Research Seminars @ Illinois

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

This webinar will discuss lessons from recent tailings dam failures that have had major consequences. These tailings dams were marginally stable before failure due to a combination of factors, such as, high phreatic surface, steep slope, fine-grained tailings, dynamic loadings, etc. 1.0 PDH

Speaker: Simeon Bogdanov, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, UIUC

Adrienne Antonson, PhD Department of Animal Science; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The developing brain under pressure: How maternal infection impacts placental and fetal vascular barriers, brain macrophages, and corticogenesis"

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

Exploring Textual Representations of Enslavement in Children's Books and Comics — Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas joins us virtually to explore visual representations of the Middle Passage in children’s picture books and comics, re-envisioning the slave ship as a metaphorical floating “dark forest”...

The Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas will explore visual representations of the Middle Passage in children’s picture books and comics, re-envisioning the slave ship as a metaphorical floating “dark forest.”

This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!

This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!

In this seminar, I will present my recent work on engineering phytase-functionalized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bio-beads as a novel, recyclable biocatalyst for phosphorus conversion and recovery.

Ladelle McWhorter, a professor of philosophy at the University of Richmond, delivers a lecture on The Person Trap: A Genealogically Informed Critique of a Key Moral Concept

In her book Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self, philosopher Ladelle McWhorter (U. of Richmond) describes the agony of trying and failing to be a good person. In a globalized capitalist economy, personhood makes unfulfillable demands.