Second Byurakan Summer School for YSU Students

August 22-30, 2005, Byurakan, Armenia

This school was organized to attract the YSU students from the Department of Physics to the Byurakan Observatory and to astronomy in general. A few lectures, practical exercises, meetings to BAO associates and acquaintance to their research, a competition, and social events were organized. The school was linked to ArAS IV Annual Meeting so that the students could also participate in it.

Local Organizing Committee (LOC): Areg Mickaelian (Chair), Andranik Melkonian (Secretary).

Altogether, 14 students (mainly of B.Sc. level) participated. Some of the students had participated in the astronomical Olympiads during the recent years.

List of the lecturers and lectures

Harutyunian, Haik A., The Byurakan Observatory
Magakian, Tigran, Yu., Computer methods in astronomy
Mickaelian, Areg M., Modern challenges of astronomy
Movsessian, Tigran H., Modern instruments of astronomy

List of the students

Arzakantsyan Mikael, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Galoyan Levon, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Ghazaryan Areg, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Ghazaryan Satenik, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Gyarakyan Babken, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Hayrapetyan Hasmik, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Khachikian Tigran, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Kurghinyan Bilor, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Madoyan Nerses, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Mickaelian Aghasi, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Muradyan Serob, B.Sc. 4th year, YSU
Paremuzyan Vardan, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Poghosyan Sergei, B.Sc. 3rd year, YSU
Sargsyan Lena, M.Sc. 1st year, YSU