Materials Research Laboratory

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• • 11:00 am    3/3/2025
  • ESB Lab 3110

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Avalanche Dynamics in Interdependent Networks and Beyond

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/3/2025
  • 317 Gregory Hall

  Yue Yu, Final Defense, UIUC, "Genome Mining for Natural Product Biosynthesis."

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  • 11:00 - 11:50 am    3/4/2025
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum controls and error mitigation from geometric space curves", Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics and Moore Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech University

  Speaker: Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics and Moore Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech - "Quantum control and error mitigation from geometric space curves",

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm    3/5/2025
  • Material Sciences Building, 1304 W Green St, Urbana - Room 119

  Thriving as a Graduate Student Series - "Cultivating a Strong and Productive Relationship with Your Advisor"

  This presentation by Alexis Thompson will explore strategies for PhD and Master's students to cultivate a strong and productive relationship with their thesis advisor, focusing on clear communication, aligning expectations, and proactively seeking guidance for research and career development. This event is for Grainger Engineering graduate students, including ChBE.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm    3/5/2025
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: “Nu-e or not Nu-e? And other fundamental questions"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm    3/6/2025
  • 217 Noyes Laboratory

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Blake Levy, UIUC, "A New Approach to Male Birth Control: Small-molecule, Nonhormonal Contraceptives."

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/6/2025
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, "Electro-organic Reactions for Sustainable Applications" (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm    3/7/2025
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "Memory and Plasticity in Amorphous Solids"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   4:30pm    3/7/2025
  • 1803 Philo Rd Urbana, IL

  STEM at The Well Experience Inc. in Urbana, IL.

  IQUIST is hosting STEM exhibits for The Well Experience Inc. Kids to STEM program. Kids to STEM is a program of The Well Experience Inc for their K-5th grade students.

  • Community Service
• • 12:00 pm    3/10/2025
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - "Bootstrapping thermal equilibrium"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  • 11:00 - 11:50 am    3/11/2025
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: "Approximate Unitary k-Designs from Shallow, Low-Communication Circuits", Nicholas LaRacuente, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University - Bloomington

  Speaker: Nicholas LaRacuente, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University - Bloomington

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm    3/11/2025
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Dr. Karen Mulfort, Argonne National Laboratory, "Directional Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Accumulation Using Copper Photosensitizers"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 - 11:50 am    3/12/2025
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Spin-photon entanglement of a single Yb-171 atom in the telecom band", Lintao Li, Covey Group

  Speaker: Lintao Li, Covey Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:30 pm    3/12/2025
  • English Building 160

  FINAL DEFENSE: Nafisa Ibrahim "Systematic Study of Redox-Active Polymers for Energy Storage: Exploring Structural Modulation, Electrolyte Interactions and Programmable Degradation" Advisor: Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm    3/12/2025
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Brett McGuire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm    3/12/2025
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm    3/13/2025
  • 217 Noyes Laboratory

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ceilia Leso, UIUC, "Environmental Spies: Genetically Encoded Plant Biosensors and their Applications"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/13/2025
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, "A Non-equilibrium Flame Aerosol Process to Create High-entropy Nanomaterials" (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm    3/14/2025
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "Universal Features of Emergent Electronic Fractals in Quantum Materials"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/14/2025
  • Beckman 2269

  FINAL DEFENSE: David Friday "COMPUTATIONAL AND MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS FOR INSIGHTS INTO CONJUGATED MATERIALS", Advisor: Nick Jackson

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   4:30pm    3/14/2025
  • 1803 Philo Rd Urbana, IL

  STEM at The Well Experience Inc. in Urbana, IL.

  IQUIST is hosting STEM exhibits for The Well Experience Inc. Kids to STEM program. Kids to STEM is a program of The Well Experience Inc for their K-5th grade students.

  • Community Service
• • 1:00 pm    3/15/2025

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other
• • 4:00 pm    3/19/2025
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm    3/20/2025
  • Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Ave, Room 217

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Harshika Varadhan, UIUC, "Lipid Nanoparticles for Organ-Specific RNA Delivery"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/21/2025
  • B102 CLSL

  Amanda Smith, Final Defense, UIUC, "Advancing SULT2B1b Inhibitors and Ferroptocide as Innovative Cancer Treatment Strategies"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:00 am    3/24/2025

  Instruction resumes

  • Other
• • 12:00 pm    3/24/2025
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Ben Wieder, "Topological Superconductor Hierarchies from Superconducting Space Groups and Charge-Resolved Topology"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  • 11:00 - 11:50 am    3/25/2025
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: "Towards properties-on-demand in quantum materials", Richard Averitt, University of California, San Diego

  Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm    3/25/2025
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Wei Ku, "Universal low-temperature fluctuation of unconventional superconductors revealed"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm    3/26/2025
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois

  Food For Thought: Fahad Mahmood and Peter Fritzsche

  • Lecture
• • 11:00 - 11:50 am    3/26/2025
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Ultra High-Q tunable microring resonators by slow light", Priyash Barya, Goldschmidt Group/Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Speaker: Priyash Barya, Goldschmidt Group/Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm    3/26/2025
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "Open Questions on the Dynamics of Black Holes"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm    3/28/2025
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "Kitaev spin model, disguised Ising chain, and beyond"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am    3/31/2025
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Jeff Xu, , "Workflows and automated platforms for nanocrystal synthesis, purification, and characterization"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm    3/31/2025
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - "Ab-Initio Downfolding for Strongly Correlated Systems: Benchmarks and Applications"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 6:00   8:00 p.m.    3/31/2025
  • Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center located at 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.

  • Informational