Professor Xu Fan of Fudan University's Innovation College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Wins the 2025 "Leo KoGuan Most Popular Teacher Award"

The results of Fudan University's 2025 "Leo KoGuan Most Popular Teacher Award" were recently announced, and Professor Xu Fan, vice dean of the Innovation College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, was selected. The award was established with funding from the Leo KoGuan Foundation and has been held for 8 editions, with 10 recipients selected each edition. Xu Fan is a professor and doctoral supervisor whose research covers thin-film surface and interface mechanics, soft matter and flexible structure mechanics, and embodied intelligence mechanics. He has published 75 SCI papers as first or corresponding author and has received awards including the first Qian Xuesen Outstanding Young Scholar Award.