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JI holds ceremony to kick off student leadership program
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) held Donation Ceremony of SJTU Everflow Fund & Opening Ceremony of JI Student Leadership Program on November 6, signaling the kickoff of the leadership program supported by the newly-established fund.
JI student grabs first prize at ACM research competition
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) undergraduate student Yuankai Xu took a first place during a recent Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition (SRC) of the Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED), securing him a place at the 2022 ACM Grand Finals as the only undergraduate representative of ACM SIGBED.
South Korean girl leads “fabulous” campus life as JI student
Editor’s Note: Seungyeon Yang is a South Korean student at University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter), majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is president of the JI International Student Association and takes charge of the financial work at the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (IEEE-TEMS) Student Branch of the JI Center for Entrepreneurship. Seungyeon Yang considers herself an outgoing person; she likes to try new things, and is very interested in management and entrepreneurship.
JI student team claims CSTFM2022 best paper award
A team composed of three University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) undergraduate students has clinched the Best Student Paper award at the 2022 International Conference on Smart Transportation and Future Mobility (CSTFM 2022). Jiajun Gu, Qinhang Wu and Yicheng Hou won the award for their paper “Can yesterday’s mass transportation set the path for today’s sustainable transport? – A sustainability assessment of Shanghai No.71 Trolleybus”.
Overseas study at JI brings friendship and fulfillment, says Singaporean student
To the 21-year-old Singaporean Jovan Yap, his overseas study at JI in China serves two great purposes: advanced technology and lasting friendship.
Peruvian girl shares her dreamy JI experience in Shanghai
Editor’s Note: Daniela Mata from Peru is an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) at the Minhang campus of SJTU in Shanghai. She was admitted to...
JI set to co-host International Entrepreneurship Week 2022
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has joined hands with partners from home and abroad to host International Entrepreneurship Week 2022 (IEW2022).
JI professor proposes new acoustic sensors for superior human-machine interaction
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Lei Shao and his collaborators have published a research article titled “A wave-confining metasphere beamforming acoustic sensor for superior human-machine voice interaction” in Science Advances, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article proposes a new acoustic sensor for human-machine interaction (HMI) to distinguish and track multiple sound sources in a noisy background, with an outstanding signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a superior sensitivity at the same time.
JI professor achieves asynchronous solution scheme for dynamic fracture problems
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Yongxing Shen and his team have published a research article titled “An asynchronous variational integrator for the phase field approach to...
Nineteen international students join JI in fall semester
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has received 19 international students pursuing undergraduate and graduate programs in the fall semester starting September.
JI-led team clinches gold prize in Shanghai college students’ innovation competition
A team led by two University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) sophomore students, including Cheng Zheng and Yidi Huang, has clinched the gold prize in the 8th China International College Students' 'Internet+'...
JI research team wins Best Paper Award at IEEE conference
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Assistant Professor Xinfei Guo and his collaborators recently won the Best Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE 35th International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC) for their work “RECO-HCON: A High-Throughput Reconfigurable Compact ASCON Processor for Trusted IoT”.