Engineering Seminars Test Calendar 2.10

Monday, June 2, 2025

- 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Summer Teaching Workshop
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Gather in the Garden

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 pm
- RAL 419
"Probing Functionalized Interfaces for Carbon Capture Using Spectroelectrochemistry", Abdur-Rahman Siddiqui, Final Defense
- Seminar/Symposium

- 9:00 am
- Director's office
Director's Coffee Hour with Steve Maren

Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve
- Social/Informal Event
- 10:00 am
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Chris Hawk (Jin Lab) - "Alleviating Ribosomal Stalls: Functional Characterization of Conserved DRG GTPASES"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 276 Loomis
Thesis Defense: "Gravitational Operator Algebras and the Role of Noncommutative Conditional Probability in Quantum Geometry"
- Lecture
- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
- Other

- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Gather in the Garden

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
- 10:00 am
- W-121 Turner Hall
Thesis Defense | JOSHUA ANGELL
- Seminar/Symposium

- 9:00 am
- N-120 Turner Hall
Thesis Defense | JOSIE HOPPENWORTH
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- MRI Exhibit
New-to-Beckman tour

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Informational
- 1:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "Flow Electrooxidation of Glycerol for Industrial-Scale Applications"
- Seminar/Symposium

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

- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Gather in the Garden

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
- 10:00 am
- RAL 471
"Nitrogen Cycle Electro-catalysis”, Akhil Paliwal, Final Defense
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
“Proteomics and Peptidomics for Investigating Metabolic and Neurological Disorders via Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry”, Final Defense, Yanqi Tan
- Other
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Room 1000
MNTL Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

- 9:00 am
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Arthur Zou (Leckband Lab) - "Epidermal growth factor receptor is an essential component in E-cadherin force-transduction complexes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Yoga at Beckman

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness
- 1:00 pm
- CLSL B102
"Exploring the Cross-Coupling Reactivity of Ni Pyridinophanes Through Static and Transient Spectroscopy", Final Defense, Annika Holm
- Other
- 3:00 pm
- Atrium
Cookie Collab

Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
- Social/Informal Event

- 9:00 am
- Fourth-floor tower room, 4269
Mission-Critical Work Discussion

Join Beckman's leadership team to ask questions about its financial plans during challenging times.
- Informational
- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
- Other