School of Mining and Geosciences

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• 2 Not started
• 13 Finished
• 21 Active

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  Metallogeny, Controlling Factors, and Temporal–Spatial Distribution of Sediment-Hosted Stratabound Copper Mineralization Systems of Central Kazakhstan: Case Study of Teniz Basin

  Soltani Dehnavi, A. & Seltmann, R.

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: FDCRGP

  • mineralization 100%
  • basin 82%
  • copper 81%
  • sediment 44%
  • sedimentary basin 44%

• Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter studies in Underground mines and its Computational Fluid Dynamic Modelling

  Sabanov, S.

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: FDCRGP

  • diesel 100%
  • particulate matter 86%
  • computational fluid dynamics 65%
  • exposure 38%
  • ventilation 25%

• Copper Porphyry Mine Tailings: Workflow for Valorization and Environmental Remediation

  Madani, N., Atakhanova, Z., Lee, W., Bekbotayeva, A., Barmenshinova, M. & Frenzel , M.

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: CRP

  • valorization 100%
  • tailings 92%
  • porphyry 86%
  • remediation 67%
  • copper 59%

• Geomechanical Investigation of Mechanisms Involved in Carbon (CO2) Storage and Caprock System Integrity

  Mortazavi, A. & Bohloli, B.

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: FDCRGP

  • carbon 100%
  • stress field 60%
  • leakage 35%
  • numerical method 28%
  • project 28%

• Evaluation of Natural Chemicals for Enhanced Oil Recovery

  Abbas Babikir, A. H., Pourafshary, P., Sulaiman, W. R. W. & Adam , M. R.

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: FDCRGP

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  • enhanced oil recovery 100%
  • research program 85%
  • chemical 42%
  • evaluation 41%

• Assessment of Kazakhstan Ultramafic-Mafic Complexes (Ophiolites and Basalts) for CO2 Sequestration: A Mineralogical and Geochemical Investigation for in situ Carbonation Processes and Implications for ex-situ applications

  Fustic, M. & Soltani Dehnavi, A.

  9/2/22 → 12/31/23

  Project: CHEVRON

  • ophiolite 100%
  • carbon sequestration 89%
  • basalt 88%
  • trapping 73%
  • mineral 64%

• Investigation of Faults Activation Mechanisms in Carbon (CO2) Storage

  Mortazavi, A.

  9/2/22 → 12/31/23

  Project: CHEVRON

  • carbon 100%
  • reactivation 64%
  • leakage 56%
  • pressure field 35%
  • in situ stress 35%

• CMM-SAND: CMM-SAND: Combined Multiscale/Multiphysics Experimental and Numerical Study of Sand Production Mechanisms in Oil Reservoirs

  Zhao, Y., Sonny, I., Shabdirov, D. & Shabdirova, A.

  1/1/22 → 12/31/24

  Project: CRP

  • sand 100%
  • experimental study 76%
  • oil 55%
  • sandstone 44%
  • perforation 34%

• Application of Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) Flooding to Enhance Oil Recovery

  Pourafshary, P.

  1/1/22 → 12/31/24

  Project: FDCRGP

  • polymer 100%
  • surfactant 82%
  • oil industry 69%
  • oil 68%
  • project 34%

• Application of Low Salinity Water-based Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods for Naturally Fractured Formations

  Pourafshary, P. & Rehan Hashmet, M.

  1/1/22 → 12/31/24

  Project: FDCRGP

  • recovery method 100%
  • enhanced oil recovery 89%
  • water salinity 83%
  • flooding 61%
  • oil 56%

• IoT-based Sensing Technology for Real Time Identification of Hydraulic and Shear Strength Properties of Unsaturated Soil for Anticipation against Climate Change in Kazakshtan

  Satyanaga, A., Kim, J., Sonny, I., Moon, S. & Zhussupbekov, A.

