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Gavardashvili Givi

Academician

Sphere of Scientific Interests: Hydromelioration (irrigation, drainage, erosion); Large-scale laboratory modeling of irrigation and drainage systems; Safety of agricultural plots and problem prediction and control; Soil erosion processes prediction and control; Modern methods of integrated water resource management by considering the climate change; Hydraulic structures; Reliability and risk assessment of the operation of hydraulic structures; Designing the innovative environmental protection structures; Predicting natural disasters and designing protective facilities by using up-to-date techniques and technologies.

Total number of publications: more than 250, among them 15 monographs, 12 textbooks.

Education - Scientific Degree

  1. 2022

    Academician

    Georgian National Academy of Sciences
  2. 2000

    Professor

  3. 1996

    Doctor of Technical Sciences

  4. 1987

    Candidate of Technical Sciences

  5. 1981-1984

    Postgraduate internal study

    Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Amelioration of Georgia
  6. 1976-1981

    Higher

    Georgian Agricultural Institute

Professional Experience

  1. 2018 - present
    Chief Scientist
    Water Management Institute of Georgian Technical University (GTU)
  2. 2012 - present
    Professor
    Georgian Technical University
  3. 2011 - present
    Director
    Water Management Institute of Georgian Technical University (GTU)
  4. 2007 - 2011
    Director
    LEPL Water Management Institute
  5. 2005 - 2006
    Deputy Director on the Teaching and Scientific Department
    Georgian Railway Institute
  6. 2005 - 2006
    Director
    Institute of Water Management and Engineering Ecology of Georgian National Academy of Science
  7. 2002 - 2005
    Head of the Chair, Professor, Deputy Director in the Scientific Department
    Georgian Railway Institute
  8. 1997 - 2000
    Professor
    State Agrarian University of Georgia
  9. 1996 - 2003
    Head of the Laboratory of Erosion and Debris-Flow Processes
    Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Amelioration of Georgia
  10. 1987 - 1996
    Senior Scientific Researcher of the Debris-Flow Field Research Sector
    Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Amelioration of Georgia
  11. 1985 - 1987
    Junior Scientific Worker
    Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Amelioration of Georgia

Awards & Prizes

  • 2019
    Diploma of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the World Science Day established by UNESCO for scientific achievements in the field of "hydromelioration", Tbilisi, Georgia.
  • 2018
    Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences for Outstanding Contribution to Ukrainian-Georgian Science, Kiev, Ukraine
  • 2014
    Honorary Professor of Central China Normal University (Wuhan)
  • 2013
    Order of Honor of the President of Georgia
  • 2012
    Chestokhova Polytechnic University Diploma and Silver Medal, Chestokhova, Poland
  • 2011
    Diploma and Silver Medal of the Wroclaw University of Life Sciences. Wroclaw, Poland
  • 1985
    Diploma Holder of the World Exhibition of Young Inventors, Plovdiv, Bulgaria