SHS in Georgia

Abstract

In the country of Georgia, the development of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis technology began as a result of the scientific relationship between academicians F. Tavadze and A. Merzhanov. For this research, the institute's staff members were twice awarded the Georgian State Prize in Science and Technology (1999 and 2010), and in 2013 they were conferred the awards named for the renowned Georgian metallurgist, G. Nikoladze. In 1985 an all-union conference on the interconnectedness of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis and materials science was held in Kutaisi. Furthermore, during 2005, a workshop in Tbilisi was organized to discuss the problems of SHS development in the South Caucasus.