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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.
Horst Hohberger: In Defense of the Classical Lecture
Professor Horst Hohberger of the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) was selected as one of the five winners of 2018 Teaching Excellence Award at SJTU.
Bangladesh Challenge
JI CFE offers an exciting opportunity for SJTU students to participate in international development projects through SJTU’s Global Engagement Project. Our destination this year is Bangladesh. For more information including how to apply, please visit the CFE website.
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 holds convocation for new students
The 2018 University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Opening Ceremony was held at the Jingjing Hall of SJTU Minhang campus on September 9.
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.
Multiple JI research projects secure 2018 NSFC funding
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced the 2018 list of funded projects recently. Four projects of the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) were on the list, including two Young Scientist Projects and two General Projects.
2018 JI Open Day and Summer Design Expo held successfully
The University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint institute’s open day on the occasion of 2018 summer Design Expo was held at the Minhang Campus of SJTU on August 8. More than 500 students and parents from home and abroad participated in the activities to see JI’s outstanding students and extraordinary achievements first hand.
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 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 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.
Professor Yanfeng Shen shines with Candle Light Award
Professor Yanfeng Shen of the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute received a second-prize Candle Light Award in 2018 by SJTU, according to the official list published by the university recently.