With great anticipation, the welcome party for 2015 JI new graduate students was held on September 25th. This year, the talented JI students presented a dynamic show chock full of upbeat music, cool dances, and exciting games.
Professor George Barbastathis of Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been appointed Adjunct Professor by the Joint Institute.
To prepare the new teaching assistants for the fall semester, the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT-JI) held the 2015 fall TA Orientation Conference at the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) on September 19, 2015....
The new students of the Joint Institute arrived at the SJTU Minhang Campus on September 12 morning. A volunteer team of JI students in eye-catching T shirts were ready bright and early, waving JI’s giant flag and helping the new students settle into the JI family.
The contest participants gain precious experience of completing projects independently while making new friends with similar interest. JI TEC members have learned by teaching and honed their organization skills.They are looking forward to better performance next summer.
The National Natural Science Foundation of China has recently announced the 2015 list of funded projects. Among the 17 projects applied by the JI faculty, 8 (47.1%) have secured the funding.
In August, a group of JI students won prizes in two different innovation competitions, i.e., TiC100 Smart City Innovation & Entrepreneurship Contest and “Magic Ideas” Chinese Innovator Competition, with their invention “Smart Belt for the elderly.”
The first Tang Junyuan JI Scholarships were awarded on the occasion of 2015 JI Summer Design Expo and open house held on August 5. The winners Ziqi Guo and Xieyang Liu received the awards from Dean Peisen Huang and officials of Shanghai Tang Jun Yuan Education Foundation.
“Remember, you can embrace risk and uncertainty!Remember to keep learning and exploring!Above all, remember optimism can bring luck to you all!”
On July 27, 15 University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) students went to Intel to present their corporate-sponsored projects, the ninth time over the years. The three projects were: (1) Application control of OpenCL-based...
The winner list of the 2015 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Teaching Awards has been announced. Among the 115 entries from 29 schools (departments), the University of Michigan- SJTU Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) faculty team featuring “Innovative Education with Corporate...
The 17th JI board meeting was held at SJTU and the UM simultaneously via teleconference on July 10th.
