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  LFC: Intention Estimation: A Live Feeling Approach

  Lukac, M., Ali Rizvi, M. & Tyler, B. J.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

• Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (IECE) in Kazakhstan: An Explanatory Mixed-Method Approach

  Polat, F., Helmer, J., Malone, K., Zhontayeva, Z. & Gallagher, P.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • early childhood education and care
  • Kazakhstan
  • disability
  • childhood
  • education

• Human xenosensor CAR as novel target for treatment of metabolic disorders.

  Molnar, F., Fazli, S., Gulbinas, A., Pogosyan, G. & Suleimen, Y.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nutrigenomics
  • Dissent and Disputes

• Subelliptic geometric Hardy type inequalities

  Suragan, D., Ruzhansky, M. V., Yesserkigenov, N., Sabitbek, B., Kabdulova, A., Kassymkhanov, S., Abdikarim, A. & Shilibekova, D.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Geometric Inequalities
  • Hardy-type Inequality
  • Hardy Inequality
  • Functional Inequalities
  • Homogeneous Groups

• Phys. of PCEs: Polymer Physics and Modeling of Polycarboxylate-based Superplasticizers

  Wang, Y., Xu, X., Yang, S. & Yuan, J.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • polymer physics
  • adsorption
  • acrylic resins
  • acids
  • electrostatics

• Green and Secure Simultaneous Information and Energy Transfer for Future Wireless Networks

  Nauryzbayev, G., Hashmi, M., Maham, B., Jorswieck, E., Marchetti, N., Butt, M., Rabie, K. M. & Arzykulov, S.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Energy transfer
  • Wireless networks
  • Energy harvesting
  • Beamforming
  • Testbeds

• Industry 4.0 Readiness Assessment of SMEs in Kazakhstan

  Turkyilmaz, A., Shehab, E. & El-Thalji, I.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • Readiness
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
  • Best Practice
  • Industry

• CD-KAZ: Pediatric Celiac Disease in Kazakhstan: epidemiological analysis and implementation of screening and diagnostic strategies.

  Poddighe, D., Almawi, W., Tanko, M., Sazonov, V., Kozhakhmetova, A., Marchenko, Y., Abdrakhmanova, S., Catassi, C., Tinelli, C., Teleutayev, Y., Ibrayeva, A., Assylbekova, M., Mukusheva, Z. & Kenzhegulova, R.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • Celiac Disease
  • Pediatrics
  • Glutens
  • Ice Cover

• Giving back to one’s country following a government scholarship: comparing in-country and expatriate graduates contribution to socio-economic development in Kazakhstan

  Jonbekova, D., Kerimkulova, S., Sparks, J. & Jumakulov, Z.

  1/1/20 → 6/30/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • socioeconomic development
  • alumni
  • graduate
  • university

• Mental health and help-seeking behaviors of university students in Kazakhstan

  Hernández-Torrano, D., Clementi, A., Almukhambetova, A., Sparks, J., Lim, N. & Nurtayev, Y. R.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • mental health
  • university
  • grant
  • student

• Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Mathematics (CISM)

  Suragan, D., Kitapbayev, Y., Spitas, C., Torebek, B., Mynbaev, K., Sadybekov, M., Abdildin, Y., Oralsyn, G., Yessirkegenov, N., Sabitbek, B., Kassymov, A., Kazbek, R., Kabdulova, A., Kurmanbek, B. & Abdikarim, A.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Operating Leverage
  • Mathematics
  • Variable Cost
  • Fixed Costs
  • Integral Equations

• Data-Driven Framework Development for Projection and Containment of Spreading Processes in Complex Social Networks

  Dadlani, A. & Zollanvari, A.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Immunization
  • Epidemiology

• U2MP: Design of unconventional underground mine pillars

  Suorineni, F.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • pillar
  • support structure
  • buckling

• EPICGuide: EPICGuide: Epidural Catheter Guidance with fiber optic sensors

  Tosi, D., Zollanvari, A., Molardi, C., Viderman, D. & Schena, E.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • fiber optics
  • catheters
  • sensors (equipment)
  • steering systems
  • research projects