  1/1/22 → 12/31/24

  Project: CRP

  • shear strength 100%
  • soil property 72%
  • water retention 66%
  • permeability 55%
  • hydraulics 43%

• Development of a Geostatistical Algorithm to Incorporate Micro-Macro Duality of Geological Features in Mineral Resource Evaluation

  Madani, N. & Fustic, M.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • geological feature 100%
  • mineral resource 58%
  • evaluation 31%
  • ore deposit 26%
  • research program 25%

• RDP Index: Developing a New Rockburst Damage Potential (RDP) Index for Seismically Active Underground Mines

  Adoko, A. C.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • rockburst 100%
  • damage 37%
  • mining-induced seismicity 29%
  • index 23%
  • mining industry 19%

• Hard Rock Tunnelling: A Generalized Model for Estimating TBM Performance and Disc Cutter Wear Life

  Yagiz, S., Adoko, A. C., Rostami, J. & Hassanpour, J.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • TBM 100%
  • Wear 53%
  • excavation 50%
  • rock 48%
  • Rocks 48%

• IS-MEOR: In-situ microbial enhanced oil recovery

  Pham, T., Hazlett, R., Yernazarova, A., Mun, G., Venturi, V., Uteyev, R., Zhiengaliev , B., Kitching, M., Mukhtar Shakenuly, M., Ispanbetov, T., Izmailova, A. & Abbas Babikir, A. H.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: CRP

  • enhanced oil recovery 100%
  • oil 56%
  • in situ 53%
  • fossil fuel 35%
  • project 30%

• Geothermal Energy Production (GEP), Energy Storage (ES), and Carbon Storage and Sequestration (CSS) Potential in Kazakhstan Sedimentary Basins – Geological Baseline Study

  Fustic, M., Yensepbayev, T., Khalimon, A., Hazlett, R., Bayramov, E. & Holbrook, J.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: CRP

  • energy storage 100%
  • geothermal energy 96%
  • carbon storage 88%
  • energy production 85%
  • sedimentary basin 82%

• Development of cryogenic fracturing technology for coalbed methane production in Karaganda Coal Basin, Kazakhstan

  Hazlett, R., Zhang, D., Yagiz, S., Ismailova , J., Teklu, T., Bekbauov, B., Wang (SMG), L., Kneafsey, T., Wu, Y. & Wang, Y.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: CRP

  • coalbed methane 100%
  • research program 80%
  • coal 54%
  • basin 41%
  • methane 37%

• A comprehensive study on asphaltene characterization and screening asphaltene deposition inhibitors for Kazakhstan crude oils

  Shafiei, A., Atabaev, T. & Ivakhnenko, O.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/23

  Project: CRP

  • Asphaltenes 100%
  • asphaltene 30%
  • Adsorption 28%
  • Magnetite nanoparticles 23%
  • inhibitor 23%

• Development of a geomechanical risk assessment methodology/model for underground mining applications

  Mortazavi, A. & Hassani, F.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Risk Assessment 100%
  • Load testing 97%
  • Mining 75%
  • risk assessment 75%
  • Rocks 74%

• Ventilation system optimisation to reduce particulate matter (PM) and gas concentrations in Kazakhstan underground mines: simulation and experimental validations

  Sabanov, S., Amouei, T. & Tungushbayeva, Z.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/23

  Project: CRP

  • ventilation 100%
  • particulate matter 91%
  • gas 48%
  • diesel 43%
  • simulation 33%

• U2MP: Design of unconventional underground mine pillars

  Suorineni, F.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Mining 100%
  • pillar 91%
  • Stoping 72%
  • stoping 60%
  • Ores 49%
• Not started

  Automation of marine and land oil pollution and natural seepage slick monitoring in the Caspian Sea and its coastal zones using deep and machine learning of microwave and optical satellite remote sensing data

  Bayramov, E., Neafie, J. & Duisenbiyev, A.

  1/1/24 → 12/31/26

  Project: CRP

  • Seepage 100%
  • Pollution 89%
  • Coastal zones 87%
  • Remote sensing 82%
  • Deep learning 71%

• Application of carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and hydrogen production technologies to the different industrial sectors of Kazakhstan for its carbon neutralization

  Lee, W., Madani, N., Baimatova, N. & Zholdayakova, S.

  1/1/24 → 12/31/26

  Project: CRP

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Hydrogen 87%
  • Collaborative Research 80%
  • Carbon 68%
  • Kazakhstan 67%
• Finished

  Optimization of Filter Cake Removal Using Nano Particles in Synthetic Based Mud Drill-In Fluid (SBMDIF) System

  Sonny, I. & Hashmet, M.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • filter cake 100%
  • mud 57%
  • Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 41%
  • Computational fluid dynamics 39%
  • fluid 38%

• Simulation of sour gas injection EOR in tight carbonate reservoirs coupling capillarity and geomechanics

  Wang, Y., Nessipbekov, G., Wu, Y., Niemi, A. & Wang (SMG), L.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Sour gas 100%
  • petroleum engineering 49%
  • capillarity 47%
  • geomechanics 44%
  • Gas injection (Enhanced recovery) 40%

• Organic Rich Strata: Characterization, Origin, and Implications to Petroleum Exploration in Kazakhstan

  Fustic, M. & Hazlett, R.

