Accolades from Putcha’s Peers and Students…

April 30, 2007

 

“Dr. Putcha truly represents the best qualities of faculty at our university: he is an outstanding teacher, is internationally renowned for his research, has served in numerous positions of leadership and in his profession. …Our real appreciation of Chandra as a colleague is derived on countless personal and professional interactions and conversations that span decades. He is a warm, modest and unassuming person who cares deeply for his students, his colleagues, his university and the community at large. He is also a person of impeccable integrity, fairness and honesty.”
            — written by George Lin, professor of civil engineering; Andy Bazar, professor of mechanical                  engineering; Maqsood Chaudhry, professor of electrical engineering; and Demitrios                 Michalopoulos, professor of computer science

“Dr. Putcha’s research productivity is nothing short of outstanding. Even while teaching a large number of classes at the university each year, he still finds the time and effort to take on significant research projects. …As a colleague who has worked with him on numerous research endeavors, I can attest as to his thoroughness, commitment and professionalism to develop the best research project possible.”
            — Robert C. Patev, regional technical specialist – navigation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineering

"I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Putcha on several occasions since the summer of 1992, while I was chief of the Reliability And Maintainability Engineering Division with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. His outstanding work in a complex reliability engineering analysis for the Space Shuttle Propulsion Project was a valuable contribution in supporting flight safety. Several technical papers resulted in being published form this valuable work.”
            – Frank Pizzano, senior reliability engineer, retired

"I have taken many courses during my undergrad and graduate studies; however, whenever I think of an outstanding professor, I think of Dr. Putcha. I can strongly state that he has been one of the most exceptional professors that I have come across during my civil engineering master’s program at CSUF.”
            — Amirhossein Ghaffari, design engineer, EIT

“He provided us with a solid knowledge about structural analysis, which is a foundation for students who want to enter into the civil engineering career field. His teaching method was very clear and easy to understand. He always guides us to the practical examples with a lot of advance techniques that help us to have more confidence when we enter into the civil engineering career.
            — former student Frank Nguyen

“Dr. Putcha’s strength lies in his ability to relate the theory and the academia into the practical professional world. I have had the pleasure of taking two courses with him. He has an exceptionally organized way of presenting course material, starting from the very basic and then building upon it until he makes the final point. …I know that Dr. Putcha made my studies at the university rewarding, challenging and enjoyable.”
            — former student Zack Faqih

“Over his successful career, Chandra has given far more than expected, and far greater than many of his colleagues, in service to better the university, his department and his college.”
            — Sandra Sutphen, emerita professor of political science