Rate My Professor Crist Khachikian

California State University, Northridge

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5.04/23/2026

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Crist Khachikian is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Management in the Engineering faculty at California State University, Northridge. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995, an M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1999. Prior to joining CSUN in 2013, he served on the faculty at California State University, Los Angeles, where he directed the Center for Energy and Sustainability and research in engineering. At CSUN, Khachikian has held administrative roles including Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and Graduate Dean. He is a Principal Investigator for the NIH-funded BUILD PODER program, a $22 million initiative aimed at diversifying the biomedical research workforce by providing undergraduate research training opportunities in health-related projects to sophomores, juniors, and seniors working directly with faculty.