College Administration & Staff

Dr. Hajian received his Mechanical Engineering B.S. degree from Stanford University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University. After working in the Biomechanics Group at Exponent, Inc., he relocated to Armenia in 2000, where he has worked in a number of hi-tech, entrepreneurial and community positions. He has served as Executive Director of MadeinArmeniadirect.com and as a Managing Consultant at Arlex Intl. in Yerevan. He is also a co-founder and board member of the Chess Academy of Armenia. His scholarly publications are in the area of biomechanics and relate to the mechanical characterization of the human hand. He teaches several courses in the College of Science and Engineering.

Higher Education

1997, PhD Harvard University
Engineering Sciences

1993, M.Sc. Harvard University
Engineering Sciences

1991, B.S. Stanford University
Mechanical Engineering

Courses taught:

• Entrepreneurship
• Software Project Management
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Freshman Seminar

Habet Madoyan joined CSE in 2013 as an Adjunct Instructor. In 2018 he was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the BS in Data Science Program. The areas of his scientific expertise include conjoint analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, data visualization, optimization and forecasting. He is the founder of a data-science consulting company and is active in the data sciences community, start-ups, and the Yerevan R users’ Group Meetup. Dr. Madoyan is also the co-founder of Mychoice, which is an online market research tool that automates conjoint analysis from the experimental design to estimation and report generation.

Dr. Madoyan holds a PhD in Management from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and an MBA from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Higher Education

2012, Master of Business Administration
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

2007, PhD.  in Economics, Emphasis on management
National Academy of Sciences of RA: Institute of Economics, Armenia

2004, Master’s degree in Mathematical Methods and Transaction Analysis in Economy
Yerevan State University of Economics

Courses taught:

• Applied Statistics
• Data Mining and predictive analytics
• Sports Analytics
• Data Mining
• Design and Analysis of Experiments
• Data Science

Office location: 323w/PAB

Dr. Hambarian serves as Assistant Professor and Researcher in the CSE. He has supervised a number of international research projects related to alternative energy and the design of test equipment for the semiconductor industry. His research interests include issues related to product life cycles, heuristic scheduling, renewable energy, solar hot water, and photovoltaic applications, as well as topics in semiconductor technology, such as the interaction of laser radiation with semiconductor surfaces for testing and modification of characteristics.

Higher Education

1998, Candidate of Technical Sciences in Electrical Engineering

State Engineering University of Armenia

1992-1994, Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering

American Univeristy of Armenia

1978-1983, Master of Science in Radio Physics & Electronics

Yerevan State University

Courses taught:

• Introduction to Energy Sources
• Industrial Technologies

Publications:

