{{Short description|Chinese-born American engineer (1953–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = Ning Pan |image = Ning Pan professor.png |image_size = 250 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1953|03|05}} |birth_place = Xining, China |death_date = {{death date and age|2025|09|07|1953|03|05}} |death_place = Davis, California, U.S. |occupation = Engineer |spouse = Hualin Huang |alma_mater = Donghua University }}
'''Ning Pan''' (March 5, 1953 – September 7, 2025) was a Chinese-born American engineer.
== Early life and career == Pan was born in Xining on March 5, 1953. He attended Donghua University, earning his MS degree in 1982 and his PhD degree in 1985. After earning his degrees, he emigrated to the United States, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1989 to 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/pan/biography/|title=Professor Ning Pan|work=University of California, Davis|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref>
Pan served as a professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis from 1999 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ningpan.net/|title=Dr. Ning Pan, Professor|work=Dr. Ning Pan's Website|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legacy.suntimes.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/ning-pan-obituary?id=59485764|title=Ning Pan Obituary (1953-2025)|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=September 17, 2025|access-date=September 27, 2025|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> During his years as a professor, in 2015, he was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society, "for significant contributions to the scientific research of mechanics and physics in the field of fibrous materials",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/aps-fellowship?q=ning%20pan&af=true|title=APS Fellow Archive|work=American Physical Society|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref> and was named a distinguished professor in 2021.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://bae.ucdavis.edu/news/memory-distinguished-professor-emeritus-ning-pan|title=In Memory of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ning Pan|work=University of California, Davis|date=September 23, 2025|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life and death == Pan was married to Hualin Huang. Their marriage lasted until Pan's death in 2025.<ref name="a" />
Pan died in Davis, California, on September 7, 2025, at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/ning-pan-obituary?pid=209811165|title=Ning Pan|work=Legacy|access-date=September 27, 2025|via=Legacy.com}}</ref>
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