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Georgian National Academy of Sciences awarded Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Professor of the Faculty Humanities Mamia Pagava with a Honorary Prize. Professor Pagava received the GNAS Prize for the special achievements in the philology. The award ceremony was held on the day of Day of Science, established by the UNESCO.
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University cordially congratulates Professor Pagava with the Honorary Award and wishes further success in the academic and personal life.

Thea Kuchukhidze, coordinator of the US Embassy’s educational and professional programs in Georgia presented at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University the US -sponsored program UGRAD. The students were given detailed information about the terms, procedures, financing plan and the selection criteria of candidates for the exchange program. The eligible candidates involve I, II and III year undergraduate students.
The deadline of submission application is 31 December.
Please visit the website for more information:
https://georgia.usembassy.gov/resources/programs/exchange-programs/ugrad.html

Consul General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Rashad Ismayilov visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The diplomat met Rector of BSU Merab Khalvashi to discuss prospects of closer collaboration in the areas of science and education between Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Consul General visited clinics of stomatology, zoology cabinet, centre of the forensic investigation, court simulation hall, and Western Georgia’s regional chromatographic centre. Mr. Ismayilov also introduced himself with the services and ongoing projects at BSU. Consul General expressed willingness to support BSU educational and scientific initiatives.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the international conference ‘Semiotics of Chaos and Cosmos’. The scientific conference featured four panels and 13 sessions. Almost 100 Georgian and international scholars presented papers during two days on the topical aspects of semiotics. The conference round table discussed the synergy as a future development of science.
The goal of the conference was the engagement of various scientific fields into the semiotic research and opening borders for lively communication among the scholars of linguistics, literary studies, psychology, religious studies, sociology, political sciences, culture studies, archaeology, mathematics, chemistry etc.

Professor Julian Alcala Gonzalez, Valencia Polytechnic University, School of Civil Engineering, Concrete Science and Technology Institute delivered public lectures at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University on the advanced approaches to the engineering calculations, heuristic optimization methods which offered solutions to the following problems:
Reinforced and prestressed concrete: Composite material.
•Optimize cost vs. weight.
•Discrete variables optimization (rebars).
•Traditional approach vs. heuristics: general purpose optimization methods.

Professor Julian Alcala Gonzalez dealt with the structural optimization problems of high-performance concrete structures, e.g. precast U-girder bridges and precast pedestrian box bridges.

The cycle of public lectures was sponsored by the Ministry of Adjara AR Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, and organized by the Faculty of BSU Faculty of Technologies.