Dr Min Pan is a Professor of Intelligent Machine Systems, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, an ARIA Robot Dexterity Creator. She joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a Lecturer in 2016. She 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 as a postdoctoral researcher working on the efficient fluid power control project at Bath. She worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University in 2014 and 2015. Prof Pan has been awarded prestigious Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering (2019-2021), The Leverhulme Trust (2020-2022) and the UKRI.

Min's main research interests include intelligent machine systems, modelling of dynamic systems, control and robotics. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for outstanding achievements in the areas of mechatronics, informatics and control. Her work has been featured on the Front Covers for a variety of world-leading journals including Advanced Science, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Intelligent Systems, iSceince (Cell) and Soft Matter. Min is collaborating with academics and industrial partners. Her research encompasses fundamental analysis, complex modelling, novel design and innovative applications. Her research has been widely funded by the UKRI, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society, the Leverhulme Trust and the Innovate UK.

Recent research activities

• Intelligent machine systems and control
• Efficient fluid power control
• Soft actuation, control and robotics
• Control of fluid-borne noise in fluid power systems

Education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, 2012

Min is available to supervise research degree students.