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Udo Pooch (1943 - 2014)
Professor Emeritus

Educational Background
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1969
B.Sc., Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963

Research Interests
Operating systems
Fault tolerant systems
Performance, measurement and evaluation

Awards & Honors
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching, College of Engineering Texas A&M University, February 1974.
1974 Texas A&M University Distinguished Teaching Award, April 1974.
Certificate of Appreciation for Service to IEEE/CS, 1983.
Certificate of Appreciation for Service to the Society for Computer Simulation, 1988.
Distinguished Service as General Chairman, 1984 Winter Simulation Conference.
E-Systems Professorship in Computer Science, January 1993.
Graduate Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Computer Science Graduate Students Association, 2000.

Selected Publications
Monograph-Microprocessors, Microprogramming, and Minicomputers, Editor with R. Chattergy. Western Periodicals. September 1977.
Designing Microcomputer Systems, with R. Chattergy. Hayden Book Company. June 1979.
Simulation, with W. Graybeal. Little, Brown and Company. January 1980.
Top-Down Modular Programming in FORTRAN with WATFIV, with R. Chattergy. Little, Brown and Company. January 1980.
Minicomputers: Structure, Application and Programming, with R. Chattergy. Western Publishing Co., Inc. February 1980.
Topics in Programming Languages (Monograph), Editor with R. Chattergy. Western Periodicals. Spring 1980.
"Toward a Management Philosophy for Software Development," Chapter 1 in Advances in Computer Programming Management. Heyden & Son, Inc. Spring 1981
Telecommunications and Networking Concepts, with G. Moss and B. Greene. Little, Brown and Company. September 1982.
"Comparative Evaluation of Networks and Protocols," Chapter 5 in Advances in Data Communications Management, Volume 2 (edited by J. Solnim, E.A. Unger, and P.S. Fisher). Wiley-Heyden. 1984.
Library of Turbo Pascal Programs, with Murat Tanik. Wordware Publishing, Inc. Spring 1987.


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Udo Pooch

Dr. Udo W. Pooch, PhD, P.E.71, of College Station, passed away on Sunday, August 24 [2014] at the College Station Medical Center. His family is following his request to be cremated and no public service. Cremation services are under the care of Callaway-Jones Funeral Home and Crematory.

Born in Berlin, Germany, Udo’s parents are Gerhard and Helen Andrejewski Pooch. He lived in various places including Montreal, Canada, Los Angeles, California and South Bend, Indiana before settling in College Station. Udo served in the United States Marine Corps for a number of years. In 1969 he received his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Notre Dame; he received his Masters Degree in Computer Science from UCLA, in 1963 he received his BS in Physics from the University of California. He authored numerous books and is a Professor Emeritus after teaching for 45 years at Texas A&M University in the Computer Science Department.

Udo will be remembered as a loving son, father and grandfather.

Preceding him in death are his wife and parents.

His survivors include his son, Michael Pooch; his daughter, Nicole and Scott Frederickson; his grandchildren, Ashlee Pooch, Dylan Pooch, Jared Pooch and Victoria Peed and other family and friends.

Expression of condolences can made at callawayjones.com