Teaching

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JI adopts core curriculum from that of the University of Michigan and all the courses are taught in English. JI's teaching model focuses more on the skill transfer instead of pure knowledge transfer.
上海交通大学密西根学院的本科教育完全参照美国密西根大学的核心课程规划，采用全英文教学。密西根学院的本科教育的突出之处是更加强调技能的传授而不是单纯的知识转达。

VM350 Design and Manufacturing II / 设计与制造II

The goal of this course is to give students an understanding of the basic engineering principles behind common mechanical systems, as well as how to utilize their engineering knowledge to both synthesize and analyze their own simple mechanical systems and components. At the end of this course, students should be able to do the following, in either a team setting or individually:

• Design (synthesize) basic mechanical systems (including components such as linkages, cams, bearings, and gears) and mechatronics systems (which integrate electronic control and mechanical components) to satisfy given motion requirements.
• Perform analysis of the underlying kinematics of a mechanical system to predict behavior and evaluate key mechanical quantities (trajectory, velocity, acceleration, force, etc).
• Apply appropriate selection criteria to choose standard mechanical components such as gears, bearings and springs.
• Virtual prototyping of mechanical systems using one or more commercial CAD programs (IDEAS, Unigraphics, ProEngineer or AutoCAD) for performance and/or strength check
• Test and evaluate the physical prototype of simple machine systems and components for performance and benchmarks

VM450 Design and Manufacturing III / 设计与制造III

The educational goal of this course is to give each student an understanding of design principles and to teach the application, implementation and integration of engineering knowledge obtained at JI toward the design and manufacturing of mechanical electrical systems. Accomplishment of this goal will be measured through the successful completion of an open-ended design project with appropriate design reviews and corresponding reporting deliverables. At the end of the course, students are expected to:

• Solve an open-ended engineering design problem including considerations of performance, cost, societal issues, etc. The problem must provide opportunities for creative design, fundamental analysis, and proof-of-concept prototyping. Each student team works on a project and everyone participates in project proposal development, reporting, and the design process.
• Apply a design process appropriate to the engineering problem at hand, including unstructured creativity as part of a structured design problem.
• Generate and evaluate design concepts after gaining a sound understanding of the problem background and existing design concepts.
• Identify a set of design variables and governing equations for the selected design concept that can be utilized to improve the design.

VM467 Introduction to Robotics / 机器人导论

This is an undergraduate level course intended to introduce students to Robotics. The course covers major fundamental aspects of robotics, including spatial motion of rigid bodies, kinematics and instantaneous kinematics, motion planning, statics and dynamics, control of robotic systems, robotic vision, nonholonomic systems, etc. In addition, introductory lectures on sensing and actuation technologies and advanced robotics topics will also be given in class.

By the end of this course, students should be able to independently present a comprehensive analysis for an existing robotic system, including the geometry, kinematics, differential kinematics, dynamics, control and motion planning. This course prepares undergraduate students for their future pursuit in robotics and many other related disciplines.