Ran Pan is a Senior Engineer at AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute. Pan's Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering were obtained at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, followed by a PhD degree at Imperial College, London. Ran Pan's main research interests focus on: 1) plastic-forming technologies for thin-walled aviation components with high performance and 2) FE modelling of plastic-forming methods of aviation materials (magnesium alloys, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys, and high temperature alloys).