K.-Y. Daisy Fan

Daisy Fan is a teaching professor of computer science who teaches in the areas of programming, scientific computing, and optimization. Fan's interests include collaborative learning methodologies and technologies in computer science and engineering education, application of systems-analysis techniques for water resources and environmental problems, and development of numerically efficient optimization methods for engineering applications. Problems she has investigated include optimal control of multiple-reservoir operation using stochastic dynamic programming and river basin water quality management.

Her co-authored book, "Insight Through Computing: A MATLAB Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering," is a culmination of years of teaching programming and scientific computing using MATLAB, Java, and Lego MindStorms robotics. 

Fan is the recipient of the Michael Tien '72 Excellence in Teaching Award (2019), the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award (2016), the Douglas Whitney '61 Excellence in Teaching Award (2011), the Zellman Warhaft Commitment to Diversity Award (2008), and the Cornell Society of Engineers Achievement Award (2004). Fan obtained her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at Cornell in 2002. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., she was a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.