Papoyan Ashot

Ashot Rafiki Papoyan
Academic Degree and Title: Doctor of Technical Sciences (D.Sc.), Professor
Date of Birth: October 2, 1956
E-mail: a.papoyan@polytechnic.am

Education

Primary Education:

• 1963-1973 – Secondary School No. 12, Gyumri
• Qualification: Secondary Education Certificate

Professional Education:

• September 1973 – June 1978 – Mechanical Faculty of Leninakan Branch of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (YPI)
  • Specialization: "Textile Production Machinery and Equipment"
• January 1979 – January 1982 – Full-time postgraduate studies at the "Textile Machinery Design" (TMD) Department of Moscow Textile Institute
• May 2003 – May 2004 – Doctoral studies at the "Mechanical Engineering" Department of St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design

Qualifications:

• 1978 – Mechanical Engineer (Diploma with Honors)
• 1982 – Candidate of Technical Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.) in "Textile and Light Industry Machinery, Aggregates, and Processes" (classification 05.02.13, Russia)
• 2004 – Doctor of Technical Sciences (classification 05.02.13, Russia)
• 2009 – Certificate of equivalence for the Doctor of Technical Sciences degree issued by the Supreme Certifying Commission of Russia, recognized as equivalent to the Doctor of Technical Sciences degree of the Republic of Armenia (Certificate No. 33, April 15, 2010)

Professional and Scientific-Pedagogical Activities

• September 1978 – December 1978 – Assistant at the "Theory of Machines and Mechanisms and Machine Parts" (TMM and MP) Department, Leninakan Branch of YPI
• January 1979 – January 1982 – Postgraduate student at the "Textile Machinery Design" (TMD) Department, Moscow Textile Institute
• January 1980 – December 1981 – Junior Researcher at the TMD Department, Moscow Textile Institute
• March 1982 – October 1985 – Assistant at the "Theory of Machines and Mechanisms and Machine Parts" (TMM and MP) Department, Leninakan Branch of YPI
• October 1985 – September 1995 – Associate Professor at the "Theory of Machines and Mechanisms and Machine Parts" (TMM and MP) Department (renamed "Applied Mechanics" in 1995) of the Leninakan Branch of YPI (later Gyumri Branch of the State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA))
• September 1995 – September 2000 – Deputy Director for Academic Affairs and Head of the Department of Fundamental and General Engineering Training at the Gyumri Branch of SEUA
• September 1996 – September 2011 – Director of the "TEMP" Preparatory School of the Gyumri Branch of SEUA (part-time position)
• September 2000 – August 2011 – Associate Professor at the "Applied Mechanics" Department of the Gyumri Branch of SEUA
• September 2010 – Present – Professor at the "Applied Mechanics" Department (now the "Engineering Disciplines" Department) of the Gyumri Branch of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA)
• February 2012 – December 2016 – Acting Director of the Gyumri Branch of NPUA
• December 2016 – September 2021 – Director of the Gyumri Branch of NPUA
• April 2021 – August 2023 – Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at the Gyumri Branch of NPUA

Field of Scientific Research

• Mechanical Engineering
• Textile and Light Industry Machine Building and Technology
• Dynamics of Machines and Mechanisms (Dynamics of High-Speed Rotor Systems)

Scientific Publications

• Published 114 scientific works, including:
  • 2 monographs
  • 12 invention applications
  • 8 educational manuals
• Head of several thematic research funding programs

Membership in Academic and Scientific Societies

• 2007 – 2010 – Advisory Member of the Engineering Academy of Armenia
• 2010 – 2014 – Corresponding Member of the Engineering Academy of Armenia
• 2014 – Present – Full Member of the Engineering Academy of Armenia

Awards (Scientific and State)

• Certificate of Appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia
• Gold Commemorative Medal of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia