Sole Instructor
TO 302: Managing Business Operations (BBA Minor Core), Fall 2021
Evaluation: 4.8/5.0 (Class size: 47; Response rate: 62%)
Topics: process analysis, waiting time analysis, inventory management, quality management, supply chain management, demand forecasting, and revenue management.
Selected Student Comments:
Fan was a great teacher, understanding and encouraging !
The professor did a phenomenal job being there for everyone and providing all the resources necessary and possible to succeed
It was very welll planned out and I learned a lot from the course. Professor Zhou was likely the best instructor I’ve had in college. He planned all of the courseload out very well and was very prepared for class. He was very clear and concise and I really appreciate it.
The professor (Fan) was AWESOME! He was genuinely such a great teacher because he cared so so much and he was really smart too. I would 100% take another one of his classes.
Very interesting material and covers a very broad range of material. Fan was so passionate and awesome!
Fan was an incredibly personable and accommodating professor. I could feel how much he truly cared about each of us as students and wanting to help our groups as much as he could in any way possible. Even when material was complex or difficult, I knew he was ready and willing to take questions or schedule a meeting to help clarify points or go over cases.
Professor Zhou is a kind, understanding, and excellent professor... I would have thought he has been teaching for years. He was very prepared and occasionally put some cool animations in his slides.
I think Fan's real world experience was very helpful to this class. Fan was an excellent teacher and I'm not sure I would've learned as much from someone else.
Teaching Assistant
TO 572: Applied Business Forecasting (MBA Core)
TO 595: Applied Business Statistics (MBA Core)
TO 621 Logistics (MBA Core)
MKT 640: Global Supply Chain Management (MBA Selective)
MIE 1615: Markov Decision Processes (PhD Core @ Univ. of Toronto)
Undergraduate Mentor
BA 480: Senior Thesis Mentorship (Mentee: Grace Drettmann), 2020
Well-Being Chair
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business - 2023 PhD Forum
Session Chair
2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting - Food Waste Reduction in Retail and Foodservice
2024 INFORMS MSOM Conference - Innovations in Food Distribution