B Balachandran

This professor has taught: ENME361, ENME489I, ENME664, ENME665
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B Balachandran
ENME361

Expecting a B
Anonymous
11/25/2025
Professor Balachandran cares a lot about his students. He is super willing to help out in office hours in addition to scheduling to meet outside of his normal office hour times. In our lecture of about 175 students, he has learned many of the names of us who have atteneded office hours. The way he lectures can be hard to follow at times, but his textbook is very detailed and helpful. The homework can be hard, but again he is very willing to help students through it and you automatically get a 6/10 just for attempting it. He really cares about the well-being of his students in and out of the classroom.
B Balachandran
ENME662

Expecting a B
Alladin
12/20/2011
I took ENME662 Linear Vibrations or also called ENAE655 Analytical Dynamics with Prof. Balachandran. The book we used is Fundamentals of Vibrations by L. Meirovitch. Bala is a very tough professor. He is nice in personality but that doesn't help me to understand the course materials. He goes very fast in the lectures and the textbook is very difficult to read. Lots and lots of calculus and linear algebra. If you didn't ace all your undergrad Calculus then don't bother taking this class with Bala.
B Balachandran
ENME361

Mike Shaffer
05/17/2011
Balachandran is a fair professor. He wrote the book for the class, and does a decent job and conveying the course material. There are periodic quizes, weekly homeworks, 2 midterms and a final. Fortunately, all of the exams we're reasonable and straight forward compared to what I had heard from other professors. I would recommend him for ENME361 if you can take it with him.