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Givi   Gavardashvili

E-mail: givi_gava@yahoo.com

 

                   
DATE OF BIRTH  15-01-1958
NATIONALITY      Georgian         

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Institution [Date from – Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

1976 – 1981

Georgian State Agricultural University, the Faculty of Hydro melioration. Qualification - Engineer – hydraulic

1981 – 1984

Post-graduate student at the Georgian Water Management Institute

1987

Defended Candidate Dissertation at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

1996

Defended a Doctoral Dissertation at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences.

1998

Professor, Georgian State Agricultural University.

2011

Fool Professor Georgian Technical University.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF  PROFESSIONAL BODIES

 

Academician of Georgian Engineering  Academy

TRAININGS CERTIFICATES

- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development of Israel – “Irrigation and Fertigation Methods ”;

- USA, California State University, Centre for Irrigation Technology;

- USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), Cochran Fellowship Program, “Certificate of Achievement”

OTHER SKILLS (e.g. computer literacy etc.)

Fully computer literate

 

 

PRESENT  POSITION

Director  Georgian Water Management Institute

 

Director NGO ,,Ecocenter for Environmental Protection”

YEARS WITH FIRM

35

 

 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS (relevant to the project)

Professor G.Gavardashvili is an experienced expert in water management project in Georgia and the Region. He has excelled in combining proven scientific accomplishments with practical and institutional applications on real-life water projects. His leadership and organizational qualities are equalled if not surpassed by his scientific record.

 

12.  SPECIFIC CIS, Regional and Global

Country

Date from - Date to

Georgia

1981- 2006

Russia

1999 – 2003

Israel

1998

USA

1999

Israel

2004 - 2005

Germany

2006

Azerbaijan

1985 - 2003

China

2007

Russia

2008

Belarus

2008

USA

2009

Poland

2010

Brussels

2010

USA

2011

Italy

2011

Poland

2012

Ukraine

2012

Italy

2013

Azerbaijan

2013

 

13.  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORD:  

Date from - Date to

Location

Company

Position

Description

1985-1987

Georgia

GRILR &HE

Junior Scientific Worker

Junior scientific worker at Georgian Research Institute of Land-reclamation and hydraulic engineering

1986-1996

Georgia

IWM

Chairman

Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists at the Institute of Water Management

1987-1992

Caucasian Region

WMI

Author/ Chief Engineer

Author of 5 projects on environmental problems and the chief engineer of two of them.

1987-1996

Georgia

WMI

Senior Scientific Worker

Senior   scientific worker at Georgian Water Management Institute

1992-1997

Georgia

Agricult. University

Assistant professor

Assistant professor at Georgian Agricultural University

1996

Dusheti, Georgia

Ecological Station

Head

Head of the laboratory of erosion and debris-flow problems and mountain – ecological station in the region of Dusheti

1998

Georgia

Agricult. University

Professor

Elected as a Professor of the faculty of Hydro - reclamation and Engineering Ecology at Georgian Agricultural University

1999

USA

USAD

Participant

Cochran Fellowship Program

1996-2005

Georgia

IWM

Head

Head of erosion-debris flow problems laboratory of the Institute of Water                 Management  

2000

Georgia

Baku – Tbilisi - Supsa

Expert

Environmental Expert of Baku – Supsa oil pipeline Corridor.

Duties and responsibilities:

The estimation of ecological conditions of mountain slopes and liability of pipeline river crossings.

2001

Georgia

GAES

Academici-an

Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences

2001

Azerbaijan - Georgia

Baku – Tbilisi

Erosion expert

Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan oil pipeline and Shah – Deniz ( Baku – Tbilisi  - Erzrum) gas pipeline

2001

Georgia

Borjomi

Environ-mental Expert

Environmental expert together with ITALIAN scientist on Timote church of Virgin Mary

Duties and responsibilities:

The estimation of stability of church wall and establishment. 

