Engineering Association

LECTURES

Testing Autonomous Vehicles

Speaker: Gor Nikoghosyan
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Gor Nikoghosyan, Solution and Methodology Lead Engineer, will give a lecture on a new approach to the specification of scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles, which is based on abstraction. Additionally, he will cover the impact of this novel methodology on research and development (R&D), verification and validation (V&V), as well as the overall development process.

Modern High-Power RF Transistors

Speaker: Abet Barsegyan
Date: Friday, Sep 07, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Mr. Barsegyan co-founded Integra Technologies in 1997 and has been instrumental in leading the company’s success in technology development, sales, and operations management for the past 25 years. Prior to being named COO in 2014, Mr. Barsegyan was Vice President of RF Power Amplifiers where he was focused on extending the company’s core pallet portfolio to Gallium Nitride-based solutions. Prior to that Mr. Barsegyan was with Power Hybrids Inc. (later to become MACOM) where he focused on RF and Microwave transistor development. Mr. Barsegyan has over 40 years of deep domain expertise focused on designing, manufacturing and fielding high power RF and Microwave transistors and amplifiers.

Science and Technology Trends and The Future of Humanity

Speaker: Artur Galstyan
Date: Friday, Sep 02, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: In his lecture, Artur Galstyan, will analyze the latest trends in science and technology and how they will change the future of humanity.

Analog AI - MOSFET Based Neural Networks

Speaker: Davit Grigoryan
Date: Friday, Aug 26, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: As the limit for digital electronics is being reached, neural networks have taken over the research for AI implementation. However, the ending of Moore’s law would soon halt the development of Neural networks.

To overcome this, many research facilities have turned to an analog hardware implementation which uses a crossbar array to construct the network. Flash memory cells and memristors have been used for the construction of a proposed analogue neural network. During this research MOSFETS are used in the place of memristors to set the weight of the neurons. A crossbar array configuration is used during testing as they have been shown to be the most practical approach for commercialization and their wide use in third generation neural networks (spiking neural networks).

The Neurobiology Behind the Vagus Nerve Stimulator

Speaker: Neurosurgeon, Dr. William Khachatryan
Date: Friday, Aug 12, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Neurosurgeon Khachatryan will be lecturing on some medical aspects of the nerve cells and of the brain needed for such devices. The following topics and much more will be covered during the lecture: Bio-electrical processes, Nerve Pulse Generation, Neuromodulation.

Risk-Aware Control of Autonomous Robots in Dynamic Environments

Speaker: Astghik Hakobyan
Date: Friday, Aug 05, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: The lecture introduces recent advances in modern control theory, its integration with AI, as well as novel methods for safety assurance in robotic systems. Two state-of-the-art methods called model predictive control (MPC) and meta-reinforcement learning (meta-RL) will be presented with their application to robot control. Both approaches provide high-performance control actions with safety guarantees. Last but not least, the utility of both methods will be demonstrated via real-world experiments on a restaurant service robot and simulations in an autonomous driving scenario.

“People and Machines” - the Story Behind the Book

Speaker: Alexey Pomigalov
Date: Friday, July 15, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: This winter, NewMag Publishing House in collaboration with DataArt IT Museum published a book titled "People and Machines" dedicated to the history of computers development in Armenia. Authors Alexei Pomigalov, Ilya Korobov and Alexander Andreyev conducted research work with archival materials and ran many interviews with former engineers and scientists to develop the content of the book.

Alexei Pomigalov will be visiting Engineering City this Friday and will deliver a lecture about the book. He will give an overview of the project, will share the story behind the book, explain the research behind it and the challenges they faced throughout the publishing process.

ActiveUptime™ - Innovation and Product Development Story from Yerevan

Speaker: Andranik Meliqsetyan
Date: Friday, June 17, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: During the lecture Andranik Meliqsetyan will provide an overview of ActiveUptime™, share examples from lead users and explain the business model behind it. In addition, he will share their story about going from a simple idea to an officially released product and what are the challenges and specifics of developing an integrated hardware and software solution for global customers within a big organization.

Innovation and Industrialization in Large Organization

Speaker: Aram Kradjian
Date: Friday, June 8, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: In his presentation, Aram Kradjian will provide an overview of how innovation and research take place in large organizations - such as automotive companies - and the challenges they face in adopting the results derived form research and/or innovation programs. The lecture will feature multiple examples drawn from his vast experience in the automotive industry.

Introduction to Space Science and Technologies

Lecturer: Artur Galstyan
Date: Friday, June 3, 2022
Time: 5:30 PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: During the lecture Artur Galstyan will share and explain basic concepts behind the industry like key scientific principles, shuttle operating principles, type of orbits, type of satellites, various applications of satellites etc.

