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In response to many seniors’ concern about the Ross Master of Management – Shanghai Cohort program, Prof. Wu answered students’ questions in detail. He has great expectation on this collaborative endeavor between JI and UM. He complimented on JI students’ international vision and outstanding leadership.

At the seminar, Prof. Chengbin Ma, who had studied in Japan for many years, talked about the importance of “details for success” based on his personal experience.

Honorary Dean Jun Ni of the UM-SJTU Joint Institute received the 2015 Stephen S. Attwood Award at the University of Michigan on March 7, 2015. It is the highest engineering award given by the University of Michigan.

The winners of the 2014 Chiang Chen Overseas Graduate Fellowship have just been announced. Passing multiple interview and selection processes, Ming Zhong and Yanrong Li, two seniors from the Joint Institute, turn out to be the only two SJTU winners for this honor.

The 2015 U21 Student Summit was held at National University of Singapore from February 26 to 28, JI student Peng Yuan and Ci Mo of Antai College of Economics & Management were SJTU’s representatives.

On March 4, a delegate from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) led by Vice President Ramon Wyss visited the Joint Institute, exchanged ideas about collaboration, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

The memorandum of understanding stipulates that the scope of the collaborative projects includes but not limited to health prognostics and management of mechanical components, health prognostics and diagnostics of energy storage systems, and physics-of-failure modeling. Based on the MOU, both parties hope to develop mutually beneficial long-term collaboration and exchange.

Within the next five years, the two sides will cooperate in launching a number of scientific and technological projects in materials science, manufacturing technology, and component technology.

“It is amazing how much the students can achieve in 2 months’time. Their prototypes are very close to our target and will be put into production. Our cooperation with the Joint Institute has been very successful and we look forward to more collaboration in the future.”