2002

Georgia

Signagi

Scientific Consultant

Project regarding water supply of Signagi town

2003

Caucasian Region

Georgia

Author

93 environmental projects in the corridor of Baku – Supsa oil pipeline

2005

Georgia

Tbilisi

Director

Director of The Institute of Water Management and Engineering Ecology of Georgian Academy of Science.

2006

Georgia

Kaspi,

Head

Expert commission of Tezi-Okami irrigation system.

2006

Germany

Frankfurt - Giessen

Lector

Professor

Scientific Mission to Giessen University

2006

Georgia

Tbilisi

Director

Director of Georgian Water Management Institute (GWMI).

2007

China

Wuhan

Lector

Professor

Scientific Mission to  Central China  Normal University

2008

Russia

Sankt- Petersburg

Lector

Professor

Scientific Mission to Mountain Institute

2008

Belarus

Minsk

Lector

Professor

Academy Sciences of Belarus

2009-2011

Belgium

Brussels

EU, Head of Project FP-7

Blake See Sciences Network

 

OTHERS

 

PUBLICATIONS

During 1981-2012 – Author of 150 scientific papers, among them 5 monographs in English, French, Russian and Georgian languages, 4 Methodical Guidelines, 2 Manuals (Text-Books). Author of 22 inventions and 30 newspaper articles.

 

MONOGRAPS

 

·   The New Mud-Protective Structures and Their Calculation Methodology. Tbilisi, Republic  of  Georgia, 1995, 58 p.;

 

·   Les   Nouvelles   Espèces   Des  Constructions   De  la  Nature. Tbilisi, ,,Metsniereba” 1999 , 42  p.

 

·    The Forecast of Erosion-Debris Flow Processes in Catchment Basin of The River Duruji and New Engineer – Ecological Measures. Tbilisi ,Metsniereba”, 2003 , 116 (in Georgian). 

 

·   Measures for the Safety of Mountain Landscapes During Natural and Tehnogenic Disasters. Tbilisi “Universal”, 2011, 237 (in Georgian). 

 

·   Wavy motion of slope runoff and intensity of soil erosion. M.: JSC Publishing House “Nauchtechlitizdat”, Moscow, 2014, 160, (in Russian).

 

 

NEW ARTICLES

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V., Khornauli Z. V.  New Non-Traditional Design of Anti Mudflow Structure And Method To Calculate it.  Materials International Scientific-Practical  Conference  Modern Problems of Water Management, Engineering Communication system and Ecology.  Baku, AZERBAIJAN,   14-15 April, 2014,  pp. 217-222.

·     

      Gavardashvili G.V. Prediction Of Flooded Territories In Case Of Possible Breakdown of the Sioni Earth Dam.   International Conference on VAIONT – 1963-2013, Thoughts and analyses after 50 years since the catastrophic landslide. Padua, ITALY,  8-10 October, 2013, pp. 417 - 423

·     

 Gavardashvili G.V., Chakhaia G., Diakonize R.,  Tsulukize  L. Supatashvili T. - The Investigation of the Black Sea Coastal Zone Within the Boundaries of Georgia. 2nd International Scientific-Technical Conference. “The Modern Problems of Environmental Pritection, Archtect and Construction”. Tbilisi-Kobuleti, GEORGIA, 2012, pp. 23-29.

 

·      Gavardashvili G., Dudai N., Mirtskhoulava Ts. Controlling Soil Erosion By Narrow Strips Of Vetiveria Zizaniodes – An Israel-Georgia Project. Collected Papers of Water Management Institute of Georgian Technical University, # 67, Tbilisi, GEORGIA, 2012, pp. 54 - 64.
 

·      Gavardashvili G. The question of expanding the term of exploitation of hydropower plants and reclamation water reservoirs. Construction of optimized energy potential, 1(9), Wydawnictwo Politechniki Częstochowskiej, Poland, CZĘSTOCHOWA,  2012, pp. 36-40.

