Name: Yang Yuekun

Title: Founder of Shanghai Yichong Aero Engine Co., Ltd.

Education: Alumnus of the 2014 cohort at SPEIT, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

From July 14th to 20th, SPEIT successfully hosted the 2024 High School Students Summer Research Challenge Camp. This camp attracted 97 outstanding students from over 50 key high schools across the country, including the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Northeast Yucai School, and Shanghai High School.

From July 4th to 5th, the "Northward Stars, Beijing Dream" employment guidance practice team from SPEIT at Shanghai Jiao Tong University went to Beijing for a social practice focusing on the aerospace industry. The practice team consisted of 11 senior undergraduates and postgraduates, led by the Chinese Dean Zhang Wenming and Deputy Party Secretary Yao Xue, along with staff members Ding Jie from the Student Affairs Office and Meng Fanjun from the Scientific Research and Platform Office.

Recently, the results of the 40th American International Collegiate Mathematical Modeling Competition (MCM) and the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) were announced. This year, 51 students from our institute stood out among 28,912 teams from over 20 countries and regions worldwide, achieving remarkable results. Among them, the team of Fan Cunxin, Wang Haonan, and Zhang Ke won the Outstanding Award (O Prix)s and the SIAM Prix (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Prix). Shanghai Jiao Tong University secured three Outstanding Awards in this year's competition. Additionally, the institute had five students nominated for the Finalist Award, 18 students won the Meritorious Winner Award, and 16 students received the Honorable Mention Award.

Recently, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chair Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Director of the National Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Zhang Di, was invited to speak at the "Sino-French Excellence Lecture Series" and the SPEIT Engineer Culture Class, sharing his cutting-edge research on the "Structural Composite of Metal Materials."