Armen Der Kiureghian
| Armen Der Kiureghian | |
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Picture of Armen Der Kiureghian
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| Born |
April 10, 1947 Isfahan, Iran |
| Nationality | Armenian American |
| Alma mater |
University of Tehran University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | Structural and system reliability, risk analysis, stochastic structural dynamics, earthquake engineering |
| Spouse(s) | Nelly Ouzounian (m. 1983) |
| Children | Naira, Sebouh |
| Website | Official page |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California AUA president (2015) |
Armen Der Kiureghian (Armenian: Արմէն Տէր-Կիւրեղեան, 10 April 1947), is an Iranian-born Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of American University of Armenia (2015), Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
Armen Der Kiureghian was born in Isfahan in the family of prominent Armenian painter Sumbat Der Kiureghian. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1975. In 1978 he joined the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley, where in 1978-1981 he was as Assistant Professor, and continued to be an Associate Professor (1981-1985), Professor (1985), Vice Chair (1990-1993) and Chair (1997-2001) of the Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Program and as Vice Chair for Instruction in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Since July 1999, he has held the Taisei Chair in Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley.
After the Spitak earthquake of 1988 in Armenia, Der Kiureghian played a leading role in establishing the American University of Armenia in Yerevan as an affiliate of the University of California. He served as the founding Dean of the College of Engineering (1991-2007) and as Interim Provost (2011-2012) of AUA concurrently with his position at Berkeley. He has also served as the founding Director of the Engineering Research Center of AUA (1991-2004), a has been founding member of the Board of Trustees of AUA.
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