Seminars & Speakers
Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 2, 2026
COLLOQUIUM: Bhuwan Dhinga, "Language Models as Epistemic Interfaces"
HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Prof. Nick Jackson, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, UIUC
100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Theory Seminar: Rhea Jain, "Fault-Tolerance in Length-Constrained and Buy-at-Bulk Network Design."
Rhea Jain
3401 Siebel Center
Soft Materials Seminar - "Development of Autophagosome-Based Cancer Vaccine"
Ruike Dai (Wang)
119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Professor Mauro Rodriguez, School of Engineering, Brown University
100 Material Science Engineering Building
Speaker: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Matthew Weathered
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Matthew Weathered, Principal Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory
4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Charuhas Shiveshwarkar (Ohio State U)
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
COLLOQUIUM: Kai-Wei Chang, "Mathematical Reasoning in Visual Contexts"
HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Computer Vision Lunch Series: Prof. Jia-Bin Huang, "Effective Visual Communication."
Prof. Jia-Bin Huang
2405 Siebel Center
Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin)
Loomis Lab 141
1310 DCL
Final Defense - PhD - Joseph Tibbs
HMNTL 1000
Hard Materials Seminar - "Hydrogen effect on the kink-pair mechanism in tungsten"
Hyoungryul Park
100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Inseo Woo
100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Building Robot Hands and Teaching Dexterity
Mr. Kenneth Shaw, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
119 Material Science Engineering Building
IQUIST Special Seminar: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
High Energy Physics Seminar - Wenzer Qin (New York University) "Not-quite-primordial black holes"
Wenzer Qin (New York University)
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Room 1310 Digital Computer Laboratory 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801
Final Defense - PhD - Ruo-Jing Ho
Beckman 4269
PhD Final Defense – Yuqing Mao
Newmark 1311
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Glass for a Sustainable Future"
Dr. John Mauro, Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street