ASATUR KHURSHUDYAN PhD

24/2 Baghramyan ave. · 0019 Yerevan · Armenia · +374 (55) 299 323 · khurshudyan@mechins.sci.am

I am a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia with over 8 years of research experience. I received my PhD degree (in Mechanics) in 2016 from the Specialized Council "Mechanics - 047" of the Supreme Certifying Commission of Armenia.

Research Interests

  • Control and Optimization
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Biomechanics
  • Applications of artificial intelligence in engineering

    • Research Experience

    Senior Researcher

    Institute of Mechanics, NAS of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
    Since 02.2021

    Head of Research & Development

    4D Capital LP, San Diego, California, USA
    Since 09.2019

    Researcher

    Institute of Mechanics, NAS of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
    09.2019 – 02.2021

    Research Associate (Postdoc)

    Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    09.2017 – 09.2019

    Researcher (outsource)

    Institute of Mechanics, NAS of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
    05.2017 – 09.2019

    Researcher (within PhD project)

    Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Münster, Germany.
    10.2014–06.2017

    Researcher

    Laboratory of Physical Ecology, Yerevan StateUniversity, Yerevan.
    03 – 10.2014

    Education

    Yerevan State University

    PhD degree in Mechanics issued by the Specialized Council Mechanics - 047 (Institute of Mechanics, NAS of Armenia) of the Supreme Certifying Commission of Armenia

    Thesis title: Structural optimization and control of vibrations of deformablesystems with variable parameters

    2013–2016

    Yerevan State University

    Master degree in Mechanics

    Thesis title: Optimal control of anisotropic (transversely isotropic) layer-platevibrations accounting transverse shear

    2011–2013

    Yerevan State University

    Bachelor degree in Mechanics

    Thesis title: Mathematical pendulum. A virtual laboratory

    2007–2011

    Teaching

    • Continuum Mechanics (Yerevan State University)
    • Elasticity Theory (Yerevan State University)
    • Applied Elasticity and Plasticity (National Polytechnical University of Armenia)
    • Master Course: Biological Plates and Shells (National Polytechnical University of Armenia)
    • Introductory Discrete Mathematics, Probability Theory and Statistics (IAUSS, China)
    • Linear Algebra, Matrix Algebra, Numerical Analysis I, Elementary Number Theory (IAUSS, China)
    • Regression analysis (IAUSS, China)
    • Calculus II, Calculus III, Multi-variable Calculus II (IAUSS, China)

    Grants and Awards

    • PI of contractual (thematic) funding of scientific and technical activities (21T‐2C317) awarded by the Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia. Title: "Homogenization of structures with rough surfaces in dynamic problems" (not accepted because of change of residence country).
    • Productive Researcher (21PR-2C0027) awarded by the Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia (based on papers and chapters published in 2015-2020).
    • Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews since 02.2019.
    • The President’s Prize of the Republic of Armenia in the area of Technical Sciences and Information Technologies, 2018: Co-awardee Prof. Ara S. Avetisyan
    • 2018 Foreign Youth Talent. Awarded by China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in 2018.
    • Academician S. A. Ambartsumyan award for best paper published in “Proceedings of NAS of Armenia. Mechanics” and in “Problems of Mechanics of Deformable Solid Body” during 2017. Awarded by National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
    • Principal investigator (PI) at FAR ANSEF Research Grant: AESA Special Award (bioen-4064). Awarded in 2016.
    • The Best Republican Student: I category for “Research in Technical Studies”. Awarded by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Armenia in 2012.
    • Academician N. Kh. Arutiunian award for “Achievements in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics”. Awarded by the Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Yerevan State University in 2011.

    Publications

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