Building on the success of Bangladesh Challenge, JI is launching Global Sustainable Entrepreneurial Engineering Design (SEED) Projects in Fall 2019.
JI Student wins global champion of ACM research competition
Zhuangzhuang Zhou, an undergraduate student of the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute took the world’s first place during the recent ACM Student Research Competition 2019 Grand Finals.
JI students clinch world robotics competition champions
A team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, led by JI students was crowned the Design Division Champion, as well as VEX U Robot Skills Challenge World Champion at the 2019 VEX Robotics World Championship.
JI celebrates 13th anniversary with sharing session on innovative talents
On April 7, the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute hosted a sharing session on cultivation and development of innovative talents at the CIMC Auditorium of Long Bin Building, on occasion of its 13th anniversary.
JI holds 2019 graduate commencement ceremony
A total of 26 students were conferred their graduate degrees at the 2019 University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Graduate commencement Ceremony on March 30.
JI faculty secures fund for major Shanghai innovation project
Shanghai Municipal Education Commission announced recently that it plans to fund JI Professor Yaping Dan for his research project listed as a major project of the 2019 Shanghai Scientific Research and Innovation Plan.
JI professor finds surprising solution for cycling sodium metal battery
The Na metal batteries can deliver better cycling performance after air exposure of its electrolyte, according to a published research paper by JI Professor Shouhang Bo and his partners.
Nobel laureate Stefan Walter Hell visits JI
Laureate of 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Stefan Walter Hell visited the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute on October 31.
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee presents AI•Future to JI students
Can AI (Artificial Intelligence) pose a threat to the human society? What kind of jobs can’t be displaced by AI? How can mankind coexist with AI? These were the topics brought up by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, AI scientist as well as President and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, in a lecture for JI students on September 11.
JI professor challenges the classical photoconductor gain theory
The classical photoconductor gain theory is challenged with newly-discovered mistakes, according to an ACS Photonics paper on research finding of Professor Yaping Dan and his research team.
JI 2018 Summer Design Expo opens a new smart connected era
Playing music with a non-existent piano? Finding a parking lot in just one second? Worrying about online hailed car not showing up? None of these are problems for the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute students.
JI alumnus Zongchang Liu nominated as one of SME’s "30 Under 30"
The University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute alumnus Zongchang Liu was selected as one of the 30 most influential outstanding young manufacturing engineers to the future of America’s manufacturing engineering.