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Anne Kiremidjian

Anne Kiremidjian
Born
Anna Setian

(1949-08-11)August 11, 1949
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityUSA
Education
Known for
SpouseGaro Kiremidjian
Awards
Scientific career
Fields

Anne Kiremidjian (née Anna Setian; born August 11, 1949) is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University.

Biography

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Kiremidjian was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1] She earned her BA in physics from Queens College, City University of New York and BS in civil engineering from Columbia University.[2] She then earned her MS and PhD from Stanford University.[2]

From 1987 to 2002, she served as the Co-Director and Director of the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University.[3] Her research has focused on earthquake hazard as well as structural risk analysis.[2]

Awards

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She is the 2003 recipient of the Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers.[4]

In 2014, she was elected a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She was the 2018 recipient of the John Fritz Medal awarded by the American Association of Engineering Societies.[5]

In October 2020, she was appointed as the next C.L. Peck, Class of 1906 Professor in the School of Engineering.[6]

In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for research and dissemination of probabilistic seismic hazard methods and mentoring.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Gale Research Inc. (2018). American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological and Related Sciences (36th ed.). Farmington Hills: Cengage Gale. pp. 5330–5331. ISBN 9781410389398.
  2. ^ a b c "Anne Kiremidjian's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Van. "EERI Honorary Members: William J. Hall and Anne S. Kiremidjian". Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award". asce.org. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Award recipients" (PDF). American Association of Engineering Societies. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Anne Kiremidjian Appointed to the C.L Peck Professorship". Stanford University. October 6, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "National Academy of Engineering Elects 106 Members and 23 International Members". National Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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