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Vaporciyan Family Helps Graduates Join CRD as Scientists
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By Contributor // November 15, 2013 in Armenia
YEREVAN - Several bright, young university students who conducted their
thesis work at the Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) of the Yerevan Physics
Institute (YerPhI) recently entered a new milestone in their careers.
Hripsime Lazarian and Hasmik Rostomyan successfully finished their
master's in physics coursework at Yerevan State University and
accepted offers to join the staff at the CRD. There, they presented
the results of their research at the Thunderstorms and Elementary
Particle Acceleration (TEPA 2013) international conference hosted at
CRD's Nor Ambert Research Center on Armenia's Mt. Aragats from Sept.
9-13.
The Harutyun and Nadya Vaporciyan bonus recipients: (Front row, L-R)
Tigran Karapetyan, Hasmig Rostomyan, Narine Khachatryan, Mari
Gasparyan, Bagrat Mailyan, Anoush Hakopyan, and Artur Reymers. (Back
row, L-R) Karen Arakelyan, Ara Babayan, Levon Vanyan, Hayk Avagyan,
Pavel Solakhyan, and Hripsime Mkrtcyan.
Lazarian's Master's theses was titled, `The Electrical Structure of
Thunderclouds and Initiation of the Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements
(TGEs).' Rostomyan's was titled, `The Maximal Energy of Solar
Acceleretors: Evidence from Space and Earth's Surface Measurements.'
Both researchers described mechanisms by which subatomic particles are
accelerated by natural forces in the environment. The CRD frequently
presents opportunities for promising young scientists and engineers,
including students, to present their research results at international
scientific forums.
Both Lazarian and Rostomyan were recent recipients of the Kirakos
Vapurciyan Scholarship for CRD students. This scholarship was
established by the Vapurciyan family according to the will of the late
Kirakos Vapurciyan of Michigan. In her letter of gratitude to the
Vapurciyans, Lazarian wrote, `I would like to express my gratitude to
you and thank you for such an honorable reward. I am deeply
appreciative for your support. This award has encouraged me to do
deeper observations in my field of science. Thank you again!'
Rostomyan expressed similar sentiments in her letter to the
Vapurciyans.
Computer scientist Hayk Avagyan, a recent graduate from Yerevan State
University, also acceped a position at the CRD. He is helping develop
new algorithms for data analysis and the correlation of data from the
Aragats Space Environmental Center with data from other astroparticle
physics experiments.
>From the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., physics
undergraduate Patrick Fasano, with the support of the Nanovic
Institute for European Studies at Notre Dame, interned at the CRD this
past summer. Fasano spent 10 weeks assisting graduate students with
upgrades and improvements to CRD's data storage and processing
software, as well as studying the physics of Thunderstorm Ground
Enhancements, a newly discovered high-energy phenomena that
accelerates cosmic ray particles within thunderclouds.
When Notre Dame physics professor Ani Aprahamian suggested to Fasano
that there may be an internship available in Armenia, he did a quick
Google search and study of Armenia: Where is it, and what is it like
there? There was little time for him to consider this opportunity, but
he decided to go for it.
Fasano was mentored by Bagrat Mailyan and Artur Reymers, both young
physicists who received their Ph.D.'s within the past few years.
According to Mailyan and Reymers, Fasano is a very bright young man
with a bright future in science. Besides his work at the CRD, he
enjoyed touring the country and participating in lunch-time debates
with the other young scientists. He says he would go back to Armenia
and the CRD in a heartbeat.
Thirteen of the CRD's young scientists and staff received
performance-based bonuses from the Harutyun and Nadya Vaporciyan
family for their outstanding work and their resolve to continue
pursuing excellence in Armenia. `I have their picture on my mirror,
and I look at them every day and I am so proud,' said Harutyun
Vaporciyan, regarding these talented young people.
`All in all, we are pleased with the progress of our students and our
young and seasoned scientists who mentor our students,' said Prof.
Ashot Chilingarian, the director of Yerevan Physics Insitute and the
head of its Cosmic Ray Division. `I, together with the CRD's entire
staff, express our profound thanks to the Vaporciyan family, some of
whom have visited CRD's facilities in Armenia.' CRD's staff, as well
as members of the Support Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division
(SCACRD), congratulate Lazarian and Rostomyan for their recent
accomplishments, offer them their support, and wish them well in the
coming years.