The lecture is a great opportunity for everyone to build a simple and at the same time solid awareness about the space industry and satellites.

Automotive RADAR Production Test System Release

Lecturer: Gurgen Mardoyan
Date: Friday, May 27, 2022
Time: 5:30 PM
Venue: EC Manufacturing Floor
Description: An Automotive RADAR Automated Production Test System was Designed and Developed by YEA Engineering, which is intended for the End-of-Line testing of newly manufactured Automotive RADARs in less than 3 minutes.

During the session, Gurgen Mardoyan, the program manager of the project, will introduce the system, provide the solution development overview and share some challenges of the implementation.

Creating a Culture of Quality Control

Lecturer: Garik Gharibjanian
Date: Friday, May 20, 2022
Time: 5:30 PM
Venue: Online
Description: This lecture will introduce concepts related to quality control by analyzing modern practices and demonstrating how culture shapes the work environment for better products. Garik Gharibjanyan will provide relevant, real-world examples from his extensive experience in semiconductor design, packaging and testing.

Algorithm-aided Design and the Future of Architecture

Lecturer: Mesrop Andriasyan
Date: Friday, Apr 22
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Can architects be replaced by algorithms? To what extent? Mesrop Andriasyan, a PhD in an interdisciplinary domain called computational architecture will introduce how technological development is transforming the practice of architects and urban planners. You will see how technology is harvested from other domains and utilized by architects to shape better environments.

Armbionics: The Technology Of Differently Abled

Lecturer: Manvel Grigoryan
Date: Friday, Apr 15
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Armbionics is one of new tenants in Engineering City. It is an Armenian company developing assistive technologies for upper limbs. The lecture will provide an overview of the company and dive deep into their products and the engineering behind it. In addition, Manvel Grigoryan will explain the importance of the assistive technologies, the vision of Armbionics and the long-term strategy.

Deep Into the Sky - 30 Years of Aerial Filming

Lecturer: Artur Sarkisyan
Date: Friday, April 8, 2022
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: During the lecture Artur Sarkisyan will introduce his multi-professional career and contribution in aviation history. Recently, he has published a book which highlights best moments of his 30 year long aerial filming and also engineering solutions he developed for on-board videography.

The Stories of Famous Engineers

Lecturer: Students of Engineering City
Date: Friday, Aug 6, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture is dedicated to the life, activity, scientific and social contribution of five famous engineers and innovators: Andranik Iosifyan; Avedis Zildjian; Artem Mikoyan; Samvel Kocharyants; Anna Kazanjian.

Initially (Ի սկզբանե)

Lecturer: Arman Nur
Date: Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: Statue of a reader, small book shacks, the symbolic “Seven Sources” fountain in Yerevan Republic Sqaure… These works are some of the creations of designer, jeweler, painter and sculptor Arman Nur. During the lecture, Arman will talk about his philosophy, the present and the future of the Armenian modern art.

To Look At or to See?

Lecturer: Avetik Vardanyan
Date: Friday, Jul 2, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: The way we understand art and culture is very much determined by knowledge that we get through a study of specific directions of art. As a result, by looking at an artwork, we tend to focus on art techniques or historical context and defocus from the artwork by itself. The purpose of this lecture is to draw viewers' attention to methods and skills of seeing the artwork instead of just looking at it. The lecture will be in-person. We will meet at the Museum Lecture Hall.

Learning-Based Optimal Control for Autonomous Systems

Lecturer: Astghik Khachatryan
Date: Friday, June 25, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of Astghik's research on learning based optimal control methods for mobile robots. The work considers a risk-aware motion planning and control scheme for autonomous systems in dynamic and uncertain environments. A novel model predictive control (MPC) method is proposed for motion planning and decision-making that systematically adjusts the safety and conservativeness in an environment with randomly moving obstacles. Collision avoidance, motion planning, motion control and autonomous navigation are some practical applications of the research results.

AirWorker - Development of UAVs for Various Applications

Lecturer: AirWorker, Hrayr Hambardzumyan
Date: Friday, June 11, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of AirWorker activities in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles development as well as dive deeper into AW-5 UAV design. You can learn more about the AirWorker via this link. The lecture will be in-person. We will meet at the Museum Lecture Hall.

Imaging and High-Resolution Automotive Radars Validation

Lecturers: Armen Hakobyan
Date: Friday, May 14, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: High-Resolution Imaging Radars represents the next wave of automotive radars development. Such radars operate in far-field range. It makes their validation and characterization very challenging since a very large anechoic chamber is needed to perform all the necessary measurements. Application of Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR) helps to overcome these difficulties and make measurements more effective and efficient. This is a methodology that provides convenient testing of RF systems at frequencies where obtaining far-field spacing to the device under test would not be feasible using traditional free-space methods. In addition, High Resolution of Imaging Radars imposes additional requirements to the test system in terms of spatial resolution of target. This lecture will cover those and other Imaging Radar validation problems and provide examples of practical solutions.

