**Ershun Pan**

Ershun Pan received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2000. Currently, he is a professor and serves as director of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also Vice President of the China Institute of Quality Research. He previously worked at the University of Michigan as a visiting scholar and published more than 200 papers in various journals. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of the theory and methods of quality control, reliability engineering and maintenance strategy, and lean manufacturing technology.
