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• Development of a Renewable Energy Storage System using Reinforced Concrete Foundations

  Zhang, D., Kim, J., Shon, C., Lee, D., Moon, S., Tulebekova, S., Saliyev, D., Saliyeva, L., Bektimirova, U., Satekenova, E., Agibayeva, A., Yekpyndynova, N., Kulzhabek, Z., Karabay, A., Turlybek, A., Tleuken, A., Ju, H., Sharafutdinov, E., Kamidenov, S., Barissov, T., Tsoy, V., Kryzhanovskiy, K. & Mukhammedrakhym, I.

  1/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • energy storage
  • reinforced concrete
  • alternative energy
  • structural component
  • compressed air

• The Role of Trade Credit in Bankruptcy and Business Fluctuations

  Seccia, G. & Mateos-Planas, X.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Business Fluctuations
  • Trade Credit
  • Bankruptcy
  • Credit
  • Aggregate Fluctuations

• EASG 1: Investment Potential of the Sacred Geography of Kazakhstan: Geospatial Monitoring, IT Technology, and Historical-Cultural Analysis in the Production of an Electronic Atlas of the Republic

  Forêt, P., Tsyrempilov, N., Beben, Z., Bigozhin, U., Bowen, E., Dupuy, P., Garipova, R. & Scarborough, D.

  4/6/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

• Hardware and Software Based Methods for Safe Human-Robot Interaction with Variable Impedance Robots

  Varol, H. A., Rubagotti, M., Zhakatayev, A., Saudabayev, A., Massalin, Y., Adiyatov, O. & Moldagaliyeva, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Human robot interaction
  • Acoustic impedance
  • Robots
  • Computer hardware
  • Wheels

• Cozmo Robot for Computer Science Education

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

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Computer science
  • Education
  • Robots
  • Students
  • Robotics

• Cross linguistic influences in the production and perception of English lexical stress by Kazakh-Russian-English Trilingual speakers

  Mayila, Y., Jongman, A., Sereno, J., Kuzekova, Z. & Rakhmanova, Z.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • linguistics
  • phonology
  • acoustics
  • Kazakhstan
  • foreign language

• International relationship of the Golden Horde: between the East and the West (XIII-XV centuries)

  Schamiloglu, U. & Kenzheakhmet, N.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • International Relationships
  • Ming
  • Ming China
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Central Asia

• Does entrepreneurial education of business owners matter? The SME Executive Development program in Kazakhstan.

  Akemu, O., Colapinto, C., Khanin, D., Abilova, A., Khadyr, A., Rakisheva, B. & Saginova, N.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • small and medium-sized enterprise
  • Kazakhstan
  • entrepreneur
  • entrepreneurship
  • education

• DSEN: Diagnosing Children with Special Educational Needs in Kazakhstan

  Pather, S., Somerton, M., Stolyarova, V. & Jaxybayeva, A.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • special educational needs
  • Kazakhstan
  • autism
  • diagnostic
  • Schools of medicine

• Periostin in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development and synergistic effects mediated via CCL5 and MMP9.

  Riethmacher, D., Riethmacher, E., Vangelista, L., Ashimkhanova, A., Adrisova, K., Kuatbai, G., Kim , A. K. & Ainur Abdrakhmanova, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • Kazakhstan
  • communication (human)
  • physicians
  • incidence

• FOSTHER: Fiber-optic smart textiles for biophysical real-time measurement of breathing pattern, blood pressure, body temperature

  Molardi, C., Tosi, D., Selleri, S., Perrone, G. & Schena, E.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Smart textiles
  • Blood pressure
  • Time measurement
  • Fiber optics
  • Fiber Bragg gratings

• Investigation of high-efficiency formamidinium methyl-ammonium perovskite-based photovoltaic cells

  Surya, C., Ng, A. & Li, G.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • photovoltaic cells
  • perovskites
  • thin films
  • solar cells
  • commercialization

• Structure-Property correlations in multi-scale composites

  Wang, Y., Papathanasiou, A., Sumbekova, S., Grenoble, U., Tsiantis, А., Hatzikiriakos, S. & Dobri, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Fibers
  • Composite materials
  • Microstructure
  • Molding
  • Resins

• Advancing the State-of the-Art Research and Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Kazakhstan

  Foster, F., Chan, C. K. & An, S.

