On May 22-24, 2018 the 6th international Conference "Materials science of refractory compounds" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Grigory Valentin Samsonov, a correspondent member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was held at the National Technical University of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine).
Scientific research activities program of 2018-2019
On 25-28 of September 2017 in Tbilisi, the XIV international symposium of self-propagating high temperature synthesis was held in the meeting hall of Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
April 13, 2017, Kiev. General meeting of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences Ceremony of awarding V.I Vernadsky's Gold Medal of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences for exceptional achievements in the scientific basis of powder metallurgy field to Institute's Director, Giorgi Tavadze, Academician of Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
26 February, 2017, 21:30-22:20
Anchor: Mikashvili Nino
Guests: Avaliani Anzor, Ramazashvili Dali, Kavlelashvili Elene
At present, the priorities of the Institute are: rational use of natural resources, obtaining & processing of new inorganic materials, and the development of environmentally sound technologies, utilizing & recycling of industrial wastes.
In 1991, in the former Soviet Union the major political and economic changes took place. Georgia declared independence. Immediately, the existing economic ties were broken off. The science was in a state of stagnation. Many skilled workers left academia. In such circumstances, the Institute still managed operation through obtaining of foreign research grants.
Institute of Metallurgy was the only research institution of this profile in the Caucasus.That`s why it comprised so many different directions. In 1990, 42 laboratories were functioning in the Institute. Among them were Batumi corrosion laboratory with the test station, working areas in Rustavi metallurgy and Zestafoni ferroalloys plants. The Institute staff number was nearly 800. Their activities comprised metallurgy and materials science main tendencies existing worldwide. Accordingly, multifarious were scientific themes.
In 1953 Metallurgy department was opened in the Tbilisi branch of Institute of chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences. This was the first research center in this direction. Two years later the department was changed into an independent unit - metallurgy laboratory and a famous scientistmetallurgist Academician A.A.Baikov was invited to head it.
