 pmECEB 1002
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, October 31, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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1:00 pm1232 Coordinated Science Laboratory
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Saturday, November 1, 2025
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10:15 am 11:30am141 Loomis Laboratory of PhysicsWhen lead nuclei collide at near light speed in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, they create the hottest matter in the universe, the Quark-Gluon Plasma, a state that existed moments after the Big Bang. University of Illinois researchers developed radiation-hard detectors to study how this plasma forms and evolves, advancing the quest to recreate matter from the dawn of time.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm0216 Siebel Center (with refreshments!)
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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5:00 pmCoble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
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5:00 - 7:30 pm200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
This roundtable explores how communities can bridge the gap between education and employment in the age of AI.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 1306 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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4:00 - 5:30 pmThomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Hosted by the CS STARS, our researchers share their work with students interested in exploring computing and data science research opportunities.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmECEB 1002
ECE faculty will share information on their tech elective courses, allowing you to learn more about the available options.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmThis is a virtual event. Zoom link coming soon!The International Student Entrepreneurship Workshop helps international students understand policies and requirements for pursuing entrepreneurship and starting a business in the United States.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlease join us Nov. 6, 11 a.m.-noon on Zoom to learn more about submitting projects and becoming an academic mentor for the Community-Academic Scholars program.
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2:00 - 4:00 pmGrainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Grainger Commons Room 233/235, 1301 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Join us for an afternoon of free play of the upcoming addition of the library’s loanable technology resource: video game consoles!
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
Friday, November 7, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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11:00 am - 4:00 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF)
The Semiconductor Professional Development Seminar, hosted by SEMI, is an event focusing on how to make yourself marketable for employment in this rapidly growing industry.
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2:00 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Saturday, November 8, 2025
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10:15 am 11:30am141 Loomis Laboratory of PhysicsThis presentation will introduce participants to a groundbreaking project called CraftCells: A Window into Biological Cells. This is the first tool that lets anyone—from researchers to curious students—step inside an accurate 3D model of a cell and see how life is organized at the tiniest scale.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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1:00 - 1:50 pm157 Noyes Lab
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
RREC features presentations by railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental topics.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:00 - 4:00 pm514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, Floor 5
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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8:30 - 11:30 amMartens Center, 1515 N. Market St., ChampaignThe Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is hosting a hands-on workshop designed to introduce community-based organizations to program evaluation on Nov. 13, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., at the Martens Center in Champaign.
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All DayiHotel Illinois Conference Center
The S&R Day will focus on how sustainability and resiliency concepts and best practices can be applied to a broad range of engineering design, maintenance, operations, capital projects, construction, sustainable materials, organizational change activities, etc.
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11:00 am2405 Siebel Center
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
A detailed quantification and comparative analysis of carbon emissions for three landfill final cover systems: (i) soil-only cover; (ii) soil-geosynthetic cover; and (iii) an engineered turf cover are presented. 1.0 PDH
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives (room 146, Main Library) or via Zoom (a link will be emailed to you after registration).
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate Siebel School students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Friday, November 14, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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2:00 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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2:30 - 3:30 pmIllini Rooms | Illini Union | 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 -
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Saturday, November 15, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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All DayGrainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.
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10:15 am 11:30am141 Loomis Laboratory of PhysicsDid you know the internet is distributed using light? A quantum network uses the smallest possible blips of light, called photons, to share information in a fundamentally different way, based on the concepts of quantum mechanics. This presentation will share the work that led to the launch of the first Public Quantum Network (PQN) at The Urbana Free Library.
Sunday, November 16, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Monday, November 17, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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ACDIS: Seminar Series - John Erath and Connor Murray - Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation
5:00 pmCoble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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5:00 - 6:00 pmECEB 1002
Learn about the career journey of Gerald Wilson, the Director of Entrepreneurship for EnterpriseWorks at Research Park on campus.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmUndergraduates in all majors are invited to join the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) for an information session Nov. 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. on Zoom to learn about the Summer 2026 Community-Academic Scholars program.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate Siebel School students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Friday, November 21, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
Saturday, November 22, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Sunday, November 23, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Monday, November 24, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Thursday, November 27, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate Siebel School students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Friday, November 28, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Saturday, November 29, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Sunday, November 30, 2025
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All Day
Contest Description: Hidden throughout FGI's website are 5 special fall leaves, each one on a different page. Click on each leaf to reveal a new clue that will guide you to the next page. The timer starts the moment you find your first leaf. How to Win: The fastest three participants to successfully complete the hunt will win Amazon gift cards valued at $75, $50, and $
Monday, December 1, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 1 Welding Different Geomembrane Polymers will focus on the following: • Welding PE and PP materials (HDPE, LLDPE. fPP and PP-R) • Welding PVC and similar products ( PVC, CSPE and EIA)
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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11:00 am114 Transportation Building
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
Part 2: Welding Equipment and Selection will focus on the following: • Hot wedge fusion welder – solid and split wedges • Hot air fusion welder • Hand extrusion welder • Adhesive and solvent welding • Data logging technology and its benefits • Equipment setup
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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab -
2:30 - 3:30 pm2405 Siebel Center
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - The Engineering Journey of the First Rotorcraft Flight on Another Planet
4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium -
4:15 - 5:15 pmIDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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5:00 - 8:00 pmSiebel 1214
PMC is a place to help undergraduate Siebel School students succeed in and outside the classroom.
Friday, December 5, 2025
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2:15 - 3:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom