Anne Kiremidjian

Anne Kiremidjian
Born	Anna Setian (1949-08-11)August 11, 1949 Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	USA
Education	Queens College, City University of New York Columbia University Stanford University
Known for	Earthquake engineering Structural health monitoring Wireless sensor networks
Spouse	Garo Kiremidjian
Awards	John Fritz Medal (2018) C. Martin Duke Award (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Environmental engineering Civil engineering

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

Biography

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

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

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. "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.

External links

• Anne S. Kiremidjian, Stanford University
• Anne S. Kiremidjian, Google Scholar