Joseph Der Hovanesian

Background

Hovanesian, Joseph Der was born on August 14, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Der and Margaret (Der Koorkanian) Hovanesian.

Education

Student, Morningside College, 1950. Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1953. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1954.

Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1958.

Career

Assistant professor and postdoctoral Pennsylvania State University, 1958-1960. Associate professor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1970. Professor engineering Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, from 1970, department head mechanical engineering, from 1973.

Research scientist Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, summer 1977, 78, General Motors, Detroit, summer, 1960. Director optics and holography short course National Science Foundation, 1971-1973, 88-89, 93-94, 97, experimental stress analysis short course, 1965-1967. Director, guest lecturer Ford Motor Company, 1965-1966.

Guest lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1968. Founder, director Experimental Stress Analysis and Material Behavior Institute, Wayne State University. External examiner University Waterloo, Strathclyde University.

Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Joseph Der Hovanesian has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past member history district commission, planning commission City of Farmington Hills. Treasurer, co-founder Beechwood Homeowners' Association, Gill Homeowners' Association, Freedom Homeowners' Association. Fellow Society for Experimental Mechanics (chairman Southern Michigan section 1964-1965, permanent advisory, since 1991, papers and educational services committees, M.M. Frocht award 1997).

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman department heads committee region V 1991-1994), Optical Society of America (papers committee), Industrial Mathematics Society of America, American Arbitration Association, Sigma Xi (chairman Oakland University chapter 1972-1973), Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Julieann Piligian, August 21, 1960. Children: Charles, John.

Father:

Charles Der Hovanesian

Mother:

Margaret (Der Koorkanian) Hovanesian

Spouse:

Julieann Piligian

child:

John Hovanesian

child:

Charles Hovanesian