1. Hambarian A. R., Arakelian I. R., Nalbandian G.M. “Transistor Structure investigation by Laser Scanning Technique Utilization.” Republic of Armenia Young Scientists’ Conference Proceedings, Dilijan, 1985, pp. 180-181 (in Russian).
2. Hambarian A. R., Gasparian L. A., Goukasian M. A., “Technique Selection for Registration of Laser Beam Induced Current Corresponding to Crystalline Defects in Semiconductors, Depending on Scanning Rate and Diffusion Length of the Minority Charge Carriers”. Techniques and Apparatus for Investigation and Measurement of Power Semiconductor Devices. Proceedings of the Conference, Tallinn “Valgus,” 1987, pp. 97-98 (in Russian).
3. Hambarian A. R., Arakelian I. R., “Macrodeformations of Silicon Wafers after Treating the Rear Surface by Powerful Laser Radiation”. Republic of Armenia Young Scientists’ Conference proceedings, Dilijan, 1988, pp. 97-98 (in Russian).
4. Artak Hambarian, “A Survey of Solar Energy Related Activities In Armenia “Report to Second Armenian National Energy Conference, April 1994, AUA, Yerevan (in English).
5. Hambarian A. R., Goukasian M. A.. “Adjustment Of The Initial Voltage Of Intergrated Hall Sensors By The Help Of Short Focused Laser Pulses”. Izvestia of Armenian NAS (Technical Sciences), vol. 48,#1, 1995 (in Russian).
6. Ayvazyan G. E., Hambarian A. R., Makaryan G. A., Vardanyan. A. H. “Passivation of Surface of Silicon Solar Cells with Oxides Containing Chlorine”, Semiconductor Microelectronics Proceedings of the First National Conference. May 22, 23, 1997, Dilijan, pp. 161-164.
7. Hambarian A. R., Kirakosyan G. G., Shaboyan A. S. “The Influence of the Insulated Boundary Grains on the Diffusion Characteristics of the p-n-junctions”, Semiconductor Microelectronics
   Proceedings of the First National Conference. May 22, 23, 1997, Dilijan, pp. 129-132 (in Russian).
8. Hakobyan A. R., Hambarian A. R., Kirakosyan G. G., Shaboyan A. S. “Carrier Recombination Lifetime in the Collector of Power Transistors”, Izvestia of Armenian NAS (Technical Sciences), vol. 52, #1, 1999 (in Russian).
9. Hambarian A. R. “Commercialization of Technologies and Marketing of Innovations,” a Report and Presentation to the International Scientific-Technical Center (ISTC) Seminar for NIS scientists, Tsakhkadzor, June 26, 1999 (in Russian).
10. Hambarian A. R., Kirakosyan G. G. Ayvazyan G. E. “Collector recombination lifetime of power bipolar transistors” The fourth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems – ICECS’97
11. Hambarian A. R., Kirakosyan G. G., Makaryan G. A., Akopyan A. R., “Theory of open circuit photo-voltage in degenerate exponential graded junctions”. 2nd World Conference and Exhibition on Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion Wien, Austria 6-10 July 1998.
12. J.Farinha Mendes, A.Hambarian, H-M Henning, V. Afyan, A. Pinov – “Solar Driven Desiccant Cooling Demonstration System” – Int. Congress on “Business and Investment for Renewable Energy in Russia”, May 31-June 04, 1999, Moscow.
13. J.Farinha Mendes, A.Hambarian, H-M Henning, Tim Selke, V. Afyan, A. Pinov, F. Luginsland–“Solar Driven Desiccant Cooling System for American University of Armenia” – Int. Workshop on “Results of Fundamental Research for Investment, May 28-30, 2001, St. Petersburg.
14. J. Farinha Mendes, A. Hambarian, H-M Henning, Tim Selke, V. Afyan, A. Pinov, F.Luginsland–“Experience of International Cooperation on Development of Cooling Systems for Buildings Using Solar Energy”–International.Workshop on Renewable Energy Applications, June 5-8, 2001, Moscow.
15. J.Farinha Mendes, A.Hambarian, H-M Henning, Tim Selke, V.Afyan, A.Pinov, F.Luginsland –“Sistema de Demonstração com Energia Solar e Tecnologia DEC para Arrefecimento Ambiente Instalado na Universidade Americana da Arménia” – Accepted for oral presentation at the XI Iberian and VI IberoAmerican Solar Energy Congress to be held in Vilamoura (Algarve, Portugal), 29 Sept – 02 Oct 2002.
16. Zhozef Panosyan, Artak Hambaryan, Kenell Touryan, Armen Tumanyan, Yeremia Yengibaryan, Mikayel Piradyan, Arsen Darbasyan, Wilhelm Akunyan. Design, “Construction and Monitoring of a Solar Photovoltaic Station Of AUA” – 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 4-8 September 2006, Dresden, Germany.
17. Artak Hambarian. “Renewable Energy Related Projects of the Engineering Research Center of the American University of Armenia. Invited conference paper”. ArmTech 2007 Congress, July 4-7, San Francisco, CA USA.
