Grainger College of Engineering Seminars & Speakers

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- 9:00 - 11:00 am 11/3/2025
- CSL 141
Final Exam: Hieu Hoang
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/3/2025
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yves Kwan (Dallas)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/3/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/3/2025
- 1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
Octree Discretizations, Neural Geometric Representations, and Immersed Approaches for Scalable PDE Solvers | Baskar Ganapathysubramanian | Structural Engineering Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/3/2025
- CIF 2035
AE 590 Seminar Speaker: James Bauer - Hazards and Thresholds: The Anatomy of Planetary Defense
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am 11/4/2025
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/4/2025
- ESB Lab 3110
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Eytan Grosfield (Ben Gurion University, Israel), "Shining Light on Bose-Hubbard Models: From Equilibrium Theory to Exotic Steady States"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm 11/4/2025
- CSL 419
Prelim Exam: Weiman Yan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/5/2025
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Takahiro Tanaka (Yukawa Institute, Kyoto University)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/5/2025
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Smitha Vishveshwara (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 9:00 - 11:00 am 11/6/2025
- CSL 301
Prelim Exam: Andre Schreiber
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/6/2025
- 114 Transportation Building
Engineering in Residence Seminar (SE 290) - Jeff Mikulina
- Lecture
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm 11/6/2025
- Loomis 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Luca Delacrétaz (U.Chicago), "Quantum Nonlinear Bosonization of Fermi surfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/6/2025
- ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Kent Seminar: Stefan Tongur, Electreon
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/6/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar - "Structural characterization of interfacial liquid at Cu-aqueous electrolyte interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/6/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar - "Plasma Assisted Surface Modification of Cathode Materials for High Voltage Lithium-ion Batteries"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/7/2025
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
High Energy Physics Seminar - Reza Ebadi (University of Maryland)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm 11/7/2025
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Haidan Wen, Argonne National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/7/2025
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jeff Nivala (University of Washington) “TBA”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/10/2025
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Olexei Motrunich (CalTech)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm 11/10/2025
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Nihar Shah
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/10/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/10/2025
- CIF 2035
AE 590 seminar speaker: Romar Frazier - Introduction to the Blended Wing Body Aircraft and the Propulsion Design Concept Decisions
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 11/11/2025
- CSL B02
Final Exam: Mohamed Younis
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am 11/11/2025
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/11/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/11/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Soft Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/11/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Soft Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/12/2025
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alex Drlica Wagner (U. Chicago/FNAL)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm 11/12/2025
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Rachel Adler
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/12/2025
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Neil Cornish (Montana State University) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 8:00 - 10:00 am 11/13/2025
Final Exam: Qi Jian Lim
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/13/2025
- 114 Transportation Building
Engineering in Residence Seminar (SE 290) - Vicki L. VanBlaricum
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/13/2025
FGI Webinar: Carbon Emissions Quantification and Sustainability Aspects of Landfill Final Cover Systems

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
- Professional Development
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm 11/13/2025
- Loomis 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Sarah Geller (UC Santa Cruz)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/13/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/13/2025
- ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Kent Seminar: David Nguyen, Jacobs Industries
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/13/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/13/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm 11/14/2025
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - James McIver, Columbia University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/14/2025
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Rohit Pappu (Washington University) "Complex phase behaviors of RNA binding proteins."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/17/2025
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Tyler Ellison (Purdue)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm 11/17/2025
- HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
COLLOQUIUM: Dave Zhao, "Representation Learning in Computational Genomics"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/17/2025
- 1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
Hongyi Xiao | Structural Engineering Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/17/2025
- CIF 2035
AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Maruthi Akella - Learning and Coordination for Aerospace Autonomy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 8:30 - 10:30 am 11/18/2025
- CSL 419
Prelim Exam: Ram Krishna
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am 11/18/2025
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Computing Enhanced Sensing," Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/18/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Soft Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 4:50 pm 11/18/2025
- 1306 Everitt Laboratory
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Prof. Raymond Cao

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/19/2025
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Richard Feder (University of California, Berkeley)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm 11/19/2025
- MNTL 1000
Prelim Exam: Siyuan Wang
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/19/2025
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 11/20/2025
- 114 Transportation Building
Engineering in Residence Seminar (SE 290) - Jason Lee - Presentation & Communication Skills Discussion
- Lecture
- 1:10 - 2:00 pm 11/20/2025
- Loomis 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Andrea Dei (U.Chicago)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/20/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/20/2025
- ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
Kent Seminar: Dominik Karbowski, Argonne National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm 11/20/2025
- MNTL 2003
Final Exam: Shengyan Liu
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/20/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar - "Assessing Mediated Electron Transfer Processes in Energy Storage Materials for Redox-Flow Batteries via Automated Electrochemistry Platform"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/20/2025
- 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Hard Materials Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/20/2025
- 1002 Grainger Auditorium
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/21/2025
- 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science
MiV Seminar: Cunjiang Yu, University of Illinois - "Title TBD" - Nov 21, 2025
- Seminar/Symposium