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2014 International Undergraduate Recruitment
JI welcomes applications from both domestic students and international students!
JI Student Wins in SJTU Elevator Speech Contest
SJTU 22nd 60-Second Innovative Elevator Speech Contest took place on March 28, 2013. After two rounds of fierce competition among the eleven contestants, Qu Zhi, JI’s sophomore, beat his competitors and snatched the championship along with a prize of 3000 RMB. The...
2013 JI Graduate Student Recruitment Spring Camp Concludes
On March 21 -22, 2013, ten juniors from the top universities all over China came to JI to attend the Graduate Student Recruitment Spring Camp sponsored by JI’s Graduate Students Office.
The 14th UM-SJTU Joint Institute Board Meeting Successfully Concludes
The 14th UM-SJTU Joint Institute Board Meeting was held simultaneously via videoconference at the University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University on February 15, 2013. Attendees in the University of Michigan included UM board members Mary Sue Coleman,...
JI’s Student Affairs Office Receives Numerous Great Honors
On January 13, in the award ceremony of SJTU’s Student Affairs Committee, JI’s Student Affairs Office, consisting of Scott Yang, Qi Wu, Candy Liu, Michael Chen, Wentao Qian, and Jie Lin, stood out to receive the award as “Excellent Student Work Group,” which is the...
Dean Ni Wins Prestigious SME Gold Medal Award
JI’s Dean Ni has been selected to receive the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Gold Medal Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding service to the manufacturing engineering profession in technical communications through published literature,...
UM Visiting Lecturer Dr. Jason Daida Passed Away
Dr. Jason Daida, a visiting lecturer from the University of Michigan, who had come to teach at JI every summer since 2007, passed away in Ann Arbor on January 9, 2013, after several months of illness. It was Dr. Daida who unveiled VG 100:Introduction to Engineering,...
JI students win Gold Medal in the University Physics Competition
The results of the third University Physics Competition, announced on December 21, 2012, brought great news: the Joint Institute team, composed of Yanrong Li, Yihe Tang, and Xiwa Deng, has won the competition among the 81 teams from all over the world. Our students...
Five JI Proposals Win SJTU 985 III International Cooperation Fund
SJTU International Exchange and Cooperation Office has just announced the winners of International Research Cooperation Seed Fund, a subset of SJTU’s Phase-III 985 Project that aims to construct an international education environment at SJTU. Five proposals from JI...
2013 Brings a Change in JI Leadership
As approved by the Board of Directors, Dean Ni recently announced some changes in JI’s leadership team: Effective January 1, 2013, Professor Peisen Huang has assumed the position of Deputy Dean. Effective September 1, 2012, Professor Olivier Bauchau (former Chair of...
Two JI Professors Win MOE’s Ph.D. Research Foundation Grants
JI Professors Tian Yang and Jigang Wu won the 2012 Grants of Chinese University Ph. D. Research Foundation sponsored by MOE. They both applied for the discipline of electronics and communication.Yang is in the category of Ph. D. Advisor, and Wu is in the category of...
2012 Winter Design Expo Concludes Successfully
2012 Winter Capstone Projects Oral Defense and Design Expo took place in the library of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on December 19, 2012. In the morning, two oral defense sessions proceeded concurrently. In the afternoon, an exhibition showcased 15 capstone...