Classical Guitar Concert

Date: Friday, May 7, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Science and Technology Music Hall
Description: Classical music is both entertaining and thought provoking. It stirs the imagination, creativity, emotions, and feelings that otherwise wouldn't occur at the same intensity while listening to other forms of music.The concert will be conducted by Eduard Hrmushyan, laureate of international competitions.
In the program, you will enjoy:

J. S. Bach
Joaquín Rodrigo
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Carlo Domeniconi

Mars 2020 Mission Overview: Perseverance Rover

Lecturers: Armen Toorian, Anais Zarifian, Torkom Pailevanian
Date: Friday, April 23, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: Perseverance Mars Rover was launched on July 30, 2020 at 4:50 a.m. PDT and landed on the surface of Mars on Feb. 18, 2021 at 12:55 p.m. PST. This was a great achievement in space exploration history. During today's lecture Armen, Anais and Torkom will share with us engineering challenges behind this success and particularly the details around integration and test of the rover.

How to Standardize Measurements and Validation in a Global Company

Lecturer: Narek Shukhyan
Date: Friday, April 9, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: Validation Systems usually consist of a huge variety of bench instruments from different vendors. Hence, the reuse/standardization of different aspects of the test (Code, Trainings, Usability, Maintenance, etc...) is hugely affected, forcing double work over many of them.During the lecture we will talk about one of the approaches we took in identifying a Validation System that will be deployed and reused within different sites of the customer company, standardizing their V&V approach and leveraging from characterization to production reuse.

Intelligent Services for Semiconductor Industry #2

Lecturers: Vardan Makaryan, Garo Janir, Andranik Meliqsetyan
Date: Friday, April 2, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: Preventing failures through maintenance actions is critical for systems safety, reliability, and operation cost reduction. Importance of maintenance increases significantly and there is a constant need to increase its efficiency and effectiveness. Prognostics and health management (PHM) methodologies are key enablers in achieving these engineering objectives. We are continuously working towards enabling condition and predictive based maintenance for semiconductor test systems. In this lecture we will share with you where we are in this journey.

Engineering Project Management - Today

Lecturer: Elya Galinyan, Nazareth Kevorkian
Date: Friday, March 19, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of project management in engineering development lifecycles, highlighting the role and responsibilities of the Project Manager, what value he/she brings, defining differences between projects, programs, products and systems, explaining the standard and tailored PM processes and frameworks, while sharing personal experience and opinion.

History of Shadow Theatre in Armenia

Lecturer: Armen Kirakosyan
Date: Friday, March 12, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of the history of this old form of Armenian folk art, discuss traditions of the theatre and contemporary practices.

Camera Data Logging for Driver Monitoring Systems

Lecturers: Thomas Tashjian; Tigran Grigoryan
Date: Friday, March 5, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of Camera Data Logging Solutions for Driver Monitoring Systems and will show how to overcome challenges related to data throughput and logging synchronization.

Financial Analysis in Engineering

Lecturer: Diana Manukyan
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of financial analysis in engineering projects, show the interconnection of two disciplines, explain key concepts and provide some practical examples from the industry.

Technology of Design & Design of Technology

Lecturer: fromascope design
Date: Friday, February 19, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will be divided into 2 parts. In the first part we will provide an overview process about the use of technology in design and communications and in the second part about the use of design in technology. We will share some examples of the well known brands that revolutionize customer experience.

Ventilator - Journey from Ideation to Engineering Units

Lecturer: Gurgen Mardoyan
Date: Friday, February 5, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of the whole process of the Medical Ventilator project starting from the initial discussions in early 2020 to the compilation of the project with 5 Engineering Units ready. It will cover the challenges the design team faced, the solutions that were given, the tradeoffs and decisions that were made along the way and the possible next steps.

Electrical Vehicle Battery Test

Lecturer: Hayk Voskanyan
Date: Friday, January 29, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: Electric-vehicle batteries are an essential part of electrical vehicles. They define the driving range of cars, they impact cars' safety, longevity, and overall performance. The lecture will provide an overview of electric vehicle battery types, their key parameters, test methodologies and solutions adopted by the automotive industry.

Rebuilding Armenian Engineering & Manufacturing

Date: Friday, January 15, 2021
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall
Description: The presentation will dwell upon life at the Engineering City.

How to Investigate Human Body Reaction to Simultaneous Multiple RF Excitation Waves in MRI Systems?

Lecturer: Dr.-Eng. Ara Yeramian
Date: Friday, December 18, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: In magnetic fields 3 Tesla and higher, employed simultaneous multiple RF excitation sources pose increasing challenges regarding patient safety. Local elevations in temperature measured in terms of the specific absorption rate (SAR) is a concern which could cause human tissue damage. SAR is highly relevant to body tissues which differ among individuals and body types in terms of quantity and distribution. Due to this, SAR investigations are conducted through electromagnetic simulations. For this purpose, personalized virtual models for each individual are required to be generated in efficient manners.
This work establishes the ground for generating such virtual models through computationally fast and efficient methods.

Adaptive Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications

Lecturer: Prof. Victor I. Dzhigan
Date: Friday, December 11, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: Adaptive algorithms and their implementations are widely used in variety of Industries, including Communication and Control systems, Radar and Navigation systems, Acoustics, Intelligent Transportation and Adaptive Test systems. Adaptive filtering is the important part of such applications as electrical and acoustic echo cancellation, communication channel equalization, adaptive antenna arrays, noise cancellation, active noise control, digital predistortion, etc.
This lecture is devoted to understanding of main concepts of adaptive filtering, explanation of main algorithms, such as LMS, RLS, demystifying the use of adaptive filters in practical applications with providing certain examples.

Automotive Radars and Automotive Radars Test

Lecturer: Armen Hakobyan
Date: Friday, October 23, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting link: meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics:

Radars application in transportation
Type of radars and operation fundamentals
Automotive radars test methodologies and challenges
NI VRTS based automotive radar test systems

OTA Test Virtual Hands-on for Semiconductor Devices

Lecturer: Mher Minasyan
Date: Friday, September 25, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: During the session OTA Chamber Calibration and DUT Measurements will be explained and demonstrated for mmWave 5G devices.

Electric Vehicle Power Components Overview and Design Challenges

Lecturer: Armen Harutyunyan
Date: Friday, September 18, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will provide an overview of EV/HEV and Fuel Cell Vehicle development processes, architectures and system design considerations. Both theoretical and practical aspects will be covered. EV/HEV and Fuel Cell Vehicle related education challenges will be discussed and a pilot project of EV Power Components Study Lab will be presented.

Armenian Calligraphy

Lecturer: Ruben Malayan
Date: Friday, September 11, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Museum Lecture Hall at the Engineering City
Meeting Link: meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: During the lecture, Ruben Malayan, will provide an overview of Armenian calligraphy and typography, explain specifics and share some great examples of Armenian calligraphy art, discuss the practical and cultural importance of calligraphy.

Medical Device 'Design Control' Process

Lecturer: Frederick Melikian
Date: Friday, September 4, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Meeting Link: meet.google.com/fom-eimm-jtd
Description: The lecture will provide an introduction to the Design and Development, Testing, and Verification and Validation of Medical Devices and Applications, per Regulatory and Quality Processes and Standards.

Wafer Level Reliability Test

Lecturer: Narek Shukhyan
Date: Friday, Aug 28, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics:

Fundamentals of wafer level reliability
Wafer level reliability assessment methodologies
Key measurements required for the assessment
Wafer level reliability test solutions and technologies

Engineering Education and Industry

Lecturer: Andranik Aghajanyan
Date: Friday, Aug 21, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics:

The industry driven engineering education
The cooperation of Polytechnic and Engineering association
The industry based department and new specializations
After-hour education and research in Engineering City

Automotive Radars and Automotive Radars Test

Lecturer: Armen Hakobyan
Date: Friday, Aug 14, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics:

Radars application in transportation
Type of radars and operation fundamentals
Automotive radars test methodologies and challenges
NI VRTS based automotive radar test systems

Applications of Antenna Systems

Lecturer: Ararat Stepanyan
Date: Friday, Aug 7, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics

Problems and requirements of antenna design
Types of antennas and their applications (5G, DF, radars, measurement systems)
Solutions for UWB and circular polarized antennas problems

Challenges in the design and development of Automotive HIL systems

Lecturer: Shant Halajian
Date: Friday, July 31, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the following topics:

Typical architecture of hardware in the loop systems
ADAS HIL test systems design and development challenges
NAMI ADAS HIL project overview

IC Power and Performance Characterization

Lecturer: Armen Kirakosyan
Date: Friday, July 24, 2020
Time: 5PM
Venue: Online
Description: The lecture will cover the fundamentals and technical challenges of current measurements ranging from microamperes to several Amps and the setup considerations to achieve accurate and repeatable measurements in semiconductor power characterization applications.