Date of Birth

10.08.1984

Education

• 2009-2012 - Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems, Ph.D;
• 2005-2008 - Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems, Master;
• 2001-2005 - I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Bachelor;

Scientific Degree (Rank)

• Ph.D;

Work Experience

• 2006- present - LEPL Ferdinand Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science;
• 2013- present - Georgian Technical University;

Scientific Interests

• Technologies for the production of Materials, Self-Propagating High-temperature Synthesis technology, Shock wave compaction/Synthesis, composite and ceramic materials, nanopowders, nanocomposites, nanotechnologies, armor and construction materials, Blast Identification and Protective Technologies;

Papers and Publications

• 2011 - Wireless Device for Activation an Underground Shock Wave Absorber. SPS 2011 Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2011,
  Proceedings of SPIE, Volume: 8008, ISSN 0277-786X, ISBN 9780819485823. M. Chikhradze, E. Mataradze, N. Bochorishvili, I. Akhvlediani;
• 2011 - Explosive Fabrication of Intermetallics In Ti-Al System from Nano-Al and Coarse-Ti Powders . APMAS 2011, International Congress on Advances in Applied Phisics and Materials Science, AIP Conf proc. 1400, pp 460-464. M. Chikhradze, A. Gigineishvili, N. Chikhradze;
• 2011 - Consolidation of Nanocristalline Si and Ge Powders by Shock Waves. APMAS 2011, International Congress on Advances in Applied Phisics and Materials Science, AIP Conf proc. 1400, pp 465-469. M. Chikhradze, B.Godibadze, N. Bochorishvili;
• 2011 - Consolidation of Nanocristalline Si and Si-Ge Powders by Shock Waves. Modern Issues of Applied Phisics, March 30, 2011. M.chikhradze;
• 2012 - Bulk Materials Obtained By Shock Waves Compaction of Ultrafine Titanium and Aluminum. International Journal of Modern Physics, v.5 5(2012) 391-399. C. Politis, N. Chikhradze, G. Oniashvili;
• 2012 - Bulk nanostructured materials obtained by shock waves compaction of nanocrystalline Al. NANO-2012, PP 75-80. N. Chikhradze, C. Politis, A. Gigineishvili, M. Chikhradze, G. Oniashvili;
• 2012 - Explosive fabrication of bulk nanostructured intermetallics in Ti – Al – B system. NANO-2012, pp 68-74. M. Chikhradze, A. Gigineishvili, N. Chikhradze, G. Oniashvili;
• 2012 - Synthesis of Radiation-Resistant Multifunctional Materials. Explosive production of Novel Materials, pp 82-83. G. Oniashvili, Z. Aslamazashvili, G. Zakharov;
• 2013 - Elaboration of Technology for Fabrication Multifunctional Ceramic Materials on the Basis of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides. XII International Symposium on SHS, Book of Abstracts, p 291, Texas, USA. G.Oniashvili, Z.Aslamazashvili, G,.Zakharov, G.Tavadze, M.Chikhradze;
• 2013 - SHS of Fine-Grained Ceramics Containing Carbides, Nitrdes and Borides. International Journal on SHS, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 185-188. G. Oniashvili, Z. Aslamazashvili, G. Zakharov, G. Tavadze, M. Chikhradze, T. Dzigrashvili, A. Berner;
• 2014 - Explosive Consolidation of Nanocrystalline Si Powders. 14th GeoConference on Nano, Bio and Green-Technologies, Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, pp 85-92. N.Chikhradze, A.Gigineishvili, M.Chikhradze, B.Godibadze, N.Bochorishvili;
