Kent Seminar Spring 2026 Semester lineup and Zoom credentials
By ICT on Thursdays in the Spring 2026 semester from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the ICT Classroom
The Spring 2026 semester is set to feature 14 presentations, each addressing a topic related to innovation trends in aviation.
Food and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom.
All presentations will be held on Zoom, but some speakers will present in person at ICT. Below is a list of all speakers and presentation dates:
- Jan. 22: Yanfeng Ouyang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jan. 29: Greg White, University of the Sunshine Coast
- Feb. 5: Kevin Spitz, Mead & Hunt’s Aviation Group
- Feb. 12: Navneet Garg, Federal Aviation Administration
- Feb. 19: Ali Azhar Butt, University of California, Davis
- Feb. 26: TBD
- March 5: Mathew Clarke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- March 12: R. John Hansman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- March 26: Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley
- April 2: Daniel Bodony, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- April 9: Yang Zhou, Texas A&M University
- April 16: Jeb Tingle, U.S. Army Research and Development Center
- April 23: Kiruba Haran, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- April 30: TBD
Join Zoom Meeting
https://go.illinois.edu/KentSeminar
Meeting ID: 856 1731 4207
Passcode: 019160