Dr. Neng Fan is an associate professor at Department of Systems and Industrial Engineerin at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, and member of the Applied Mathematics-GIDP and Statistics-GIDP. He received his bachelor degree in computational mathematics from Wuhan University, and master degree in applied mathematics from Nankai University in China. He also received his master and PhD degrees from Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Florida. His research focuses on large-scale optimization, and its applications in energy systems, renewable energy integration, healthcare, sustainable agriculture, etc. His work has been supported by National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture, and local industrials. He is a member of INFORMS and a member of IISE.