• 2015 - Fabrication of bulk composite materials in dynamic conditions in Ti-Al-Ni-B system. Modern Technologies and Methods of Inorganic Materials Science. M. CHIKHRADZE, G.ONIASHVILI1, A.GIGINEISHVILI, N.CHIKHRADZE;
• 2015 - Multifunctional device for explosion detection. 8th World Conference on Explosives and Blasting (EFEE), Proceedings pp 359-364, Lyon 2015. E. Mataradze, M.Chikhradze, S.Marjanishvili,N.Chikhradze, N.Bochorishvili;
• 2015 - Designing of the device for identification Blasts and Fires. 2015 Signal Processing Symposium, SPSympo, pp 293-296. M.Chikhradze, E.Mataradze, K.Tavlalashvili, S.Marjanishvili;
• 2015 - New Suppression System of Methane Explosion in Coal Mines. ELSEVIER, Proceda Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 15, 2015, Pages 720-724. N. Bochorishvili, N. Chikhradze, E.Mataradze, I.Akhvlediani, M.Chikhradze, T. Krauthammer;
• 2016 - “Synthesis and Explosive Consolidation of Titanium, Aluminum, Boron and Carbon powders”. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 44 (2016) 052014 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/44/5/052014
  World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium (WMESS 2016) IOP Publishing. M.Chikhradze, G.Oniashvili;
• 2017 - “Synthesis of Energetic Composites in Ti-Al-B-C system by adiabatic explosive compaction”. Springer, Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress, PP 417-427;
  The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52132-9_42. M.Chikhradze, Fernand D.S Marquis;
• 2017 - SELECTION OF COMPOSITIONS IN Ti-Cr-C-Steel, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS AND ESTABLISHING SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS FOR OBTAINING PRODUCT BY “SHS-ELECRTICAL ROLLING”.
  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 95, Issue 4, pp. 042036 (2017).
  Zurab Aslamazashvili, Giorgi Tavadze, Mikheil Chikhradze, Teimuraz Namicheishvili, Zaqaria Melashvili;
• 2018 - STUDY OF SYNTHESIS AND COMPACTION PARAMETERS IN Ti-Cr-C-Me, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS BY SHS- ELECTRIC ROLLING. Book of Abstracts: 3rd International Conference: "Modern technologies and methods of inorganic materials science" Tbilisi, Georgia. Z. Aslamazashvili, M. Chikhradze, G. Zakharov, G. Oniashvili, G. Mikaberidze, G. Tavadze, T. Namicheishvili, A.; Tutberidze, Z. Melashvili;
• 2018 - PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS OBTAINED IN Ti-Cr-C-STEEL, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS BY “SHS-ELECTRIC ROLLING”. Book of Abstracts: 3rd International Conference: "Modern technologies and methods of inorganic materials science" Tbilisi, Georgia. N.Aslamazashvili, M.Chikhradze, G.Zakharov, G.Oniashvili, G.Mikaberidze, G.Tavadze, T.Namicheishvili, A.Tutberidze, Z. Melashvili;
• 2018 - PRODUCTION OF Mn-Cu LIGATURES BY SHS METHOD FROM MANGANESE WAISTS. Book of Abstracts: 3rd International Conference: "Modern technologies and methods of inorganic materials science" Tbilisi, Georgia. G. Zakharov, M. Chikhradze, G. Oniashvili, G. Tavadze, A. Chirakadze, Z. Aslamazashvili, G. Mikaberidze;
• 2018 - Production of Hard materials by SHS-Electrical rolling. Book of Abstracts: EURO PM2018. G.Oniashvili, Z.Aslamazashvili, T.Namicheishvili, G.Tavadze, Z.Melashvili, M.Chikhradze;

