Carol E. Fan

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Adjunct Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Education

Ph.D. in mathematics, University of Michigan

Overview

Biography

Carol E. Fan is an adjunct operations researcher at the RAND Corporation, where she works to improve Army logistics and public health emergency preparedness. She is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Fan's work has focused on the development of new algorithms to improve inventory management and of new metrics to measure and improve performance. Fan is co–principal investigator of a project that is working with Army to improve the efficiency of inventory management of organizational clothing and individual equipment at central issue facilities. She is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Fan received her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Inventory management of Army clothing and equipment
  • War reserve materiel requirements
  • Inventory management and distribution of medical countermeasures

Honors & Awards

  • Barchi Prize Nomination 2008, Military Operations Research Society