Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Undergraduate Events of Interest

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University, "Identifying Electrolyte Reaction Mechanisms at Battery Electrodes Toward PFAS-Free Electrolytes" (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) "Multiscale dynamics of neuronal bioelectricity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 280 MRL

  Final Defense - Jarom Sederholm, SUSTAINABLE BATTERY ENGINEERING: SINGLE-STEP BATTERY RECYCLING, BATTERY MODELING, AND BATTERY ELECTROLYTE ANALYSIS

  • 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) "Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
  • 314A Illini Union

  2025 Nelson J. Leonard Distinguished Lecture Symposium: Frontiers of Electrochemistry: From Energy Storage to Environmental Solutions

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141

  ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • On campus; room TBD

  Process Safety Bootcamp for CHBE Juniors & Seniors

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, October 19, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • On campus; room TBD

  Process Safety Bootcamp for CHBE Juniors & Seniors

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:00 pm

  M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

  • Webinar

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 5:00 - 6:00 pm
  • 163 Noyes Lab

  "The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research

  • Informational

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