ACADEMIC MISSION AND PROGRAMS

Armenia has had a long and distinguished tradition in science and technology. Pioneering advances in physics, astrophysics, mechanics, mathematics and computer science are credited to Armenian scientists and engineers. Strong programs in these fields are offered at Yerevan State University and at the State Engineering University. In developing its graduate engineering program, AUA has aimed at benefiting from this tradition, while complementing the existing engineering programs in areas that address the immediate needs of Armenia and its region.

The College of Engineering was one of the two founding colleges of AUA. Initially, a Master of Engineering program was offered in Earthquake Engineering. However, after producing 32 graduates over a six-year period, the Earthquake Engineering program was suspended in 1997 due to an insufficient number of applicants. The expressed lack of interest in earthquake engineering could be directly attributed to the current state of inactivity in construction in Armenia and to the sharp decline of freshman admissions into Armenian engineering universities in 1992-95. AUA remains committed to advancing the field of earthquake engineering in Armenia and its surrounding region. The devastating effects of past earthquakes in Armenia, Iran, and Turkey clearly demonstrate the urgent need for specialized training in this field in order to improve the safety of buildings and other constructed facilities in the region. AUA intends to re-introduce the Master of Engineering program in Earthquake Engineering as soon as sufficient student interest and job opportunities for its graduates are realized.

Currently, the College of Engineering offers two degree programs: a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Systems Management and a Master of Science in Computer and Information Science.

The Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM) program is designed to prepare graduates with a broad-based knowledge in industrial production and operations management; design of plants, production facilities and human/machine systems; economic analysis; decision support and information systems; reliability and quality assurance; systems analysis; modern manufacturing; and computer methods. Classroom instruction is supplemented by field trips to various service centers or manufacturing plants, and by active participation in applied research projects in the Engineering Research Center dealing with problems of current interest to Armenia. The graduates of the IESM program are qualified to work in all types of manufacturing (e.g. electrical, chemical, automotive, consumer goods, food) or service (e.g. health care, retail, banking, consulting, software) industries, and are expected to play key roles in the ongoing transformation of Armenian industry, as well as in the emerging private enterprises in the industrial and service sectors of Armenia.

The second degree program is the Master of Science in Computer and Information Science (CIS). The AUA CIS program is an applied program to help students gain the necessary skills requisite to being productive leaders of the computing and related industries in Armenia. As such, the graduates will complete a broad training in the technical areas of the field, as well as in business, management and entrepreneurship.

In addition to completing the core CIS course requirements, students will select either a Software Engineering Track or E-Business Track for their focus. Students are required to complete a Practicum course associated with their selected track, as well as the culminating experience which consists of either an applied project or thesis.

Together with these degree programs, the College of Engineering also offers a minor in Computer and Information Science, which consists of a minimum of five courses on such topics as information systems analysis, design of databases, Java and C++ programming, and computer-human interfaces. This minor is open to all AUA students.

Armen Der Kiureghian
Ph.D., is the Dean of the College of Engineering and the Director of the Engineering Research Center at AUA. A Professor of Civil Engineering and holder of the Taise Chair in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, Der Kiureghian was a Fulbright scholar, a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers' W.L.Huber research prize, and a holder of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Visiting Chair at Tokyo University. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering of Armenia in 1994 and the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 1998.

Barry Levine
Ph.D., is the Director of Computer & Information Science program at AUA. He also serves as professor and graduate coordinator of the Department of Computer Science at San Francisco State University. He has consulted for various organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, the U.S. Government and private industry. His interests include object-oriented programming, programming language design, compiler construction, functional programming and asynchronous distance learning. He has traveled and lectured worldwide in countries including Kenya, China, Jordan and Armenia.

Artak Hambarian
Ph.D., M.Eng., is the Associate Director of the College of Engineering and the Engineering Research Center at AUA.

Sarkis Zeitounian
M.Eng., is Facilities Engineer of the CAD/CAM Lab at AUA, Lecturer at the College of Engineering

Alla Khosrovyan
M.S., is the Administrative Assistant at the College of Engineering and the Engineering Research Center at AUA.

College Administration and Staff

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Faculty, College of Engineering

ARMEN DER KIUREGHIAN, Ph.D. University of Illinois
Dean
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~adk/

BARRY LEVINE, Ph.D. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Visiting Professor and Director of Computer & Information Science Program
Professor, San Francisco State University
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~levine/

ARTAK HAMBARIAN, Ph.D. State Engineering University of Armenia
Lecturer and Associate Director of the College and Research Center
http://www.aua.am/pages/artak/

AMI ARBEL, Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Professor, IESM
Professor, Tel Aviv University, Israel

RASHPAL AHLUWALIA, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Canada
Professor, IESM
Professor, West Virginia University

RAJENDRA AKERKAR, Ph.D. J. Kepler University, Austria
Professor, CIS
Professor & Head, Chh. Shahu Central Institute of Business Edu. & Research, Kolhapur, India

GAGIK ANTONYAN , Ph.D. Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia
Lecturer, CIS
Instructor, AUA Computer Laboratory

ARA ARABYAN , Ph.D. University of Southern California
Professor, IESM
Associate Professor, University of Arizona

ANAHIT ATAYAN, Ph.D. Moscow State University, Russia
Assistant Professor, CIS

HOVHANNES AVOYAN, MS State Engineering University of Armenia
Lecturer, IESM, CIS
VP, Lycos cjsc

LEVON BARSEGHYAN, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Assistant Professor, IESM
Assistant Professor of Economics, Cornell University

SANDRA BARTLETT , Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Assistant Professor, IESM, CIS Minor
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

RAFFI DIONYSIAN, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor, CIS

GAYANE GOLTUKHCHYAN , Ph.D. student, West Virginia University
Lecturer, CIS

ARTAK HAKOBYAN, Ph.D. student, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Visiting Lecturer, IESM

SUSAN HAYNES, Ph.D. University of Michigan
Associate Professor, IESM, CIS Minor
Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University

ABDOLAZIM HOUSHYAR, Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Visiting Professor, IESM
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering and IE Graduate Coordinator, Western Michigan University

SOUREN KHACHATRIAN , Ph.D. Yerevan State University, Armenia
Lecturer, CIS
Instructor, AUA Computer Laboratory

SETRAG KHOSHAFIAN
Senior Lecturer, CIS Minor
Senior VP of Technology, SAVVION

ARMEN KOSTANIAN , Ph.D. Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems, NAS, Armenia
Associate Professor, CIS
Associate Professor, Yerevan State University

VIDYA KULKARNI , M.S. McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, M.A. University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Visiting Fellow, CIS
Associate Professor, University of Delhi, India

HRACHYA KYUREGHIAN, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Assistant Professor, IESM

PAUL LIU, Ph.D., Auburn University
Associate Professor, IESM
California State University, Los Angeles

AMEERSING LUXIMON, Ph.D. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Assistant Professor, IESM, CIS

RICHARD MCCLINE, Ph.D. Tulane University, A.B.Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, Louisiana
Visiting Associate Professor
Co-Director Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor, Department of Management, San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA

ALBERT MINASYAN, State Engineering University, Armenia
Lecturer, CIS
Systems Administrator, AUA Computer Services

MARTIN MINASSIAN, MBA, AUA
Lecturer, CIS
Deputy Director, AUA Computer Services

IGOR MKRTOUMIAN , Ph.D. Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering, Russia
Lecturer, CIS
Director, AUA Computer Services

VICTOR OHANIAN, Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Professor, IESM
Professor, Yerevan State University

BRIAN PHILLIPS, Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
Visiting Associate Professor, CIS

ALEXAN SIMONIAN, Ph.D. Moscow State University, Russia
Professor, IESM
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Yerevan State University

VIGEN TER-ISRAELYAN, Ph.D. Moscow All-Union Institute of Scientific-Technical Information, Russia
Lecturer, CIS
Associate Professor, SEUA, Yerevan

DAN TRIETSCH, Ph.D. Tel Aviv University, Israel
Professor, IESM
Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand

BAGAS WARDONO, Ph.D. North Carolina State University, USA
Assistant Professor, IESM

YUNG-NIEN YANG , Ph.D., University of Louisville
Assistant Professor, IESM
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

ROBERT YOLCHYAN, Doctor of Engineering, State Engineering University of Armenia
Visiting Lecturer, CIS
Docent, St.Petersburg Institute of External, Economic Links, Economy and Rights (Armenian Branch)

SARKIS ZARTARIAN, D.Sc, Liberty University, Virginia
Visiting Lecturer, CIS
Consultant, Development Manager, Applied Communication Concepts, North Carolina

RAY ZAVODNIK, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
Visiting Professor, CIS
Professor of Computer Science at the Fachhochschule, Regensburg, Germany

SARKIS ZEITOUNIAN, M.Eng., AUA
Lecturer, IESM
Facilities Engineer, CAD/CAM Lab, AUA

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ENGINEERING SEMINAR

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Seminar Series 2004

07/10/04 Kenell Touryan >>> The Impending World Energy Crisis and How Renewable Energy Resources Can Help Alleviate it

