Vladimir Sargsyan

Vladimir Sargsyan
Born	Vladimir Sargsyan (1935-06-25)25 June 1935 Jolfa, Armenian: Ջուղա, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Died	3 January 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 77) Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Nationality	Armenian
Alma mater	Yerevan State University
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanics, Deformable body mechanics
Institutions	Yerevan State University
Academic advisors	Naghush Harutyunyan

Vladimir Sargsyan (Armenian: Վլադիմիր Սարգսյան, June 25, 1935 in Jolfa, (Armenian: Ջուղա), NAR – January 3, 2013 in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia) was a Soviet, Armenian scientist in the field of mechanics.
Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Academician of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.

Biography

• 1935 – Born on June 25, Jolfa, (Armenian: Ջուղա), Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
• 1952 – Graduated from the School N17, Yerevan, Armenia
• 1952-1957 – Studied at the Mechanics Department of Physics and Mathematics Faculty of YSU
• 1957-1959 – Assistant of the Mechanics Department YSU
• 1959-1962 – Post-graduate student at YSU
• 1961-1963 – Senior Lecturer, Department of Higher Mathematics at YSU
• 1961-1966 – Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Armenian SSR
• 1962 – Candidate of Physics and Mathematics
• 1963-1965, 1967-1973 – Associate Professor of the Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity Department YSU
• 1965-1967 – Senior Research Fellow of the Research Section of YSU
• 1968-1970 – Head of the Laboratory of Computational Methods CRLMS [Management Systems Central Research Laboratory]
• 1969-1978 – Head of the Preparatory Division of YSU
• 1972 – Doctor of Physics and Mathematics
• 1973 – Professor of the Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity, YSU
• 1976-1980 – Member of Speciality Council of Supreme Certifying Commission (SCC) of Armenia
• 1978-2003 – Head of Department of Solid Mechanics, YSU
• 1980-2007 – Chairman of Speciality Council of Supreme Certifying Commission (SCC) of Armenia
• 1986 – Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR
• 1988-1990 – Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics, YSU
• 1990-1992 – Vice-rector for Scientific Affairs, YSU
• 1993-1994 – Acting Academic-Secretary of the Department of MITS of ANAS, Member of the Presidium of NAS Armenia
• 1994 – Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of ANAS
• 1996 – Academician of RA National Academy of Sciences
• 1996-2007 – Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics, YSU
• 2007 – Honorary Head of the Department of Mechanics, YSU
• 2013 - Died on January 3 in Yerevan

Participation in Scientific Organizations

• 1980 – Honorary member of the Mechanics Society of Slovak Academy of Sciences
• 1982-1991 – Chief Editor of Interuniversity Journal “Mechanics”, Member of Editorial Board of Journals “Uchenye zapiski EGU” and “Mechanics” ANAS
• 1985 – Member of the National Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, USSR
• 1985 – Member of the Cooperation of Mechanics and Mathematics International Society
• 1986 – Member of the Scientific Council of "Structural Strength and Destruction" Society of Science and Technology of the USSR
• 1986 – Chairman of the Scientific-Methodical Commission of Mechanics from Transcaucasian Region
• 1989 – Member of the Presidency of the USSR Ministry of Education Methodical Council of Theoretical Mechanics and Chairman of the Transcaucasian Region
• 1993 – Member of National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1993 – Corresponding member of “Ararat” International Academy (Paris)
• 1994 – Member of the Engineering Academy of Armenia
• 1993-2006 – President of the National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Armenia
• 1994 – Expert of International Association of Interaction with Scientists from Former USSR (Belgium, INTAS)
• 1995 – Member of International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
• 1998 – Member of European Mechanics Society
• 1998 – Founding member of Slovakian Academy of Engineering Sciences
• 1998 – Foreign member of Editorial Board of Mechanics and Mathematics Journals (Ukraine, Egypt)

Awards

• 1981 – Deserved Scientist of Armenia (1981),
• 1985 – Gold Medal of Yan Comenius University in Bratislava
• 1988 – Medal of Bratislava University
• 1992 – Mansoura University Medal (Egypt)
• 1999 – State Medal “Anania Shirakatsi”
• 2000 – Memorial Medal “Moscow State University - 250”
• 2005 – Award of “Achievement” of ANAS Presidium of RA
• 2005 – Memorable Gold Medal of Yerevan State University
• 2009 – Memorable Medal of Prime Minister RA