Biography

Kakha Gorgadze is an associate professor at the Department of Engineering Physics of Georgian Technical University and a chief researcher at the Institute Talga. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering Physics of the Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1988 and defended his dissertation in engineering physics in 2008. His work concerns nanomaterials, titanium alloys and laboratory methods in physics. He has been a member of the Academic Council since 2019.

Education

• Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Engineering Physics, 1988
• Dissertation defended in engineering physics, 2008

Scientific degree and rank

• Doctor (Engineering Physics, 2008)
• Associate Professor

Work experience

• 1987–1988 – Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Chair of Physics, senior laboratory assistant
• 1988–2006 – Chair of Physics, head of laboratory
• 2009–2013 – Georgian Technical University, assistant professor
• Since 2012 – Institute Talga, chief researcher
• Since 2013 – Department of Engineering Physics, associate professor
• Since 2019 – member of the Academic Council of Georgian Technical University

Publications

• Arabajian N., Gorgadze K., et al. Effect of hydrogen on internal friction and elastic modulus in titanium alloys. Acta Materialia, 2009, 57(3), 715-721.
• Jishiashvili D., Gorgadze K., et al. Development of low temperature technology for the growth of wide band gap semiconductor nanowires. AIMS Materials Science, 2016, 3(2), 470-485.
• Gorgadze K., Vepkhvadze M., et al. On Physical Nature of the Long-Range Effect During Crystal Growth Through Boundary Layers. Journal of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, 2017, 5(2).
• Gerasimov A., Gorgadze K., et al. A New Mechanism of the Nanoindentation Process. Journal of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, 2018, 6(1).
• გორგაძე კ. და სხვ. რადონის ზემოქმედებით განპირობებული რისკების შეფასება თბილისის ზოგიერთ უბანში. საქართველოს საინჟინრო სიახლენი, 2021, №2.
• გორგაძე კ. და სხვ. ფიზიკის ლაბორატორიული პრაქტიკუმი. ნაწილი II (ელექტრობა და მაგნეტიზმი). 2015.
• გორგაძე კ. და სხვ. ფიზიკის ლაბორატორიული პრაქტიკუმი. ნაწილი III (ოპტიკა და ატომის ფიზიკა). 2017.