Book presentation on AUA with Armen Der Kiureghian in-person on October 22nd
Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center
The Zohrab Center warmly invites you to a book presentation and signing with Armen Der Kiureghian on Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:00pm, who will present his book From Earthquake to Tragedy to Beacon of Light: The Story of the American University of Armenia. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
Armen Der Kiureghian is President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia and Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, and attended local Armenian schools. He received his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Tehran University and his PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His teaching and research are in the areas of risk and reliability of constructed facilities, stochastic structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, and engineering decision making. He has authored more than 400 publications, including over 130 in archival journals. Among other awards, he is a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, and George Winter Medal. For his efforts in advancing education in Armenia, he was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal by the Government of Armenia and the Saint Sahak-Saint Mesrob Medal by His Holiness Garegin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. Der Kiureghian is a Distinguished Alumnus of both Tehran University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an elected foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, and an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
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