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Professor Daisy Fan teaches programming, scientific computing, and optimization. She co-authored the book "Insight Computing: MATLAB Introduction Computational Science Engineering," which is the culmination of years of teaching programming and scientific computing using MATLAB, Java, and Lego MindStorms robotics. Fan's research interests focus on collaborative learning methodologies and technologies in computer science and engineering education, as well as systems-analysis techniques for water resource management and environmental issues. Specifically, she investigates numerically efficient optimization methods for engineering applications, including optimal control of multiple-reservoir operations using stochastic dynamic programming. Fan has been recognized with multiple awards for her teaching excellence, including the Michael Tien '72 Excellence in Teaching Award, the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, and the Douglas Whitney '61 Excellence in Teaching Award. She received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in 2002 and was a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria in 1995.
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