16/07/04 Vardges Melkonian >>> Network Models: Algorithms and Applications

09/07/04 Suren Khachatryan >>> Introduction to Quantum Computing

06/07/04 Razmik Abnous >>> Evolution of Documentum from Startup to Leading Enterprise Software Provider

24/06/04 Dr. Richard McCline >>> Industry Analysis

18/06/04 Dr. Raymond Zavodnik >>> Rendering the Utah Teapot

11/06/04 Dr. Victor Ohanian >>> Development of Multivariate Multiple Sampling Charts for Statistical Quality Control

21/04/04 Dr. William Golove >>> PROFORM software

9/10/03 Mr. John Turner >>> The Renewable Hydrogen Economy

16/07/03 Mr. Adesh Jain >>> Discovering New Horizons in Project Management

30/04/03 Mr. Tristan Cohen >>> Overview of Open Source Software and Business

23/04/03 Mr. Tristan Cohen >>> OpenACS

Seminar Series 2002

14/02/02 DESODEC Team >>> Design and Installation of a Solar Driven Heating and Desiccant Cooling Demonstration System (DESODEC)

27/05/02 Mr. Razmik Abnous >>> Evolution of Documentum Software Company

20/06/02 Professor Armen Der Kiureghian >>> Bounds on System Probability by Linear Programming

27/06/02 Professor Ameersing Luximon >>> Buffer Desing for Heterogenous Traffic in ATM Networks

10/07/02 Mr. Mark Wolochuk >>> Using Java for Automation Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing

11/07/02 Professor Anahit Atayan >>> An Example of an Online Stock Trading System Application Design

18/07/02 Professor Barry Levine >>> Integrating Patterns in the Design of a Hierarchical File System

22/0702 Mr. Arek Goetz >>> Chaotic and Regular Word of Geometry and Dynamics

7-9/10/02 Organized by Mr. Nicos Makris (USA) and Dr. Mikayel Melkumyan (RA) >>> Reduction of Vulnerability and Risk of Destruction of Existing Buildings in Strong Earthquakes

15/10/02 Mr. Seth Ourfalian >>> Quality or Else; Software Project in Chaos

Seminars Series 2001

1/06/01 Professor Barry Levine >>> Introduction to Software Design Patterns

15/06/01 Assistant Professor Hrachya Kyureghian >>> (co-authored with Hans Haller) City Formation with Worker and Employer Mobility

22/06/01 Dr. Sudipta Sarangi >>> (co-authored with Hans Haller) Nash Networks with Heterogeneous Agents

29/06/01 Professor James Falk >>> Mathematical Models of Set Separation co-athoured with Lana Yeganova and Helena Dandurova

27/07/01 Dr. Sergey Chemishkian >>> Smart Appliances for Smart Home
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Seminars Series 2000

7/31/00 Professor Susan Haynes >>> Hotspots for Multimedia Data Annotation: An Indexing Problem

10/6/00 Professor Naimedjin Meshkati >>> "Advanced Topics in Industrial and Systems Engineering: IE's Critical Role in Facilitating Human, Organization, and Technology Interfaces"

10/11/00 Professor Armen Der Kiureghian >>> The Art and Science of Model Building: A Bayesyan Approach

10/19/00 Professor Dan Trietsch >>> Using OR for Managing Change and Environment

10/26/00 Assistant Professor Hrachya Kyureghian >>> Transport Cost Sharing and Spatial Competition

11/29/00 Dr. Mikayel Melkumian >>> Structural Concept and Analysis of Base Isolated Building of Huntsman Village in the City of Gyumri
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Seminars Series 1999

1/18/99 DESODEC Project Team DESODEC

7/7/99 Mr. Vasken Demirchian >>> Demand Flow Technology

7/21/99 Professor Katta Murty >>> Optimization and Its Importance
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Seminars Series 1998

4/10/98 Dr. Charles Dunlap >>> Tracing Lead Pollution in the Environment

6/9/98 Dr. Alexis Takvorian >>> Applications of OR in MOTOROLA's New Business Planning Process

6/18/98 Professor Alexan Simonian >>> Optimal Representation of Random Fields

7/23/98 Professor Rashpal Ahluwalia >>> Software Quality Assurance

7/28/98 Professor Mark Kaiser >>> The Design of Optimal Tariff Structures

10/15/98 Dr. Rafy Semerdjian >>> ISO 9000, Quality Assurance, Total Quality Management

10/22/98 Delta Tau >>> Systems and MSHAK Presentation

11/24/98 Professor Paulo Monteiro >>> Durability of Reinforced Concrete
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Seminars Series 1997

4/23/97 Professor James Kelly >>> Siesmic Isolation for Earthquale Resistant Design

4/30/97 Professor James Kelly >>> Rubber Bearings for Seismic Resistant Design

5/27/97 Professor Frederik Tajirian >>> Earthquake Hazard Mitigation With Passive Damping Systems

7/1/97 Professor Rashpal Ahluwalia >>> Estimation of Effort Required to Obtain ISO 9000 Registration

7/3/97 Associate Professor Mark Kaiser >>> The Head Injury Criteria Functional

7/11/97 Assistant Professor Scott Campbell >>> A Model for Reinforced Concrete Connections
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Seminars Series 1996

6/6/96 Professor Victor Ohanian >>> Poisson Random Planes Model in Tunnel Building

6/6/96 Assistant Professor Carl Grigorian >>> Seismic Energy Dissipation with Slotted Bolted Connections

6/13/96 Associate Professor Richard Ray >>> Automated Laboratory Testing and Field Data Acquisition

7/11/96 Dr. Hagop Sanasarian >>> Environment, Ecology, Energy

7/25/96 Professor Rashpal Ahluwalia >>> A Two-Path Algorithm for Determining Dimensional Chains in Tolerance Charts

9/2/96 Dr. Vahe Ghahraman >>> Some Amplification Effects on Building Damage During the 1998 Armenia Earthquake

10/11/96 Mr. Hagop Nazarian >>> Strengthening of Multy-Story Masonry and Reinforced Concrete Buildings
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Seminars Series 1995

4/11/95 Professor Victor Ohanian >>> Combinatorial Principles in Integral and Stochastic Geometry

4/13/95 Assistant Professor Mark Kaiser >>> The Geometry of Tolerance Analysis

4/18/95 Dr. Roy Stephen >>> AUA Shaking Table

4/19/95 Assistant Professor Scott Campbell >>> Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

4/27/95 Professor Dan Trietsch >>> Total Quality: It's a Huge Optimization Problem

5/4/95 Dr. Ashot Hakobian >>> Stochastic Analysis of Nonlinear Systems

6/8/95 Associate Professor Rusk Masih >>> Stability of Lift Slab Structure During the Construction Stage

6/15/95 Associate Professor Joseph Devinny >>> Biofiltration for Contamination of Air from Soil Vapor Extraction Projects

6/22/95 Assistant Professor Mark Kaiser >>> Problems in Geometric Optimization and Computational Convex Geomtery

6/29/95 Assistant Professor Nenad Gugunski >>> "Spectral-Analysis-of-Surface-Waves Method in Nondestructive Evaluation of Pavements"

7/6/95 Dr. Sergey Chemishkian >>> Shape Control of Flexible Mirrors

7/13/95 Dr. Paul Liu >>> Industrial Air Pollution Control, Permit System, Enforcement in U.S.

7/13/95 Dr. Hank Yacoub >>> Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for LA County, CA

7/17/95 Sue Carter >>> Recent Developments in the Science and technology of Metal Oxide Systems

7/20/95 Professor Rashpal Ahluwalia >>> Computer Aided Tolerance Charting

7/27/95 Areg Simonian >>> On Theory of Creep of Single Crystals

8/3/95 Dr. Dennis Hiltunen >>> Reliabilty Analysis of the SASW Method
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Seminars Series 1994

4/14/94 Professor Ami Arbel >>> The Analytic Hierarchy Process

4/21/94 Dr. Philippe Geyskens >>> The Structural Reliability Analysis

4/28/94 Dr. Kenell Touryan >>> Renewable Energy: Problems and Prospects

5/5/94 Dr. Roy Stephen >>> Vibration Motions of Structures

5/12/94 Professor Farouk Heiba >>> Think Globally and Strategically or Business Success

5/19/94 Dr. Robert Tembeckjian >>> Armenia's Attempt to Adopt a New Constitution

6/16/94 Mr. Dennis Hiltunen >>> The Strategic Highway Research Program

6/23/94 Associate Professor Joseph Devinny >>> Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control

6/30/94 Professor Richard Bernhard >>> Some Basic Conceptual Shortcomings in the Tests Proposed by EPA

7/7/94 Professor Rashpal Ahluwalia >>> Integration of Design and Manufacturing Systems

7/14/94 Professor Richard Woods >>> Ground Probing Radar in Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Applications

7/21/94 Dr. Ashot Hakobian >>> Boundary Integral Equations of Elasticity Theory

7/28/94 Dr. Ronald Benson >>> From "Agrarian" to "World" Class Manufactiring
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Seminars Series 1993

10/19/93 Professor Mansour Niazi >>> Seismic Pattern in Caucasus and Evaluation of Seismic Hazard in Armenia
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IESM Degree Program | CIS Degree Program
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