Date: 11th May, 2023

Time: 12:00 pm 

Venue: IDS, Building 8, GTU, 75 Kostava Street, Tbilisi 

Event: Designing for All

Format: Illustrated Lecture 

Speaker: Professor of International Academy of Architecture Lino Bianco (Malta), Honorary professor of GTU

Poster © Giorgi Dzneladze       Photo © Gocha Mikiashvili

On May 11, 2023, International Design School of Georgian Technical University hosted Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia Professor Halil Guven. Professor Guven served as a Rector at three different universities in Turkey and in Northern Cyprus during the period from 1999-2011 - Istanbul Bilgi University, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), and Bahçeşehir University, (Istanbul). He received his M.S. degree from Mississippi State University and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Houston, Texas. 

In addition to his wide range of experiences in higher education and university administration in Cyprus, Turkey, Georgia, and the USA, Dr. Güven is an energy expert with specializations in, alternative energy, energy efficiency, power plant engineering, and sustainability. He gave a live lecture to the students of IDS. They showed a lot of attention in the talk. The speaker answered questions about the details of his presentation, full of intriguing numbers and fascinating proposals.