• 2021 - “Wear behaviour of austempered, ductile iron microalloyed with boron under different contact load by dry sliding wear conditions”;  Garegin Zakharov, Nugzar Khidasheli, Zurab Aslamazashvili, Giorgi Gordeziani, Mikheil Chikhradze, Salome Gvazava, Irakli Maisuradze; IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1190 012004.

• 2021 - “Modelling of Fluidity during Hot Compaction of Ti- B System Synthesized Mass”; Zaqaria Melashvili , Teimuraz Namicheishvili, Aleqsandre Tutberidze, Zurab Aslamazashvili1, Mikheil Chikhradze, Garegin Zakharov;  IOP Publishing, 906 (2021) 012009 ; doi:10.1088/1755-1315/906/1/012009.

• 2021 - “Production of Ferroboron from Wastes by SHSmetallurgy and influence of Ligatures on the Structure/Properties of Cast Iron”; Garegin Zakharov, Zurab Aslamazashvili, Mikheil Chikhradze, Davit Kvaskhvadze, Nugzar Khidasheli, Salome Gvazava; IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 906 (2021) 012008 IOP Publishing doi:10.1088/1755-1315/906/1/012008. 

Inventions ( Copyright Certificates, Patents)

• ”Method for Obtaining FeroManganese”#13797/01 “Saqpatanti”, Georgia, 2016;

• Method for obtaining Ferroboron, saqpatenti, # 15606/1, 2021

Participation in Scientific Symposiums and Conferences

• 2012 - TMS2012, Orlando, USA, Explosive Fabrication of Bulk Ultrafine Grained Al-Ni-Ti Composite Materials;
• 2013 - SHS2013, South Padre Island, TX, USA, Elaboration of Technology for fabrication Multifunctional Ceramic Materials on the basis of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides;
• 2013 - LightMat 2013, 3-5 September, Bremen, Germany, Synthesis of Ti-Al based Composites by Explosive Compaction Technology;
• 2014 - ICCE22, Malta, June 13-19, Explosive consolidation of Titanium, Boron and Carbon containing powders;
• 2015 - WMESS2015, Prague, Czech Republic, Blast Identification Device;
• 2016 - WMESS2016, Prague, Czech Republic, Synthesis and Explosive Consolidation of Titanium, Aluminum, Boron and Carbon Containing Powders;
• 2016 - NANOENERGETIC MATERIALS AND NANOENERGETICS, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Synthesis of Ultrafine Grained Materials in Ti-Al-B-C;
• 2016 - NANO2016. SYNTHESIS OF ENERGETIC COMPOSITES IN Ti-Al-B-C SYSTEM. Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2016;
• 2017 - TMS2017. Synthesis of Energetic Composites in Ti-Al-B-C System by Adiabatic Explosive Compaction. San Diego, USA, February 28-march 2, 2017;
• 2017 - ICPYS-LTP2017. TECHNOLOGIES FOR OBTAINING BULK MATERILS IN Ti-Al-B-C SYSTEM. Kharkov, Ukraine, May 28 - June 2, 2017;
• 2017 - Wmess2017. SELECTION OF COMPOSITIONS IN Ti-Cr-C-Steel, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS AND ESTABLISHING SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS FOR OBTAINING PRODUCT BY “SHS-ELECRTICAL ROLLING”. Prague, Czech Republic, 11-15, September, 2017;
• 2017 - SHS2017. SYNTHESIS AND ADIABATIC EXPLOSIVE COMPACTION OF Ti-Al-B-C POWDERS. Tbilisi, Georgia, 25-28 September;
• 2017 - ISIEMS2017. SELECTION OF COMPOSITIONS IN Ti-Cr-C-Steel, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS AND ESTABLISHING SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS FOR OBTAINING PRODUCT BY “SHS-ELECRTICAL ROLLING”. Bad Nauenar, Germany, 16-20 October, 2017;
• 2017 - SGEM17. SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITES FROM Ti-Al-B-C POWDERS BY EXPLOSIVE CONSOLIDATION. Vienna, Austria, 27-30 November, 2017;
• 2018 - ICPYS-LTP2018. Explosion Suppression method by the use of Water Mist and key Physical Parameters. Kharkov, Ukraine, May 28 - June 2, 2018;
• 2018 - 5th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS5). Test Results of the New System for Mitigating of Explosions. Poznan, Poland, 19-22 August, 2018;
• 2018 - WMESS2018. Shock-wave consolidation of Boron and Carbon containing ultrafine powders and investigation their structure/properties. Prague, Czech Republic, 3-7 September, 2018;
• 2018 3rd International Conference: "Modern technologies and methods of inorganic materials science". PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS OBTAINED IN Ti-Cr-C-STEEL, Ti-B, Ti-B-Me SYSTEMS BY “SHS-ELECTRIC ROLLING. October 8-10, Tbilisi, Georgia;
• 2019 - ICPYS-LTP 2019, PROBLEMS OF METHANE EXPLOSION AND BLAST ENERGY SUPPRESSION IN COAL MINES, June 3 - 7, 2019 | Kharkiv, Ukraine.
• 2019 - WMESS 19, SYNTHESIS OF ULTRAFINE Fe-W-Al-Ti-Ni–C-B POWDERS BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING, September, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 2019 - JapMed 11, Syntheses of Ti-Al-Si-B-C Nanocomposites by Mechanical Alloying and Explosive compaction, 16-19 June, 2019 Batumi, Georgia.
• 2020 - CMLTP20, Investigations of High-Entropy Alloys in Ti-Al-Ni-Fe-W-C-B system Fabricated by Explosive Compaction, June 8, Kharkov, Ukraine.
• 2021 - WMESS 2021(Online), Synthesis and Explosive Compaction of Fe-W-Al-Ti-Ni-C-B Mechanically Alloyed Powders, September 6-10, Prague, Czech Republic. 
• 2021 - GTUnano2021 (Online), SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURE HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS IN Fe-W-Al-Ti-Ni-C-B SYSTEM, October 4-5, 2021 .
• 2021 - XII International Symposium «Combustion and Plasmochemistry. EXPLOSIVE COMPACTION OF NANOSTRUCTURE HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS IN Fe-W-Al-Ti-Ni-C-B SYSTEM, October 12-13, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

