Biography

Prof. Kerop Janoyan is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Clarkson University. As the Dean of the Graduate School, he oversees all professional and research-based graduate programs across the University, at the main Potsdam campus, the Capital Region Campus in Schenectady, the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries in Beacon, NY, at Pier 26 in New York City, and online. Prior, he served as the Director of Distance Learning in the Office of the Provost from 2013 through 2016 and as Executive Officer of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 2010 through 2014. He received his BS, MS, Engineer, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2001, respectively. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in California. He has been recognized numerous times by the Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University for his excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. He continues to serve on numerous university and departmental committees and recently received the Albert D. Merrill Award and was inducted into Phalanx, Clarkson University’s highest honor society. He was elected By-Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University where he spent his sabbatical stay in 2009. 

Dr. Janoyan’s research and development expertise covers a broad range of related topics with a strong focus on aspects of intelligent civil infrastructure and energy systems – including foundation engineering (dynamic soil-structure interaction), structural health monitoring and asset management, innovative bridge design, monitoring and evaluation, laboratory and field measurements in geotechnical and structural engineering, and advanced sensor development and measurement tools for civil, environmental, energy and industrial applications. He is the co-Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CECET) Blade Testing Facility and the Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation Technologies. He has served as a member of a number of technical committees and has chaired many conference sessions. Dr. Janoyan has an extensive history of participation in various academic and joint industrial projects. Dr. Janoyan has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical papers and reports and has presented his research at national and international conferences and workshops. His research and development efforts have garnered nearly $5 million in external funding and resulted in a US patent. Dr. Janoyan has advised numerous graduate and undergraduate students who have received many honors and awards and started successful careers in the profession, including several former graduate students who are now faculty members in US universities.

Education

Civil Engineering Ph.D. - 2001
University of California, Los Angeles
Civil Engineering 1998
University of California, Los Angeles
Civil Engineering M.S. - 1995
University of California, Los Angeles
Civil Engineering B.S. - 1993
University of California, Los Angeles

Publications

Publications from the past five years:

  1. Nikdel, L., Janoyan, K.D., Bird, S., Powers, S. (201x). “Multiple Perspectives of the Value of Occupancy-based HVAC Control Systems,” Building and Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.039, in press.
  2. Gangone, M.V., Whelan, M.J., Janoyan, K.D. (2017).  “Effect of Sensor System Noise and Load Positioning on the Precision of Load Testing and Rating of Highway Bridges: A Case Study,” Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 2, pp. 234-248. 
  3. Ebrahimnejad, L., Janoyan, K.D., Valentine, D.T., Marzocca, P. (2017) “Applications of reduced order models in the aeroelastic analysis of long-span bridges,”
  4. Ambegedara, A., Sun, J., Janoyan, K.D., Bollt, E. (2016) "Information Theoretical Noninvasive Damage Detection In Bridge Structures," CHAOS 26, 116312.
  5. Arsenault, T., Black, K., Janoyan, K., Marzocca, P. (2015) “Framework for a Spectral Element Wind Turbine Model Development for Load and Damage Estimation,” Structural Health Monitoring, 2015/9/2.
  6. Maatallah, O., Achuthan, A., Janoyan, K., Marzocca, P. (2015) “Recursive Wind Speed Forecasting Based on Hammerstein Auto-Regressive Model,” Applied Energy, 145, pp. 191-197.
  7. Ebrahimnejad, L., Janoyan, K.D., Valentine, D.T., Marzocca, P. (2014). “Investigation of the Aerodynamic Analysis of Super Long-Span Bridges by Using ERA Based Reduced Order Models,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, 19(9), 04014033, pp. 1-13.
  8. Bird, S., Achuthan, A., Maatallah, O., Hebner, R., Janoyan, K.D., Kwasinski, A., Marzocca, P., Matthews, J., Mayhew, D., Owen, J., Webber, M., Wenjin, W. (2014). “Distributed (Green) Data Centers:  A New Concept for Energy, Computing, and Telecommunications Energy for Sustainable Development,” Energy for Sustainable Development, doi:10.1016/j.esd.2013.12.006.
  9. Ebrahimnejad, L., Janoyan, K.D., Farsani, H.Y., Valentine, D.T., Marzocca, P. (2014). “Efficient Predictions of Unsteady Viscous Flows Around Bluff Bodies by Aerodynamic Reduced Order Models,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 136(1), pp. 1-10.
  10. Gangone, M.V., Whelan, M.J., Janoyan, K.D., Minnetyan, L. (2014).  “Development of Performance Assessment Tools for a Highway Bridge Resulting from Controlled Progressive Damage Monitoring,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 10(5), pp. 551-567.  doi:10.1080/15732479.2012.757329.
  11. Kunwar, A., Jha, R., Whelan, M.J., Janoyan, K.D., (2013) “Damage Detection in an Experimental Bridge Model Using Hilbert-Huang Transform of Transient Vibrations,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 20(1), pp. 1-15.
  12. Gangone, M.V., Whelan, M.J., Janoyan, K.D., Minnetyan, L. (2012).  “Experimental Characterization and Diagnostics of the Early-Age Behavior of a Semi-Integral Abutment FRP Deck Bridge,” Sensor Review, 32(4), pp. 296-309.
  13. Whelan, M.J. and Janoyan, K.D. (2012) “Assessment of Simplified Linear Dynamic Analysis of a Multi-Span Skew Bridge on Steel-Reinforced Elastomeric Bearings,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, 17(1), pp. 151-160.

New York Times – Health Care for Bridges: A Search for Diagnostic Tools
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/us/01bridge.html