On November 8th, JI welcomed a group of special visitors who are closely connected with the UM-SJTU Joint Institute. More than 20 alumni of the University of Michigan, ranging from Class 1986 to 2014, were excited to come ‘home’ and enjoyed talking with the faculty...
JI Ph.D. Student Hanyang Zhuang Received Outstanding Paper Award in 2014 ASME Fluids Engineering Division (ASME FED) Conference in Chicago.
Three-minute Thesis Competition was held in the Minhang campus on September.Jing Long, a JI Ph.D. student from Prof. Tian Yang’s Nanophotonics Laboratory, won the second prize by her excellent presentation of “Detecting a single molecule within a gold nanoparticle-plane junction.”
The main theme of the welcome party is that every JI graduate student is a member of the JI family.
To plan for JI’s future development, the Joint Institute held her annual team building on September 20 to brain storm the strategies for the next 6 years.
The Appointment Ceremony for JI’s new dean was held at JI on September 19th.
To inform new students of JI’s education system, a Series of First Lessons was given at the JI Auditorium on September 15-16.
2014 JI New Student Convocation was held on September 14. The entire ceremony was conducted in English, showing JI’s international characteristics.
The registration for new SJTU students kicked off at the new gym in the Minhang campus on September 13. The slogan of this year’s welcome team is “serving the new students wholeheartedly.”
“Today, you are walking out of the JI to make an impact on the world. Regardless of the route you will pursue, I believe you will walk far and succeed, because JI has prepared you well.”
On June 28, the Joint Institute received a wonderful gift from Mr. Jackson Lum (林積順) and his wife, Muriel Lum (趙妙霞), who have donated $1,000,000 to the University of Michigan and established the Jackson and Muriel Lum Endowed Scholarship Fund.
On June 14, 2014, JI sophomore Guangyu Zhang presented “Orienting Engineering Ethics in terms of China: Curricula Shortcomings and Case Studies on China,” a paper co-authored with Dr. Rockwell Clancy, at the American Society of Engineering Education 2014 International Forum.
