Սթիվեն Ստեփանյան (1882–1964)։ Գյուտարարություն և ինժեներություն։ engineer, born in the Ottoman Empire. Designed the first self-discharging motorized transit mixer in 1916 in Columbus, Ohio — the direct predecessor of the modern ready-mix concrete truck — and is widely credited as the father of the ready-mix concrete industry. Stephen Stepanian was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including the Elevator and Conveyor, Compound Tool, and the Wrench. He is also accredited as the inventor of a self-discharging motorized transit mixer that was the predecessor of the concrete mixer truck. Stepanian is often called the "father of the ready-mix concrete industry."