18. A. Hambarian and W. Akunyan “Operational Outcomes of the DESODEC Solar Driven Cooling/Heating System”. EuroSun 2008 – 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLAR HEATING, COOLING AND BUILDINGS, Conference Transactions. Lisbon, Portugal 7 – 10 October 2008 organized by the Solar Energy Society of Portugal and International Solar Energy Society (ISES).
19. Patent: Bhushan L. Sopori, Artak Hambarian. Optic probe for semiconductor characterization US 7420669. Assignees: Midwest Research Institute. Application Number: 10/543970. Filing Date: 2004-07-01. Issue Date: 2008-09-02. patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO2006014152.
20. Փոքր հիդրոէլեկտրակայանները Հայաստանում, Արեգ Ղարաբէգեան, Արտակ Համբարյան, Գնել Թուրեան http://hetq.am, July 10, 2012, http://hetq.am/arm/news/16451/poqr-hidroelektrakayannery-hayastanum.html (Small Hydropowerplants in Armenia, in Armenian).
21. Renewable Energy Potential in Armenia, By Tamara Babayan, Areg Gharabegian, Artak Hambarian, Morten Søndergaard, Kenell Touryan, http://www.armenianweekly.com/, http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/12/03/report-renewable-energy-potential-in-armenia/, Posted on December 3, 2011 in Opinion, Special Reports.
22. The device developed by Armenian specialists provides ventilation in apartments without opening a window. Հայ մասնագետների ստեղծած սարքը կօդափոխի 9 բնակարանները՝ առանց պատուհանները բացելու http://168.am/2013/12/11/308530.html (in Armenian)
23. Touryan, K; Hambarian, A; Gharabegian, A; “Developing Renewable Energy Roadmaps for the Decade 2010-2020. An Example: The Country of Armenia,” World Renewable Energy Forum 2012, Denver, CO, May.
24. Hydrological Implications of Covering Wind-Blown Snow Accumulations with Geotextiles on Mount Aragats, Armenia. Alexander Nestler, Matthias Huss, Rouben Ambartzumian, Artak Hambarian. Geosciences 2014, 4(3), 73-92. http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/4/3/73.
25. Ventilation Heat Recovery Device. Artak Hambarian, Varuzhan Melikyan, Vardan Soghomonyan, Lusine Hovsepyan. Proceedings of the 5th International Renewable and Clean Energy Conference, Yerevan October 24-25, 2013, pp. 127-129.
26. Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules. Morten V. Madsen, Suren A. Gevorgyan, R. Pacios, J. Ajuria, I. Etxebarria, Jeff Kettle, Noel D. Bristow, Marios Neophytou, Stelios A. Choulis, Lucimara Stolz Roman, Teketel Yohannes, Andrea Cester, Pei Cheng, Xiaowei Zhan, Jiang Wu, Zhiyuan Xie, Wei-Chen Tu, Jr-Hau He, Christopher J Fell, Kenrick Anderson, Martin Hermenau, Davide Bartesaghi, L. Jan Anton Koster, Florian Machui, Irene González-Valls, Monica Lira-Cantu, Petr P. Khlyabich, Barry C. Thompson, Ritu Gupta, Kiruthika Shanmugam, Giridhar U. Kulkarni, Yulia Galagan, Antonio Urbina, Jose Abad, Roland Roesch, Harald Hoppe, P. Morvillo, E. Bobeico, Eugen Panaitescu, Latika Menon, Qun Luo, Zhenwu Wu, Changqi Ma, Artak Hambarian, Varuzhan Melikyan, M. Hambsch, Paul L. Burn, Paul Meredith, Thomas Rath, Sebastian Dunst, Gregor Trimmel, Giorgio Bardizza, Harald Müllejans, A. E. Goryachev, Ravi K. Misra, Eugene A. Katz, Katsuhiko Takagi, Shinichi Magaino, Hidenori Saito, Daisuke Aoki, Paul M. Sommeling, Jan M. Kroon, Tim Vangerven, Jean Manca, Jurgen Kesters, Wouter Maes, Olga D. Bobkova, Vasily A.Trukhanov, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk, Fernando A. Castro, James Blakesley, Sachetan M Tuladhar, Jason Alexander Röhr, Jenny Nelson, Jiangbin Xia, Elif Alturk Parlak, Tülay Aslı Tumay, Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf, David M. Tanenbaum, Gretta Mae Ferguson, Robert Carpenter, Hongzheng Chen, Birger Zimmermann, Lionel Hirsch, Guillaume Wantz, Ziqi Sun, Pradeep Singh, Chaitnya Bapat, Ton Offermans, and Frederik C. Krebs. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2014.
27. Babayan, T; Gharabegian, A; Hambarian, A; Sondergaard, M; Touryan, K; “Renewable energy in Armenia,” International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2014.
28. Textbook: Amirkhanian, A., Sekoyan, T., Hambartsumyan, R., & Hambarian, A. (2015). Green Architecture: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (1st ed., p. 408). Yerevan: UNDP-GEF, English and Armenian.
29. Bilingual Textbook: Hambarian, A., Ghazaryan, V. (2019). Green Lighting. Yerevan: UNDPGEF, English and Armenian.
30. Sustainable Operations and Systems: From Policies to Norms, Editors: Alen Amirkhanian, Norayr Benohanian, Contributors: Alen Amirkhanian, Artak Hambarian, Astghine Pasoyan, Marek Sokáč, Natella Mirzoyan, Gagik Gabrielyan, Daniel Ghevondyan, ISBN 978-9939-1-0972-5 © American University of Armenia, 2018

Office location: 336W/PAB