Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: System Thinking When Modeling Complex Systems — Covariation Mining and System Dynamics Simulation

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: System Thinking When Modeling Complex Systems — Covariation Mining and System Dynamics Simulation

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Danlin Yu, a professor of geography in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies at Montclair State University, who will give a presentation on “System Thinking when Modeling Complex Systems—Covariation Mining and System Dynamics Simulation.” This event is open to the public and will take place on Friday, September 22, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. over Zoom. 

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: Overview of B2B Industry and Role of Technical Service Scientist in Growing the B2B Business

    FDSN Seminar Series: Overview of B2B Industry and Role of Technical Service Scientist in Growing the B2B Business

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its fall 2023 seminar series featuring guest speaker Neeraj Kamath, associate principal technical service scientist in the dairy category and certified food scientist at Tate & Lyle, who will give a presentation on “Overview of Business-to-Business (B2B) Industry and Role of Technical Service Scientist in Growing the B2B Business.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place in person in the Robert Pritzker Building (room 111 auditorium) from 12:45–1:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 21.

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  • Constitution Day Program: “Race, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution”

    Constitution Day Program: “Race, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution”

    A program in observance of Constitution Day will take place on Monday, September 18, at 4 p.m. at the Conviser Law Center (room 590). The title of the event is "Race, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution," and it will feature Professors Carolyn Shapiro, Raff Donelson, and Christopher Schmidt discussing recent and upcoming Supreme Court cases involving race, with a particular focus on affirmative action and voting rights. All Illinois Tech students, faculty, and staff are welcome.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Initiatives and Research Towards Sustainable Air Mobility

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Initiatives and Research Towards Sustainable Air Mobility

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Yu Zhang, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). She will present a talk on “Initiatives and Research towards Sustainable Air Mobility.” This seminar will take place on September 15 from 3:15–4:30 p.m. via Zoom. This event is open to the public.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: Chris Vermillion on “Motion in the Ocean”

    MMAE Seminar Series: Chris Vermillion on “Motion in the Ocean”

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a 2023–2024 seminar series featuring speaker Chris Vermillion, associate professor at University of Michigan, who will give a presentation on “Motion in the Ocean—Revolutionizing Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting Through the Optimal Periodic Motion Control of Underwater Kites.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 in the auditorium (room 104) of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center from 3:30–4:30 p.m. This event is open to the public.

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  • Department of Chemistry Seminar: Analytical Chemistry Providing Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

    Department of Chemistry Seminar: Analytical Chemistry Providing Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

    The Department of Chemistry presents the fall 2023 seminar series on Tuesday, October 3, with guest speaker Dr. Mary Ellen McNally. She will talk about Analytical Chemistry Providing Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Rural Road Stimulus and the Role of Matching Mandates on Economic Recovery in China

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Rural Road Stimulus and the Role of Matching Mandates on Economic Recovery in China

    Join the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Anthony Howell, an associate professor of public policy and management in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. He will present a talk on “Rural Road Stimulus and the Role of Matching Mandates on Economic Recovery in China.” This event will take place on September 15, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. via Zoom. 

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  • Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: The MacArthur Foundation’s Commitment to Equity in Chicago

    Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: The MacArthur Foundation’s Commitment to Equity in Chicago

    Join the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Tara Magner, the Director of the Chicago Commitment at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Prior to taking this role in January 2016, Tara served as a Program Officer in U.S. Programs, focusing on the Migration, Policy Research, and other program areas.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: Heng Wang

    MMAE Seminar Series: Heng Wang

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a 2023–2024 Seminar Series featuring Heng Wang, assistant professor in materials engineering at IIT, who will give a presentation on “Thermoelectric Research from New Materials to New Phenomena.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in the auditorium (room 104) of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center from 3:30–4:30 p.m. This event is open to all graduate students and faculty.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: Theresa Saxton-Fox

    MMAE Seminar Series: Theresa Saxton-Fox

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a 2023–2024 Seminar Series featuring guest speaker Theresa Saxton-Fox, who will give a presentation on “History effects in turbulent boundary layers: spatially and temporally varying pressure gradients.”  This seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in the auditorium (room 104) of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center from 3:30–4:30 p.m. This event is open to all graduate students and faculty.

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