Seminars & Speakers

Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 2, 2026

COLLOQUIUM: Bhuwan Dhinga, Language Models as Epistemic Interfaces

COLLOQUIUM: Bhuwan Dhinga, "Language Models as Epistemic Interfaces"

HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials

Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

Prof. Nick Jackson, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, UIUC

100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Soft Materials Seminar - Development of Autophagosome-Based Cancer Vaccine

Soft Materials Seminar - "Development of Autophagosome-Based Cancer Vaccine"

Ruike Dai (Wang)

119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Numerical modeling of inertial microcavitation for fluid-structure interactions and soft matter rheometry

Numerical modeling of inertial microcavitation for fluid-structure interactions and soft matter rheometry

Professor Mauro Rodriguez, School of Engineering, Brown University

100 Material Science Engineering Building

IQUIST Seminar: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Technical Institute of Technology

IQUIST Seminar: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Technical Institute of Technology

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

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

PhD Final Defense – Dafar Obeidat
COLLOQUIUM: Kai-Wei Chang, Mathematical Reasoning in Visual Contexts

COLLOQUIUM: Kai-Wei Chang, "Mathematical Reasoning in Visual Contexts"

HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Dhanush Gandavadi & Yizun Wang
Computer Vision Lunch Series: Prof. Jia-Bin Huang, Effective Visual Communication.
SE 290 - Andre Quattrochi
Final Defense - PhD - Joseph Tibbs
Hard Materials Seminar - Hydrogen effect on the kink-pair mechanism in tungsten

Hard Materials Seminar - "Hydrogen effect on the kink-pair mechanism in tungsten"

Hyoungryul Park

100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Hard Materials Seminar - Competing Roles of Microstructure and Defects in Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel

Hard Materials Seminar - "Competing Roles of Microstructure and Defects in Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel"

Inseo Woo

100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Building Robot Hands and Teaching Dexterity

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

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

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

Condensed Matter Seminar - Ankit Disa, Cornell University

Condensed Matter Seminar - Ankit Disa, Cornell University

Ankit Disa, Cornell University

ESB 190

ISE Seminar Series - Vinitsky

ISE Seminar Series - Vinitsky

Room 1310 Digital Computer Laboratory 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801

Final Defense - PhD - Ruo-Jing Ho
PhD Final Defense – Yuqing Mao
Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - Glass for a Sustainable Future

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