Campus Life
JI holds 2021 graduate commencement ceremony
The 2021 University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Graduate Commencement Ceremony was held at CIMC Auditorium of Long Bin Building on March 26. The ceremony was attended by invited keynote speaker Fellow of...
Peruvian student shares personal experience on JI study, UM-JI DD program
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has a Dual Bachelor's Degree (DD) program in collaboration with the University of Michigan. This program is designed to allow a student entering the JI undergraduate...
JI hosts new year party for students staying put on campus
On February 11, the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Ox, the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) hosted 2021 New Year Party for students who stayed put on campus for the Spring Festival. JI leaders...
JI student wins Best Paper Award at IEEE conference
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) PhD student Huan Zhang has won the Best Paper Award at the 2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC 2020-ECCE Asia) . IEEE...
JI 2020 summer design expo opens in the cloud
The Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) 2020 Summer Design Expo opened online on August 5, displaying 41 innovative design projects from a number of summer experimental courses of freshmen and senior students.
JI COVID-19 Challenge enters final round
The COVID-19 Challenge event hosted by the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (JI) entered the final round on May 5, 2020. The online event held during the global pandemic period attracted more than 130 attendees from 11 countries.
JI students excels in 2020 MCM/ICM competition
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute students delivered outstanding performance in the 2020 Mathematical Contest in Modeling/ Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM), according to the results announced recently.
JI doctoral student uncovers new thermal transport mechanism in nanoporous graphene via machine learning
Professor Hua Bao of the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) and Professor Xiulin Ruan of Purdue University jointly published their latest research work on applying machine learning to uncover the new thermal transport mechanism in nanoporous graphene.
JI student wins gold medal at ACM Student Research Competition
Zhuangzhuang Zhou, an undergraduate student of the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (JI) took a first place during a recent Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition (SRC) of the Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA), winning him a gold medal in the undergraduate category and a place at the ACM SRC 2019 Grand Finals.
JI hosts Entrepreneurship Week
Entrepreneurship Week 2018 was successfully held at Long Bin Building of University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) from September 4 to September 7. Co-organized by JI’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) and SJTU’s School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the four-day event attracted 120 attendees from 14 countries.
JI student wins Best Poster Award at ACS symposium
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute PhD student Xuejiao Gao from JI professor Yaping Dan’s research group was awarded a “Best Poster Award” with her research presentation on “Defect Investigation of Boron-doped Silicon by Self-Assembled Molecular Monolayers” at the ACS Symposium on Innovation in Materials Science held in Shanghai last week.
JI team ranks second in Hult Prize Singapore Regional
A graduate student team from University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute grabbed a second prize in the recently-held Hult Prize Singapore Regional Competition attended by 48 teams from renowned universities worldwide.