Biography

Zurab Gvishiani has been Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Georgian Technical University since 2019. He is a hydraulic engineer by training and defended his candidate dissertation in 1994 on the physical and mechanical parameters of debris flows. From 2004 to 2015 he was rector of the Georgian-British University of International Law and Management, and he has worked at GTU’s Faculty of Civil Engineering since 2015. He is the author of 14 scientific articles, 2 inventions and 1 set of methodological guidelines.

Education

• Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering – hydraulic engineer, 1985

Scientific degree and rank

• Candidate of Technical Sciences, 1994 (dissertation: “Study of the physical and mechanical parameters of debris flows”)

Work experience

• Since 2019 – Georgian Technical University, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering
• 2015-2019 – Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Associate Professor
• 2004-2015 – Georgian-British University of International Law and Management, Rector
• 1998-2004 – Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, deputy head of department
• 1997-2004 – Agrarian University, invited lecturer
• 1987-1998 – research institutions in hydraulic engineering and land reclamation, senior engineer, postgraduate student, senior researcher

Awards, prizes

• Certificate of Honour of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences for scientific achievements in engineering, 2023