Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Assessing Older Adult Mobility Using Wearable Technology

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Assessing Older Adult Mobility Using Wearable Technology

    The Department of Social Sciences presents a Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Bruce Newbold, a professor in the School of Earth, Environment, and Society and associate dean of the Faculty of Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, who will give a presentation on “Assessing Older Adult Mobility Using Wearable Technology.” This event will take place on Friday, September 29, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Tellurene Electronics and Beyond’ Featuring Wenzhuo Wu

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Tellurene Electronics and Beyond’ Featuring Wenzhuo Wu

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a 2023–2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Wenzhuo Wu of the School of Industrial Engineering, Flex Laboratory at Purdue University. Wu will give a presentation on “Tellurene Electronics and Beyond.” This event will take place on Wednesday, October 18, in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center (Auditorium) from 3:30–4:30 p.m. This event is open to the public. 

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: Rebecca Glaudell

    MMAE Seminar Series: Rebecca Glaudell

    Dr. Rebecca Glaudell will speak at the MMAE 2023/24 Seminar Series on Wednesday, October 11, at 3:30 pm in the Rettaliata Engineering Center Auditorium (RE-104). Dr. Glaudell will present "From the Lab to the Sky: Manufacturing High-Performance Solar Cells."

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  • Computer Science Seminar: “StarLight Software Defined Exchange (SDX) and The Global Research Platform”

    Computer Science Seminar: “StarLight Software Defined Exchange (SDX) and The Global Research Platform”

    Join us for the first Computer Science Seminar of Fall 2023 on September 22, 2023 at 12:45 where Joe Mambretti of Northwestern University will be talking about "StarLight Software Defined Exchange (SDX) and The Global Research Platform." The talk will take place online.

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  • 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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