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V., Chakhaia G., Diakonize R.,  Tsulukize  L. Supatashvili T. - The Results and Analysis of Studies Carried out in 2011 in the Black Sea Water Area within the Boundaries of Georgia. 3 rd Bi-annual BS Scientific Conference and UP-GRADE BS-SCENE Project Joint Conference. Odessa, UKRAINE, 1-4 November, 2011. pp. 205

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V., Chakhaia G., Diakonize R., Tsulukize L., Bziava K.G. Protection of  Water  Resources  from Mechanical  Pollution  in the  Transboundary  Region   of  the South  Caucasus  during the Formation of Natural Disasters. AASA Regional Workshop on “The Roles of Academies of Sciences in Water and Energy Problems in Central Asia Ways for Their Solution. 30 June – 2 July, 2011, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN, pp. 112 – 120.

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V., Ayyb B.M. The Field Investigation of Erosion and Debris Flow Processes in Catchment Basin of the Duruji River. 5th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment. Padua, ITALY - 14-17 June 2011. pp. 63-71. 

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V. Forecasting of Erosion and Debris flow Processes for the Energy Supply and Transport Corridors of Georgia Using the Theory of Reliability and Risk. First International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management. (ICVRAM) April 11-13, 2011, University of Maryland, USA, pp. 813-820.

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V. Calculation of the Spring-Board Type Debris Flow Protection Construction of Arched-Cylindrical Form. 3-rd International Conference on Contemporary Problems in Architecture and Construction. Beijing, CHINA, 20-24 November, 2011, pp. 290-293.

 

·      Gavardashvili G.V., Chakhaia G., Tsulukize L., Bziava K.G. Stone Configuration and Solids Content in Debris River Flow. 15th International Conference on Transport & Sedimentation of Solid Particles. 6-9 September, Wroclaw, POLAND, 2011, pp. 131 - 136.

PROJECT COORDINATORS 

  1. Environmental Expert of Baku – Supsa oil pipeline Corridor. Duties and responsibilities: The estimation of ecological conditions of mountain slopes and liability of pipeline river crossings. (Financed by BP and EGA Ltd, 2000);

  2. Erosion Expert of  Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz ( Baku – Tbilisi  - Erzrum) gas pipeline (Financed by BP and EGA Ltd, 2001);

  3. Author 93 environmental projects in the corridor of Baku – Supsa oil pipeline. (Financed by BP and EGA Ltd, 2003);

  4. The cultivation of sustainable development model for the territory located in the water catchment basin of the river Aragvi (financed by the fund “Horizonti”, 2003);

  5. SOIL EROSION CONTROL BY NARROW STRIPS OF VETIVERIA ZIZANIODES AND OTHER SEDIMENT – TRAPPING GRASS BARRIERS(Georgia, USA, Israel), Submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development; Bureau of Global Programs, Field support and Research; Center of Economic Growth, 2002-2007.

  6. NATO Sfp 982227 Project “Water resources Management in Agroecosystems in the South Caucasus Transboundary Region ( Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)”( Financed by The NATO, 2008-2010);

  7. The projection of stone spurs for the protection of territories of the village Chalistavi from the flood formed in on the river of Tskhenitskali (Black Sea Basin), (Financed by The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), 2009);

  8. The projection of stone gabions for the protection of secondary school of the village Rtskhmela in the region of Lentekhi from the flood formed in on the river of Tskhenitskali (Black Sea Basin),(Financed by The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), 2009);

  9. UPGRADE BLACK SEA SCENE contract  #226592,( Financed by The Euro union, 2009-2011);

  10. The design of Engineering-Rehabilitation  measures of River Kumi (Black See Basin) from  fountain of Riverbed to Second Dam. (Financed by the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Municipality of Tskaltubo, 2011)

  11. In 2012 - Carrying out comprehensive geological and chemical analysis of the soil-grounds taken from the corridor of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline (Financed by BP and EGA Ltd);

  12. In 2013 - Carrying out comprehensive geological and chemical analysis of the soil-grounds taken from the corridor of the Baku-Tbilisi-Supsa Pipeline (Financed by BP and EGA Ltd);