  4/6/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • Child Care
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Papillomavirus Infections

• Dissecting the Collective Dynamics of Arrays of Superconducting Circuits and Quantum Metamaterials

  Mandilara, A., Kovanis, V., Navez, P., Tsironis, G., Lazarides, N., Neofotistos, G. & Ivić, Z.

  1/1/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Metamaterials
  • Networks (circuits)

• VSAT: Vibration- and weight-optimised shape memory metal-matrix-composite honeycomb architecture for satellite structures

  Spitas, C.

  4/6/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • metal matrix composites
  • education
  • vibration

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

  Madani, N. & Yagiz, S.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • transform
  • simulation
  • kriging
  • modeling
  • methodology

• Risk Analysis Methodology for Automated Mine Ventilation Systems

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

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • risk analysis
  • ventilation
  • methodology
  • safety
  • demand

• Non-Mendelian genetics: Regulation of imprinted genes by HP1 proteins

  Singh, P. & Riethmacher, D.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Histone Code
  • Proteins
  • DNA Methylation
  • Mammals
  • Genes

• Super transmitters, radiators and lenses via photonic synthetic matter

  Valagiannopoulos, C., Kovanis, V., Tsitsas, N., Papadimopoulos, A., Duspayev, A., Sarsen, A., Abrashuly, A., Sheverdin, A. & Zhiyenbayev, Y.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Photonics
  • Radiators
  • Lenses
  • Transmitters
  • Radiation

• Mercury contamination in Pavlodar and Borovoe, Kazakhstan: Evaluation of atmospheric emissions and cycle systems, site assessment, and human health risk characterization

  Guney, M., Inglezakis, V. & Karaca, F.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • mercury contamination
  • atmospheric emission
  • health risk
  • human health
  • atmospheric transport

• Pulsed plasma-chemical synthesis of new generation TiO2 photo catalysts

  Tikhonov, A.

  4/6/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • education
  • catalysts
  • synthesis

• Classical and quantum information technologies based on self phase-locked optical parametric oscillators

  Zondy, J., Fabre, C. & Zheng, Z.

  1/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • idlers
  • parametric amplifiers
  • pumps
  • oscillations
  • optical resonators

• Finite Element Methods for Dirichlet feedback control problems in chemical reaction engineering

  Skrzypacz, P. S., Erlangga, Y. A., Golman, B., Wei, D. & Schieweck, F.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Chemical reactions
  • Feedback control
  • Finite element method
  • Stabilization
  • Chemical reactors

• Editing Popular Literature: Variability and Performativity in Mixed Literary-Oral Literature and the Feasibility of an Open Access Electronic Text and Research Platform for these Text Genres

  Dagyeli, J.

  2/1/20 → 1/31/21

  Project: Monitored by School

• 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

• HT-KZ: HorizonT KZ Ultra-High energy cosmic rays shower detector construction at Nazarbayev Unviersity

  Beznosko, D.

  10/31/16 → 4/27/18

  Project: Monitored by School

• 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

• Research and Development of Doherty Power Amplifier based Broadband Highly Efficient and Linear Transmitter Front-end for 5G and millimeter wave Applications

  Hashmi, M., Maham, B. & Ellis, G.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Doherty amplifiers
  • Millimeter waves
  • Power amplifiers
  • Transmitters
  • Amplification

• 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

• 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

• Polygyny in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

  Thibault, H.

  1/1/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Islamization
  • research focus
  • grant

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

  Demirci, M.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Image retrieval
  • Deep learning

• Gender and schooling in Kazakhstan: A mixed methods study

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

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Exploration of Organometal Halide Perovskite Based Photovoltaics Towards Future Applications-High Efficiency and Stability

  Ng, A., Jumabekov, A. & Balanay, M.

  1/31/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • solar cell
  • perovskite
  • halide
  • state of the art
  • 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

• 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

• 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

• A novel analytical method to quantify Cr(VI) concentrations in atmospheric particulate matter using new highly functionalized nanodots-field measurements (Astana & Aktobe) and modeling

  Torkmahalleh, M., Balanay, M., Hopke, P. K., Fan, H., Fyrillas, M., Rule, A. & Mohammadi, M.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • atmospheric particulate
  • chromium
  • analytical method
  • particulate matter
  • asthma