  1/1/20 → 3/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • applied research 100%
  • petroleum 94%
  • economics 32%
  • resource 30%
  • depositional environment 27%

• NFR: Production Forecasting from Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

  Hazlett, R., Fustic, M. & Madani, N.

  1/1/20 → 3/31/23

  Project: FDCRGP

  • forecasting 100%
  • simulator 64%
  • reservoir characterization 38%
  • engine 32%
  • decision making 26%

• Application of Nanofluids to Control Formation Damage and Improved Oil Recovery Process

  Pourafshary, P. & Hashmet, M.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Sandstone 100%
  • Brines 95%
  • Zeta potential 72%
  • Carbonates 70%
  • Nanoparticles 68%

• LSWF: Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Low Salinity Water Flooding in some Oil fields of Republic of Kazakhstan – Improved Oil Recovery Implications

  Shafiei, A. & Foroozesh, J.

  1/31/19 → 6/30/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Salinity 100%
  • Brines 70%
  • Enhanced recovery 70%
  • Sandstone 64%
  • Nanocomposites 55%

• Development of Hybrid EOR Methods Utilizing Low Salinity Water

  Pourafshary, P. & Hashmet, M.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: FDCRGP

  • Carbonates 100%
  • Enhanced recovery 60%
  • enhanced oil recovery 55%
  • Water 54%
  • water salinity 49%

• Dramatic Inquiry, Engineering Design, Primary Students’ and STEM vs STEAM

  Malone, K., Helmer, J., Shafiei, A., Zhontayeva, Z. & Edmiston, B.

  1/31/19 → 6/30/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • engineering 100%
  • mathematics 87%
  • art 84%
  • OECD 53%
  • classroom 35%

• GM2019: Establishing a research group on geochemical modeling at NU

  Suorineni, F.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • project 100%
  • student 79%
  • modeling 79%
  • thermodynamics 73%
  • hydrocarbon 66%

• Empirical stope design in Kazakhstan underground mines: improving the Mathews stability graph method

  Adoko, A. C. & Yagiz, S.

  1/1/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: FDCRGP

  • dilution 100%
  • overbreak 83%
  • Dilution 69%
  • knowledge based systems 37%
  • excavation 34%

• Risk Analysis Methodology for Automated Mine Ventilation Systems

  Sabanov, S., Madani, N., Karzhau, A., Aldamzharov, B., Alnazar, N. & Mukhamedyarova, Z.

  1/1/18 → 6/30/21

  Project: FDCRGP

  • ventilation 100%
  • Oil shale 90%
  • oil shale 74%
  • Mine ventilation 67%
  • risk analysis 48%

• Multivariate Mapping of Geometallurgical Variables with Complex Cross-Correlation Characteristics

  Madani, N. & Yagiz, S.

  1/1/18 → 6/30/21

  Project: FDCRGP

  • modeling 100%
  • simulation 86%
  • mineral resource 84%
  • Mineral resources 62%
  • ore deposit 60%

• The Kazakhstan Soil Microbiome: Characterization of Agricultural Challenges and Opportunities

  Schoenbach, C., Inglezakis, V., Yapiyev, V., Malgazhdar, D., Naizabekov, S., Kudarova, A. & Nurmukhambetov, D.

  2/1/15 → 5/16/18

  Project: Other
• Curtailed

  Open Pit Slope Hazard Assessment using Smart Sensing Technology

  Capehart, E., Abbas Babikir, A. H. & Adoko, A. C.

  1/1/22 → 11/11/22

  Project: FDCRGP

  • sensor 100%
  • slope failure 96%
  • hazard assessment 91%
  • open pit mine 71%
  • slope stability 59%

• AnthEnvKZ: Anthropogenic Environments in the Future Tense: Living and Narrating Change in Kazakhstan's Mining Towns

  Dagyeli, J., Dubuisson, E., Bayramov, E., Kussainova, M., Shayakmetov, N. & Zhumashev, R.

  1/1/21 → 10/5/21

  Project: CRP

  • Kazakhstan 100%
  • town 42%
  • energy 34%
  • narrative 33%
  • resources 32%