Direction:Civil Engineering
Position:Full Professor
Vakhtang Balavadze is Professor of Ilia State University; Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (M. ASCE); He defended his doctoral dissertation at the Georgian Technical University in 2006 and was awarded the degree of Academic Doctor of Technical Sciences; At the same time, he is an Entrepreneur and a practicing Engineer;
He is actively engaged in engineering, scientific and entrepreneurial activities, in particular;
Since 2020 – Professor at the Faculty of Business, Technology and Education of Ilia State University and the Head of Quality Assurance Service at the same faculty;
From 2018 to present – San Diego State University-Georgia – Lecturer of Bachelor’s Degree Program in Construction Engineering;
2014 – 2020 – He was a professor at the Georgian Technical University and the Program Manager of Construction Management Bachelor Program;
From 2016 to present – He holds the position of Senior Engineer at the Civil Engineering Design and Engineering surveys Company Ltd, “Kavtransproject”;
In 2015 – He has founded the Engineering-Consulting company “FORCE” where until 2018 he held the position of Director and Consulting Engineer and currently as a partner, he still actively participate in activities of the company;
Vakhtang Balavadze was actively involved in politic during the 1998-2014 years, including:
- 2004 – 2012 – He was a member of the 6th and 7th convocations of the Parliament of Georgia. In 2004-2008 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee and in 2008-2012 was Chairperson of the Regional Policy and Self – Government Committee;
- 2012 – He was Appointed to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Georgia;
- 2013 – He was the State Representative-Governor of the State Representative-Governor’s Administration in Imereti, Georgia;
- 2014 – He was the Head of District of the Nadzaladevi District Administration, Tbilisi city hall;
Vakhtang Balavadze is a Corresponding Member of Georgian Engineering Academy; Voting Member of the Georgian Association of Consulting; Accreditation Expert of the Higher Education Programs at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia; Author of numerous scientific publications; Has worked on several major engineering projects; Is a participant and graduate of numerous exchange academic and practical international programs.
He is awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence – Awarded to individuals for outstanding achievements in the spheres of culture, education, science, art, sport, etc. and for the significant achievements in the relevant fields of social life and meritorious service for Georgia.
Scientific interests / research interests
Engineering/Civil engineering
Economic and Finance
Business development
Management theories
Education sciences/Education theory
Featured publications
Balavadze, V. Dzotenidze, M. Qristesiashvili, L. “Problems of innovation management in construction”. BUILDING scientific-technical journal N4(47). ISSN 1512-3936. (2018): P.77-79.
Balavadze, V. Bliadze, S. Lagundaridze, G. Gardapkhadze, T. “A Comparison of some Finite Element Models used in the analysis of constructions. BUILDING scientific-technical journal N01. ISSN 1512-3936. (2006): P.9-12.
Balavadze, V. Lagundaridze, G. Gognadze, G. Mazanashvili, D. Seskuria, Z. “A Comparison of some Finite Element Models Employed in the analysis of thin wall constructions”. journal Energy N1(33). ISSN 1512-0120. (2005): P.87-90.
Balavadze, V. Bliadze, S. Goguadze, G. Katsitadze, A. Tsakadze, A. “Questions of treatment of new mathematical models for evaluation of capacity for work of geometrically complex systems.” Problems of Applied Mechanics – International scientific journal N1. (18). ISSN 1512-0740. (2005): P.49-52.
Balavadze, V. Bliadze, S. Seskuria, Z. Kharatishvili, I. Lagundaridze, G. “Formulate of problems by final elements methods.” Problems of Applied Mechanics – International scientific journal N4. (17). ISSN 1512-0740. (2004): P.69-72.
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Professional Affiliations
Corresponding Member of Georgian Engineering Academy
Voting Member of Georgian Association of Consulting Engineers (VM.ACEG)
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (M. ASCE)
Professional Development
In Educational Field:
⦁ Online Course, Flexible Course Design Summer Institute, Instructional Technology Services at San Diego State University. July 6, 2020.
⦁ Training-course Flipped Classroom and Open Educational Resources (OER) in innovative pedagogy (obtained 1 ECTS). GTU & ERASMUS+ Project PRINTel, 27-28 February 2020-Tbilisi, Georgia.
⦁ ABET Symposium, 14 Professional Development Hours for participation April 11-12, 2019. Dallas, Texas, USA.
⦁ Fundamentals of Program Assessment workshop (7 Professional Development Hours), ABET April 10, 2019. Dallas, Texas, USA.
⦁ Training-course “Active Learning in the Flipped Classroom” (obtained 1 ECTS). GTU & ERASMUS+ Project PRINTel, 11-15 March 2019-Tbilisi, Georgia.
⦁ Recognition for satisfying the requirements for the San Diego University, SDSU-Georgia Faculty Development Program. February 9, 2019. San Diego, California, USA.
In Civic and Political Field
⦁ Training seminar on “Inter-Election Campaigning, organized by the Conservative WFD program. 2013, London, UK.
⦁ Summer University for Democracy of the schools of political studies of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg.2007, Strasbourg, France.
⦁ Seminar on Democratic Parliament Management at the Institute for Political studies in Japan, organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency under the International Cooperation Program of the Government of Japan. 2007, Tokyo, Japan.