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GTU Professor, Academician Givi Gavardashvili Becomes Laureate of Two Named Prizes

GTU Professor, Academician Givi Gavardashvili Becomes Laureate of Two Named Prizes

 

GTU Professor, Academician Givi Gavardashvili Becomes Laureate of Two Named Prizes

14-01-2025
GTU Professor, Academician Givi Gavardashvili Becomes Laureate of Two Named Prizes
Academician Givi Gavardashvili, director of the Tsotne Mirtskhulava Scientific Research Institute of Water Management of the Georgian Technical University, Professor of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development of GTU, and Chairman of the Standing Commission for the Scientific Study of Natural Disasters of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, , has become a laureate of two prestigious prizes for famous scientists.

At the end of 2024, Academician Givi Gavardashvili was awarded the Otar Natishvili Prize for the monograph “Hydro Melioration and Safety of Hydropower Nodes” by the decision of the Presidium of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. The scientific paper “Expected Risks of Mudflows and Combating Them”, the authors of which, along with Givi Gavardashvili, are Professors Eduard Kukhalashvili and Shorena Kupreishvili, was awarded the Academician Aleksandre Didebulidze Prize by the decision of the Presidium of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze, on behalf of the university’s scientific and academic circles and students, congratulates Academician Givi Gavardashvili, Director of the Tsotne Mirtskhulava Institute of Water Management and Professor of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development, on receiving the honorary awards and wishes him fruitful research activities.

“It is essential when the work and activity of scientists are properly evaluated and celebrated with nominal prizes. Academician Givi Gavardashvili’s monograph “Hydro Melioration and Safety of Hydropower Knots” discusses the main aspects of hydro melioration, and studies the current issues of irrigation, drainage, erosion, and safety of hydropower knots. The work includes an assessment of climate change across 9 regions and 69 municipalities of Georgia, as well as a calculation of land reclamation risks for the safe functioning of Georgia’s irrigation and drainage systems. The work scientifically develops a methodology to combat water erosion of soil, which, in the future, will form the basis for developing a state program to control water erosion of Georgian soils. As for the second paper “Expected Risks of Mudslides and Combating Them”, which was worked on by a group of Georgian scientists, the German publishing house “Lambert” published it in eight languages.

This monograph will respond to the complex challenges of managing the risks of natural anomalies and maintaining ecological balance, overcoming which is equally important for our country and the world. It is no coincidence that researchers focus on one type of natural anomaly, namely mudslides, which in terms of their distribution capacity reach 40% in the category of global natural disasters. It is noteworthy that the monograph offers specialists, engineers, and researchers the latest types of innovative structures, new calculation schemes, and innovative approaches. 

“On behalf of the scientific and academic circles and students of the Georgian Technical University, I congratulate Academician Givi Gavardashvili, along with him, Professors Eduard Kukhalashvili and Shorena Kupreishvili on receiving honorary awards and wish them scientific success in the development of our country’s hydraulic engineering, environmental protection and hydro melioration fields, as well as in educating the young generation of researchers,” noted Rector, Academician David Gurgenidze.

For information, the monograph “Hydro melioration and Safety of Hydropower Knots” (Publishing House “Universal”, 2024, 546 pp., with color illustrations) - discusses the main aspects of hydro melioration: issues of irrigation, drainage, erosion, and safety of hydro-knots; presents innovative constructions of irrigation and drainage networks, the priorities of which are scientifically and technically new and confirmed by Georgian patent certificates.

A scientific methodology has been developed to combat water erosion of soil, which will become the basis for developing a state program for controlling water erosion of Georgian soils; presents innovative constructions and scientific methods for their design for erosion control.

The monograph discusses and evaluates the safety of high-altitude hydropower plants around the world and the causes of their accidents; identifies flood risk zones according to the CAPRA risk portfolio analysis model; develops a scientific methodology that can be used to assess and record the damage caused by a natural disaster and develop a rehabilitation plan for the affected population, analyze it, and ensure its sustainability; for the safety of the population, for competent state and local self-government officials, according to UN standards, the necessary control questions that are necessary when planning a response in the event of an emergency are discussed. The monograph is a topic of interest to researchers interested in the field, as well as to master’s and doctoral students.

The scientific paper “Expected Risks of Mudslides and Combating Them” (“Lambert” Publishing House (Germany), translated into 8 languages) discusses the possibilities of managing the risks of natural anomalies and maintaining ecological balance. Special attention is paid to the type of natural anomaly known as mudslides, which occupy almost 40% of the world’s natural disasters in terms of their spread.

The monograph presents completely new types of innovative structures and uses new calculation schemes for their structural solutions; In order to apply engineering solutions for protecting infrastructure in practice, it proposes innovative approaches to the calculation of natural disasters; Also, the limits of the use of their hydraulics and hydrology operational means are specified for practice; Completely new types of innovative structures are developed; Due to the complexity of the structural solutions of structures, completely new calculation schemes different from the existing ones are used; The technical characteristics of copyrighted engineering solutions are discussed; The difference in their innovativeness is given; The transformability of structures in the event of a landslide is described - while maintaining the stability and reliability of ecological processes; Theoretical models of the landslide impact on bedrock structures are presented; The possibilities of mudflow wave movement in the riverbed and their impact on the presented structures are assessed; the design parameters of the riverbed mudflow protection structure and operational means for predicting the collision of mudflows are given; the paper elaborates the forecast of the impact of mudflows on riverbed structures using a completely innovative calculation scheme and channel layout models; it includes managing the risks of natural anomalies for the sustainability of agricultural fields with engineering solutions - structures and operational means, which is achieved by regulating expected disasters and ensuring safe transit; the characteristics of the geometry of mudflow channels, which are a factor in the generation of flow disturbances and the power impact on structures, are determined.

The monograph is intended for master’s and doctoral students in agricultural, engineering, and bioengineering fields, as well as for those scientists and specialists who work in agricultural engineering, soil science, hydraulic engineering, hydro melioration, hydrology, engineering ecology, and hydro ecology.

In addition, the work will be of great assistance to specialists interested in the design, construction, and operation of environmental protection and landslide control structures.

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