Min Pan

Profile

Dr Min Pan joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a Lecturer in 2016. Min was awarded her PhD from the University of Bath in June 2012 for research into fluid-borne noise control in digital hydraulic systems. After graduation, she continued at Bath as a postdoctoral researcher working on the efficient fluid power control project in the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control. She became an Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University in 2014 and an Adjunct Professor in 2018.

Research

Min's main research interests include smart fluid power actuation and control, numerical modelling of dynamic systems, fluid-borne noise control and robotics. She has published outstanding research articles in Institution of Mechanical Engineers journals and American Society of Mechanical Engineers journals. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for outstanding achievements in the areas of mechatronics, informatics and  control. Min has collaborated with academics in overseas universities and with international companies. Her research encompasses fundamental engineering analysis, complex simulation and novel experimental work.

Recent research activities

• new integrated control of fluid-borne noise in hydraulic systems
• smart fluid power actuation and control
• efficient fluid power control
• Soft robotics

Education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, 2012

Min is available to supervise research degree students.