Liliaokeawawa (Lily) Cothren
Hello
Lily is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder under the supervision of Professor Liz Bradley, funded by the NSF GRFP. She received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Honors in May 2021 from Arizona State University. Her research interests include control theory, online optimization, and learning algorithms.
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Experience
Responsibilities include:
- Tackle problems within data-driven control and concurrent learning via theoretical and algorithmic development,
- Verify theoretical findings with numerical simulations in MATLAB or Python.
Responsibilities include:
- Design and deliver course review sessions in weekly recitation meetings with students,
- Grade weekly homeworks and exams.
Instruct and tutor undergraduate students in:
- Industrial engineering,
- Probability,
- Statistics,
- Calculus,
- Linear algebra,
- Differential equations.
Facilitated discussions between students in Introduction to Engineering course and Probability and Statistics for Engineers. Responsible for:
- Organizing supplies,
- Assisting students in projects,
- writing and presenting homework and exam review sessions,
- Proctoring exams.
Collaborate on multi-discplinary team to plan for holiday season with responsibilies of:
- Discussions with managers and plant and industrial engineers,
- Draft accurate and updated building layout and plot plans for 90 facilities.
Education
- Honors thesis on optimal foraging theory