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JI international students attend Study Away program in Singapore
Nineteen international students from the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) have embarked on a one-semester Study Away program in Singapore, thanks to the sponsorship of the SJTU Asia Pacific Graduate Institute (SJTU-APGI) based in the tropical city state.
JI All International Students Meeting brings dialogue and new ISA members
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) held its annual All International Students Meeting at CIMC Auditorium of Long Bin Building on September 7, for the purposes of announcing the establishment of the new international student association team and opening an in-depth dialogue with JI leaders and administration offices for international students.
UM-SJTU Partnership Board holds its 23rd meeting
The University of Michigan (UM) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Partnership Board held its 23rd meeting on August 25 via simultaneous videoconference in China and the United States.
JI professor achieves ultra-efficient phonon BTE solver, full-scale non-Fourier thermal simulation of transistors
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Hua Bao’s research team has developed an ultra-efficient and parameter-free phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) solver capable of obtaining...
JI international freshmen have online meeting with buddies
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) hosted an online meeting on August 20 for the incoming international undergraduate students of the fall semester to meet their buddies, who were assigned by the JI...
JI professors win support from CCF-Tencent fund
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Hongyi Xin and Assistant Professor Xinfei Guo have been selected as the awardees of the 2022 CCF (China Computer Federation) - Tencent Rhinoceros...
JI holds 2022 commencement ceremony
The 2022 University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI，JI hereafter) Commencement Ceremony was held at Long Bin Building of the SJTU campus on August 5. The event was also held simultaneously online for students and their relatives who were not able to be attend in-person.
JI elects new international student association members
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has held an online election to generate the 2022-2023 members for the International Student Association (UM-SJTU JI ISA). Based on online votes collected from students...
JI 2022 summer design expo held online
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) 2022 Summer Design Expo opened online on August 3，displaying 83 innovative design projects from a number of summer experimental courses of freshmen and senior students including “Introduction to Engineering”, “System Design and Implementation”, “Design and Manufacture III”, “Product Design and Manufacturing”, “VLSI Design I” and “Computer Architecture”.
JI-led technology entrepreneurship and sustainable development book published
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Centre for Entrepreneurship (CFE) Director Professor Pradeep Ray has led the publication of “Technology Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development”, a multi-disciplinary book involving more than 38 authors from 10 countries in 5 continents.
UM greets JI dual-degree and GDP students
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has held an online orientation meeting for students of the dual-bachelor-degree program with UM and the Global Degree Pathways (GDP) program who are going to the United States in fall.
JI professor’s 2D transition metal oxides paper published in Elsevier journal
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Assistant Professor Yulian He and her collaborators have published a review article titled “Emerging Dual-Functional 2D transition metal oxides for carbon capture and utilization: A review” in Fuel, a top chemical energy journal of Netherlands-based Elsevier publishing company.