• Development and validation of hybrid Brillouin-Raman spectroscopy for non-invasive assessment of mechano-chemical properties of urine proteins as biomarkers of kidney diseases

  Gaipov, A., Utegulov, Z., Turebekov, D. & Bukasov, R.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Raman Spectrum Analysis
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Urine
  • Biomarkers
  • Proteinuria

• RA.RE: Rapid response fixed astronomical telescope for gamma ray bust observation

  Spitas, C., Grossan, B., Wei, D., Insepov, Z., Zhang, D., Abishev, M. & Bibossinov, A.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • telescopes
  • gamma rays
  • reaction time
  • gamma ray bursts
  • sky

• Determining the state of STEM/STEAM education at the primary school level in Kazakhstan

  Malone, K., Helmer, J., Dukenova, A. & Assanbayev, A.

  5/1/19 → 5/31/21

  Project: Monitored by School

• Development of a Novel Technology for Production of High Quality Reclaimed Water: Track Etch Membrane Bioreactor

  Arkhangelsky, E. & Inglezakis, V.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • bioreactor
  • membrane
  • commercialization
  • water scarcity
  • project

• LAREBI: Language-like Signaling and Representation in Biological Systems

  Capraru, M.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Biological systems
  • Communication
  • Genes
  • Communication systems

• CASIP: Clustering and settling of inertial particles: fluid-structure interactions approach

  Sumbekova, S. & Zhao, Y.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Fluid structure interaction
  • Turbulent flow
  • Direct numerical simulation
  • Large eddy simulation
  • Imaging techniques

• K-SLARS: Kazakh Sign Language Automatic Recognition System (K-SLARS)

  Sandygulova, A., Yessenbayev, Z., Parisi, G. I., Kimmelman, V., Aitpayev, K., Tazhigalieyva, N., Mukushev, M., Imashev, A. & Nurgabylov, Y.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Machine learning
  • Audition
  • Speech recognition
  • Computer vision

• Prostate cancer drug target: Targeting cancer stem-like cells of castration-resistant prostate cancer through combinatorial inhibition of MET/nuclear MET and β-Catenin pathways: potential therapeutic intellectual property in prostate cancer treatment

  Xie, Y., Fan, H., Dukenbayev, K. & Chen, Z.

  1/31/19 → 9/30/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Intellectual Property
  • Crizotinib
  • Catenins
  • Castration
  • Neoplastic Stem Cells

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

  Richard, L.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • project
  • modeling
  • student
  • thermodynamics
  • hydrocarbon

• On reducing acoustic feedback and entrainment artifacts in digital hearing aids

  Akhtar, M. T. & Albu, F.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Hearing aids
  • Acoustics
  • Feedback
  • Audition
  • Signal processing

• Role of Arginine Residues in Human Phosphoglycerate Kinase Catalytic Cycle

  Serimbetov, Z.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase
  • Arginine
  • Ligands

• 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 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • water salinity
  • oil field
  • flooding
  • oil
  • modeling

• How Kazakhs use proverbs to define themselves in a globalized world: a discourse ecologies approach

  Omarbekova, G., Aasland , E. & Orazaliyeva, E.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • ecology
  • discourse
  • linguistics
  • Kazakhstan
  • interview

• Phosphatase-like nanozyme activity of carbon nanodots and its potential as supplement for kinase inhibitor drug treating prostate cancer: potential intellectual property discovered in food product

  Fan, H., Xie, Y. & Chen, Z.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Nanodots
  • Intellectual property
  • Phosphorylation
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
  • Carbon

• Screening and Transparency in Markets with Price Commitments

  Nora, V. & Kirysheva, I.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Screening
  • Transparency
  • Mortgages
  • Health Insurance
  • Data Management

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

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

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • mathematics
  • engineering
  • OECD
  • student
  • engineer

• The assessment of Pipelle for endometrial sampling in Kazakhstani settings

  Terzic, M., Linkov, F., Bapayeva, G., Ukybassova, T., Kaiyrlykyzy, A. & Adambekov, S.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Biopsy
  • Endometrial Neoplasms
  • Kazakhstan
  • Anesthesia
  • Dilatation and Curettage

