PhD, University of Bath, 2017-2022
Bachelor, South China University of Technology, 2013-2017

Assistant professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024.06-Now
Postdoc, University of Bath, 2022.12-2024.06

International conferences
1. “An Integrated Compact Digital Hydraulic Converter Prototype for Hydraulic Transmission”, The Twelfth Workshop on Digital Fluid Power, Tampere, Finland, 202406.06-202406.07.
2. “Efficient Control of a Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converter With a Time-Varying Load”, ASME/BATH 2021 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, Virtual, Online, 2021.10.19-2021.10.21.
3. “A Review of Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converter Technology”, BATH/ASME 2018 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, Bath, UK, 2018.9.12-2019.9.14.

1. Fluid power component design and optimisation
2. Highly-efficient fluid power transmission
3. Machine prognostics and health management
4. Soft robotics

1. Developing a Mobile and Compact Prototype of a Digital Hydraulic Converter, The Arthur Clements Trust Grant, £2000, Principal Investigator
2. Smart Fluid Inertance Technology for Improving Hydraulic Energy Efficiency, EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Project, £118,451, Main researcher
3. ASCEND - Advanced Sensing & Connectivity for Energy efficient Next-generation hydraulic Devices, Innovate UK Smart Grants, £1,432,399, Participate

1. Yuan, C & Pan, M 2024, An Integrated Compact Digital Hydraulic Converter Prototype for Hydraulic Transmission', The Twelfth Workshop on Digital Fluid Power, June 6-7, 2024, Tampere, Finland.
2. Yuan, C, Plummer, A & Pan, M 2023, 'Efficient Control of a Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converter with a Time-Varying Load', Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control: Transactions of the ASME, vol. 145, no. 8, 081005.
3. Yuan, C, Plummer, A & Pan, M 2022, 'Switching Characteristics of a High-Speed Rotary Valve for Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converters', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 236, no. 7, 1421-1441.
4. Yuan, C, Lim Mao Lung, V, Plummer, A & Pan, M 2020, 'Theoretical and Experimental Studies of a Digital Flow Booster Operating at High Pressures and Flow Rates', Processes, vol. 8, no. 2, 211.
5. Yuan, C, Pan, M & Plummer, A 2020, 'A Review of Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converter Technology', Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control: Transactions of the ASME, vol. 142, no. 5, 050801.
6. Liang, X, Yuan, C, Wan, C, Gao X, C, Bowen, C, Pan, M, 2023, 'Soft self-healing robot driven by new micro two-way shape memory alloy spring', Advanced Science.
7. Pan, M, Yuan, C, Pickford, T, Tian, J, Ellingford, C, Bowen, C & Wan, C 2021, 'Piezoelectric-driven self-sensing leaf-mimic actuator enabled by integration of a self-healing dielectric elastomer and a piezoelectric composite', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 3: 2000248.
8. Pan, M, Yuan, C, Ding, B & Plummer, A 2021, 'Novel Integrated Active and Passive Control of Fluid-borne Noise in Hydraulic Systems', Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control: Transactions of the ASME, vol. 143, no. 9, 091006.
9. Pan, M, Yuan, C, Anpalagan, H, Plummer, A, Zou, J, Zhang, J & Bowen, C 2020, 'Soft Controllable Carbon Fibre-based Piezoresistive Self-Sensing Actuators', Actuators, vol. 9, no. 3, 79.
10. Pan, M, Yuan, C, Liang, X, Dong, T, Liu, T, Zhang, J, Zou, J, Yang, H & Bowen, C, 2022, 'Soft Actuators and Robotic Devices for Rehabilitation and Assistance', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4: 2100140.
11. Pan, M, Yuan, C, Liang, X, Zou, J, Zhang, Y & Bowen, C 2020, 'Triboelectric and Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Future Soft Robots and Machines', iScience, vol. 23, no. 11, 101682.
12. Liu, J., Yuan, C., Matias, L., Bowen, C., Dhokia, V., Pan, M. and Roscow, J. 2024, 'Sensor Technologies for Hydraulic Valve and System Performance Monitoring: Challenges and Perspectives', Advanced Sensor Research, 2300130.
13. Yan, X, Bowen, C, Yuan, C, Hao, Z & Pan, M 2019, 'Carbon fibre based flexible piezoresistive composites to empower inherent sensing capabilities for soft actuators', Soft Matter, vol. 15, no. 40, pp. 8001-8011.
14. Polak-Kraśna, K, Tian, M, Rochat, S, Gathercole, N, Yuan, C, Hao, Z, Pan, M, Burrows, A, Mays, T and Bowen, C 2021, 'Solvent sorption-induced actuation of composites based on a polymer of intrinsic microporosity', ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 3, no. 2, pp.920-928.

Teaching assistant for undergraduate/graduate courses：
Solid Mechanics (undergraduates, 80 hours）
System and Control（undergraduates, 60 hours）
Control Systems（undergraduates, 60 hours）
Fluid Power（undergraduates, 40 hours）
Robotics Engineering（undergraduates, 40 hours）

Industrial Fluid Power Course for companies such as Airbus, Moog, Instron and PhDs at University of Bath, demonstrating labs and delivering tutorial lectures to industrial delegates.
Courses including introduction and design of hydraulic circuits and components;
Hydraulic system and efficiency analysis;
mechatronics and electrohydraulic system control;
(In total 66 hours)

Co-supervised 5 undergraduates and 10 masters at University of Bath.

2024-now, Applied Sciences reviewer
2024-now, Actuators reviewer
2024-now, Robotics reviewer
2024-now, Machines reviewer

The Arthur Clements Trust Grant, University of Bath
CSC full scholarship for PhD
National scholarship for Bachelor 2015 and 2016.