Levan Japaridze

Head of Center of Underground Structures Construction and Mining Technologies, Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

Doctor of Technical Sciences

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

• Problems of strength, deformation and disruption of a solid under the impact of static, rheological and dynamic impacts;

• Theory and calculation of mining, transport, hydrotechnical and other buildings and structures;

• Physical and technological problems of mining of hard mineral resources

Nika Bochorishvili

Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

PhD

Elguja Chagelishvili

Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

Doctor of Phys.-Math. Sciences

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

• Hot shock wave treatment of materials: compracting, strengthening, synthesis, consolidation

Edgar Mataradze

Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

PhD

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

• Explosion effect and physical security;
• Dynamic loading on structures;
• Systems for Protecting tunnels from effect of accidental and terrorist explosions;
• Improvement of methods for underground mining

Giorgi Baliashvili

Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

PhD

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

• Study of the properties of rocks and building materials (concrete), quality control and warrant

Asmat Shekiladze

Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE (RANK):

Acad. Doctor