For more information on the Cosmic Ray Division and the Support
Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division, visit
http://crdlx5.yerphi.am and www.crdfriends.org, respectively.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/11/15/vaporciyan-family-helps-graduates-join-crd-as-scientists/
By Contributor // November 15, 2013 in Armenia
YEREVAN - Several bright, young university students who conducted their
thesis work at the Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) of the Yerevan Physics
Institute (YerPhI) recently entered a new milestone in their careers.
Hripsime Lazarian and Hasmik Rostomyan successfully finished their
master's in physics coursework at Yerevan State University and
accepted offers to join the staff at the CRD. There, they presented
the results of their research at the Thunderstorms and Elementary
Particle Acceleration (TEPA 2013) international conference hosted at
CRD's Nor Ambert Research Center on Armenia's Mt. Aragats from Sept.
9-13.
The Harutyun and Nadya Vaporciyan bonus recipients: (Front row, L-R)
Tigran Karapetyan, Hasmig Rostomyan, Narine Khachatryan, Mari
Gasparyan, Bagrat Mailyan, Anoush Hakopyan, and Artur Reymers. (Back
row, L-R) Karen Arakelyan, Ara Babayan, Levon Vanyan, Hayk Avagyan,
Pavel Solakhyan, and Hripsime Mkrtcyan.
Lazarian's Master's theses was titled, `The Electrical Structure of
Thunderclouds and Initiation of the Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements
(TGEs).' Rostomyan's was titled, `The Maximal Energy of Solar
Acceleretors: Evidence from Space and Earth's Surface Measurements.'
Both researchers described mechanisms by which subatomic particles are
accelerated by natural forces in the environment. The CRD frequently
presents opportunities for promising young scientists and engineers,
including students, to present their research results at international
scientific forums.
Both Lazarian and Rostomyan were recent recipients of the Kirakos
Vapurciyan Scholarship for CRD students. This scholarship was
established by the Vapurciyan family according to the will of the late
Kirakos Vapurciyan of Michigan. In her letter of gratitude to the
Vapurciyans, Lazarian wrote, `I would like to express my gratitude to
you and thank you for such an honorable reward. I am deeply
appreciative for your support. This award has encouraged me to do
deeper observations in my field of science. Thank you again!'
Rostomyan expressed similar sentiments in her letter to the
Vapurciyans.
Computer scientist Hayk Avagyan, a recent graduate from Yerevan State
University, also acceped a position at the CRD. He is helping develop
new algorithms for data analysis and the correlation of data from the
Aragats Space Environmental Center with data from other astroparticle
physics experiments.
>From the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., physics
undergraduate Patrick Fasano, with the support of the Nanovic
Institute for European Studies at Notre Dame, interned at the CRD this
past summer. Fasano spent 10 weeks assisting graduate students with
upgrades and improvements to CRD's data storage and processing
software, as well as studying the physics of Thunderstorm Ground
Enhancements, a newly discovered high-energy phenomena that
accelerates cosmic ray particles within thunderclouds.
When Notre Dame physics professor Ani Aprahamian suggested to Fasano
that there may be an internship available in Armenia, he did a quick
Google search and study of Armenia: Where is it, and what is it like
there? There was little time for him to consider this opportunity, but
he decided to go for it.
Fasano was mentored by Bagrat Mailyan and Artur Reymers, both young
physicists who received their Ph.D.'s within the past few years.
According to Mailyan and Reymers, Fasano is a very bright young man
with a bright future in science. Besides his work at the CRD, he
enjoyed touring the country and participating in lunch-time debates
with the other young scientists. He says he would go back to Armenia
and the CRD in a heartbeat.
Thirteen of the CRD's young scientists and staff received
performance-based bonuses from the Harutyun and Nadya Vaporciyan
family for their outstanding work and their resolve to continue
pursuing excellence in Armenia. `I have their picture on my mirror,
and I look at them every day and I am so proud,' said Harutyun
Vaporciyan, regarding these talented young people.
`All in all, we are pleased with the progress of our students and our
young and seasoned scientists who mentor our students,' said Prof.
Ashot Chilingarian, the director of Yerevan Physics Insitute and the
head of its Cosmic Ray Division. `I, together with the CRD's entire
staff, express our profound thanks to the Vaporciyan family, some of
whom have visited CRD's facilities in Armenia.' CRD's staff, as well
as members of the Support Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division
(SCACRD), congratulate Lazarian and Rostomyan for their recent
accomplishments, offer them their support, and wish them well in the
coming years.
For more information on the Cosmic Ray Division and the Support
Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division, visit
http://crdlx5.yerphi.am and www.crdfriends.org, respectively.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress