YEREVAN (Arka) – This year, the 12th International Microelectronics Olympiad attracted 671 contestants from 24 countries – Argentina, Armenia, Artsakh, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Jordan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine, Uruguay, the United States, and Vietnam. Read more.
Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) started providing lectures at Vanadzor Technology Center (VTC) in Armenia, on September 14th, 2017. Mr. Eddie Atoian, the past President of AESA, a specialist in Electrical & Power Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, and Industrial & Commercial Development. He shared his professional expertise in Project Management with students and employees of VTC...
YEREVAN – An Armenian made electric car was presented at the 2017 DigiTec tech expo, which opened earlier in Yerevan. The self-driving, electric powered car was assembled in Armenia by National Instruments and Armenian engineers. Read more.
TSAGHKADZOR, Armenia (RFE/RL) – Armenia’s first-ever major solar power plant went on stream on Friday, September 29 with a senior government official predicting the country’s growing reliance on renewable sources of energy. Read more.
Asadour Tarakchian and his staff from Tutor Doctor presented science experiments at 2017 Summer Camp Zavarian. One of the experiment was a Zip Line challenge where the kids had to think creatively and engineer/fashion a bucket to zip a golf ball down a “zip line.”
SAN JOSE, CA – Five girls from the Karbi village in Armenia are finalist in the Global Technovation challenge, an international global organization that promotes girls in STEM. From 3,000 global teams representing 105 countries, 12 final teams were selected in a Global Technovation challenge with the directive to develop an innovative mobile application. Read...
Green Armenia recently received 14 applications for its 2017-2018 environmental fellowship. The applicants were interviewed and the winner was selected in early June. Gevorg Guloyan, Mkhitar Avetisyan and Irina Mkrtchyan are the winners for their Fests Go Green Project, that aims toward proper waste management and public education at the upcoming Areni Wine Festival in...
(Glendale, CA, June 20, 2017) – The Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) is delighted to announce that its past president and a long-time member of the AESA, Vasken Yardemian has been appointed by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to advise the Ministry of Environment of Lebanon on a short term assignment. Yardemian is...
By Sarkis Barkhoudarian, Chairman, Research and Educational Grant Project Committee, GLENDALE – One of the lesser-known crises in Armenia today is the increasing lack of technical books and academic texts written in Armenian. These books are either unavailable, becoming outdated, or falling apart due to age. Because of the lack of financial resources, no new...
