Yu Pan, Ph.D.
Yu Pan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety (CVeSS) at Virginia Tech. He got his Ph.D. (2019) of Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his bachelor’s degree (2015) of Vehicle Engineering from Institute of Rail Transit at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Dr. Pan’s research interests include rail vehicle and track dynamics, wheel-rail contact mechanics and dynamics, rail lubricity detection and evaluation, as well as energy harvesting. Dr. Pan is the recipient of the Best Paper Award in Vibration Application at 2018 ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference.
CVeSS News
Congratulations to Dr. Ahmadian for being named the J. B. Jones Chair of Mechanical Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors!
Railway Technologies Laboratory (RTL) recently received a project from the Association of American Railroads to develop a new generation of Doppler Lidar equipment for track stability evaluation. The project starts from July 2020 and is expected to continue for multiple years.
Congratulations to Dr. Ahmadian for being honored with SAE International/Magnus Hendrickson Innovation Award!