• Member of organizing committee of international conference NANO2016, GTU, Tbilisi, Georgia; (http://nano2016.gtu.ge/) 
• Member of organizing committee of international conference NANO2018, GTU, Tbilisi, Georgia; (http://nano2018.gtu.ge/)

Participation in Scientific Grant Projects

• 2015-2016 - Participant, Elaboration of Technologies for production of graded armor elements on the base of ceramic materials of Ti-B-C-N System , F. Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute;
• 2017-2018 - Participant, Elaboration of technology for producing armor metal ceramic graded materials based on Titanium Chromium carbide by SHS method; F. Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute;
• 2016-2018 -№216972: Research of Producing Special- Purpose Composite Products by SHS – Electric Rolling, participant; Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation;
• 2016-2017 - Manager, Synthesis of Nanocomposites by Mechanical Alloying and Adiabatic Explosive Consolidation of Ti-Al-B-C Powders, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation;
• 2013-2015 - Manager, # Synthesis of Bulk Nanostructured Materials in Ti-Al-Ni System By Explosive Consolidation. Project #31/82, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation;
• 2014 - Manager, Synthesis of Bulk Nanocomposites by Shock Waves Adiabatic compaction of In Ti-C-B Powders, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation;
• 2012-2013 - Manager, Synthesis of Bulk Nanostructure Intermetallics by Shock Waves Compaction of Ti-Al-B Powders, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation #12/20;
• 2013-2015 - Co-Director, Design of Integrated Wireless System for the Detection of Accidental and Terrorist Explosions and/or Fires in Tunnels, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation #13-02;
• 2013-2014 - Participant, Development of Novel Multilayer Cylindrical Container for Storage Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Fuel, STCU # P506;
• 2009-2010 - Participant, Synthesis of New wear-resistant materials in the fiels of Centrigugal forces, F.Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science;
• 2011-2012 - Participant, Elaboration of Technologies for production new, multi-functional metal-ceramic materials on the base of Carbon, Nitrides and Borides, F.Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science;
• 2013-2014 - Participant, Production of Cast alloys and products from them by SHS-Metallurgy, F.Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science;
• 2015-2016 - Participant, Elaboration of Technologies for production of graded armor elements on the base of ceramic materials of Ti-B-C-N System, F.Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science;

• 2019 - Main participant - № CARYS-19-802- Production of expensive boron containing ligatures from iron-containing wastes and cheep boron containing raw materials. Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRGNSFG) under GENIE project [grant number № CARYS-19-802];

• 2019 - Research of Producing Special- Purpose Composite Products by SHS – Electric Rolling, Researcher. Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation .

   

Awards and Premiums, Honorary Titles

• Award for Best Presentation, World PM Congress, Washington DC, USA;

Additional information

• 2005 and 2008 – Training courses (total 6 months) USA, Georgia Institute of Technology; School of Materials Science and Engineering;
• 2008- Stipend of President for young Scientists;
• 2007-2010 – Stipends of NATO SFP programme;
• Technology Transfer Training: 2015 (Bologna, Italy), 2016 (Coimbra, Portugal) – Organized and Financed by The European Association for the Transfer of Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information);
• 2016 წ-Invited reviewer of the “International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies”;