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Vladimir Petviashvili
Vladimir Iosifovich Petviashvili (''Петвиашвили Владимир Иосифович''; September 12, 1936 - July 21, 1993) was a Soviet physicist from Georgia. Petviashvili graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1959, where he also completed his doctoral studies. In 1963–1965, he was research assistant at the Institute of Physics of the Andronikashvili Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. Since 1965 he worked at the Kurchatov Institute (Institute of Atomic Energy named after I.V. Kurchatov) and at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1992, Petviashvili received the I. Tamm Prize for a series of works on Turbulence and eddy current structures in plasma. Biography Petviashvili was born in Tbilisi to a family of scientists in 1936. In 1959, he graduated from Tbilisi State University. After defending his doctoral dissertation in March 1979, Petviashvili expanded his research interests to nonlinear drift waves and drift turbulence, which were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvilis saxelobis Tbilisis saxelmts'ipo universit'et'i'', often shortened to its historical name, Tbilisi State University or TSU) is a public research university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Excluding academies and theological seminaries, which have intermittently functioned in Georgia for centuries, TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the Caucasus region. Over 23 500 students are enrolled and the total number of faculty and staff (collaborators) is 5,000. According to the U.S. News & World Report university rankings, TSU is ranked 398th in the world, tied with the University of Warsaw. The university has five branches in the regions of Georgia, six faculties, 60 scientific-research laboratories and centers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
