Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Seminars and Events

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

  7:00 pm

  • Webinar

Thursday, October 23, 2025

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  "The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  163 Noyes Lab

  • Informational

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband) "Macromolecules: Friend or Foe?"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 20, 2025

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  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

  10:00 - 11:00 am

  Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
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  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Reception/Open House

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service