Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Demystifying Electron Beam Food Pasteurization: Unraveling Misunderstandings’

    FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Demystifying Electron Beam Food Pasteurization: Unraveling Misunderstandings’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Suresh Pillai, the director of Texas A&M University’s National Center for Electron Beam Research and a professor of molecular microbiology and senior faculty fellow, who will give a presentation on “Demystifying Electron Beam Food Pasteurization—Unraveling Misunderstandings.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, March 28, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • ITM Informatics: Data-Driven Methods to Improve Human Health

    ITM Informatics: Data-Driven Methods to Improve Human Health

    The Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) will host a presentation from Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD—professor of pediatrics at University of Chicago ad Associate director of ITM, and director of Data for the Common Good—titled "ITM Informatics: Data-driven methods to improve human health" on Friday, April 19, from 3–5 p.m. This event will take place in-person at the Robert A. Pritzker Science Center (PS) - Auditorium Room 111 on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus; however, a virtual option is also available. 

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  • Nobel Laureate Lars Peter Hansen Studies Transition to Carbon-Neutral Economy

    Nobel Laureate Lars Peter Hansen Studies Transition to Carbon-Neutral Economy

    Join the Department of Applied Mathematics in welcoming Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen, David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Statistics, University of Chicago as he delivers "How Should Climate Change Uncertainty Impact Social Valuation and Policy?" in room 104 of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center from 1:50 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. April 15.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Sciences’

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Sciences’

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Fahui Wang, Cyril and Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, and associate dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School at Louisiana State University (LSU). This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 27, from 5–6:15 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center, as well as online.

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  • April Community-Engaged Speaker Series Seminar: ‘Community-Based Research Network: Bridging the Gap in Research’

    April Community-Engaged Speaker Series Seminar: ‘Community-Based Research Network: Bridging the Gap in Research’

    Don’t miss this virtual Community-Engaged Research lecture featuring Christie Edwards and LaDawne Jenkins from RUSH University on Tuesday, April 9. Edwards and Jenkins will discuss their work on the creation of the Community-based Research Network and how they plan to engage both academic researchers and community partners in advancing and sustaining equitable research goals.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘From Fundamental to Flight Test’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘From Fundamental to Flight Test’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Matthew McCrink, a Research Assistant Professor at Ohio State University, who will present, “From Fundamental to Flight Test.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Making Music Cities — Creative Economies in Urban Policy and Planning’

    Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Making Music Cities — Creative Economies in Urban Policy and Planning’

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Ola Johansson, a professor and chair in the Department of Geography at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, who will give a presentation on “Creative Economies in Urban Policy and Planning.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 20, from 5–6:15 p.m. over Zoom. 

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  • Webinar in Ethical and Logistical Considerations in Implementing Decentralized Genomic Research Trials

    Webinar in Ethical and Logistical Considerations in Implementing Decentralized Genomic Research Trials

    Illinois Tech’s Center for Study of Ethics in the Professions presents a webinar featuring guest speaker Michele L. McGowan, professor of biomedical ethics and co-director of the Biomedical Ethics Research Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. This webinar is open to the public will take place on Thursday, March 21, at 12:45 p.m.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Andres Goza, an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will present, “A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • ChBE Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Scaling Up Innovation: GTI Energy’s Path to Sustainable Solutions’

    ChBE Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Scaling Up Innovation: GTI Energy’s Path to Sustainable Solutions’

    The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Hafsa Karroum, principal engineer at GTI Energy, who will give a presentation on “Scaling Up Innovation: GTI Energy’s Path to Sustainable Solutions, Featuring IH2® Technology.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 20, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 108 of Perlstein Hall.

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