• Big data in star formation

  Alina, D. & Abdikamalov, E.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • star formation
  • filaments
  • telescopes
  • molecular clouds
  • balloons

• The Short-run Implications of the Health Care Reform in Kazakhstan: Population and Health Care Workers

  Bazarkulova, D. & Kapsalyamova, Z.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Health Care Workers
  • Health Care Reform
  • Kazakhstan
  • Short-run
  • Research Directions

• Poison or remedy? The role of bile acids in colorectal cancer

  Molnar, F.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Poisons
  • Metabolomics
  • Vitamin D

• The study of Central Asian Y chromosome variation through ancient DNA from the Chalcolithic to the Early Iron Age and modern populations

  Ramankulov, Y., Balanovska, E., Götherström, A., Balanovsky, O., Kashuba, N., Zhabagin, M., Askapuli, A. & Issabayeva, K.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

• HYPERMAT: Noble metals nanocomposites hyper-activity in heterogeneous non-catalytic and catalytic reactions

  Inglezakis, V., Poulopoulos, S., Atabaev, T. & Arkhangelsky, E.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • water treatment
  • phenols
  • noble metals
  • iodides
  • arsenic

• Quantum Gravity at astrophysical distances

  Zarikas, V., Malafarina, D., Abdikamalov, E., Bonanno, A. M., Sakellariadou, M. & Kofinas, G.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • astrophysics
  • gravitation
  • antigravity
  • universe
  • trajectories

• Periostin in development and progression of colorectal cancer

  Riethmacher, E., Riethmacher, D. & Ashimkhanova, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • urinary bladder neoplasms
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • animal models
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Neoplasms

• Recycling and Disposal Cost Modelling of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composites

  Shehab, E. & Papathanasiou, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • carbon fiber
  • recycling
  • cost
  • modeling
  • scrap material

• Why the pipeline leaks? Understanding female higher education students' experiences in STEM education in Kazakhstan

  Almukhambetova, A., Hernández-Torrano, D. & Kuzhabekova, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • female student
  • experience
  • education
  • student

• Effective Use of Heterogeneous Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks for Surveillance Applications

  Yazici, A. & Ever, E.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Sensor networks
  • Sensors

• Efficient Multiscale Numerical Framework of the Subsurface Reservoir Simulation in Heterogeneous Porous Media

  Amanbek, Y., Wheeler, M. & Singh, G.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • porous medium
  • simulation
  • indicator
  • error analysis
  • subsurface flow

• Development of the sustainable and innovative ground improvement technique via environmentally friendly low-carbon rapid-hardening cements in Kazakhstan

  Moon, S., Ku, T., Kim, J. & Lee, D.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • ground improvement
  • hardening
  • cement (construction material)
  • calcium
  • carbon

• Development of 3D solid state thin film materials for durable and safe Li-ion microbatteries

  Bakenov, Z. & Mukanova, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • electric batteries
  • solid state
  • electrolytes
  • thin films
  • ions

• Gender and schooling in Kazakhstan: A mixed methods study

  Durrani, N., Kataeva, Z., CohenMiller, A. & Karakus, M.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • Gender equality
  • gender
  • occupational distribution
  • choice of subjects

• A molecular epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of oncogenic HPV strains for cervical cancer prevention in Kazakhstan

  Aimagambetova, G., Chan, C. K. & Azizan, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Genotype

• Forming Reliable Feature Correspondences and Distortion-free Graph Embedding with Deep Learning

  Demirci, M.

  1/31/19 → 6/30/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Image retrieval
  • Deep learning

• NLM: Nanosecond laser pulse melting of stressed refractory materials: real-time laser ultrasonics and spectral radiometry studies with high spatio-temporal resolution

  Utegulov, Z., Spitas, C. & Abdullayev, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • refractory materials
  • temporal resolution
  • melting
  • ultrasonics
  • high resolution

• Variable Stiffness Tactile Sensor for Robot Manipulation and Object Exploration

  Kappassov, Z. & Varol, H. A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Stiffness
  • Robots
  • Computer hardware
  • Sensors

• Towards understanding α9-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor –mediated mechanisms

  Filchakova, O.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Neurosecretion
  • Nicotinic Receptors