January 6, 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia

Prof. Sergey Chernomorets, the Scientific Secretary of the International Debris Flow Association, was on his visit at the Eco Center. Bt the official errand of Prof. K. Nosov, the President of the International Debris Flow Association, Prof. Givi Gavardashvili, Doctor of Technical Sciences, the Director of the ECOCENTER for Environmental Protection, for his contributions to the field of mudflow science and mudflow protection, was awarded with the Medal of the International Association of 2013 dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Simon Fleischman, Professor of the Lomonosov University and debris flow researcher.

Photo 1. From left: Prof. S. Chernomorets (Russia) and Prof. G. Gavardashvili