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  Faculty Institutional Service and Outreach: A Comparative Study of Six Asian Universities

  Bilyalov, D.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • grant
  • education

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 8/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

  Sabanov, S., Torkmahalleh, M. & Tungushbayeva, Z.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • ventilation
  • particulate matter
  • gas
  • simulation
  • diesel

• Information Acquisition and Processing in Coordination Games

  Goryunov, M.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

• AXL and TYRO3 signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in bladder cancer: preclinical study

  Kriajevskaia, M., Tulchinsky, E. & Ogay, V.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
  • Kazakhstan
  • Inhibition (Psychology)
  • Therapeutics
  • Drug Repositioning

• Calibrating Statistical Pattern Recognition Techniques Based on Large-Dimensional Random Matrix Theory

  Zollanvari, A. & Dougherty, E.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Random Matrix Theory
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Small Sample
  • Random Matrices
  • Performance

• 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: Monitored by Research Administration

  • TBM
  • hard rock
  • excavation
  • boring
  • drill and blast

• Expanding the therapeutic landscape of CCR5 blockade and CCL5 engineering

  Vangelista, L. & Bulanin, D.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Patentability
  • engineering
  • intellectual property
  • pathology
  • cancer

• Modeling and finite element analysis of ceramic paste extrusion for 3D printing

  Skrzypacz, P. S., Golman, B., Schieweck, F., Qamar, S. & Ahmed, N.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Extrusion
  • Printing
  • Extruders
  • Finite element method
  • 3D printers

• ESP&TAPC: Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block and Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Acute Pain Management after Colectomy in Colon Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

  Viderman, D., la Fleur, P. & Temirov, T.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Abdominal Muscles
  • Colectomy
  • Acute Pain
  • Pain Management
  • Colonic Neoplasms

• Suppression of SARS-CoV-2 viral replication and assembly by lithium chloride aerosol: Rationale for treatment of COVID-19 patients

  Sarbassov, D. & Yermekbayeva, B.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • SARS Virus
  • Lithium Chloride
  • Virus Assembly
  • Aerosols
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3

• Evaluating the impact of climate change in buildings integrated with phase change materials located in different climate zones of the world

  Memon, S., Nadeem, A., CUI, H. & LO, T. Y.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • climate zone
  • energy consumption
  • climate change
  • world
  • material

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

  Adoko, A. C.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • rockburst
  • damage
  • index
  • mining-induced seismicity
  • mining industry

• Aggregation induced emission organic cations incorporated quasi-2D perovskites for photonic and optoelectronic applications

  Lim, C.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • perovskites
  • planing
  • cations
  • photonics
  • halides

• Machine Learning Enhanced Model Selection Methodologies and Optimization of Deep Learning (DL) Inference for accuracy, inference time and energy on Mobile and Embedded Systems

  Park, J.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Deep learning
  • Embedded systems
  • Machine learning
  • Power management
  • Graphics processing unit

• Numerical simulation of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in porous media using multiphase/multicomponent thermal Lattice Boltzmann Model

  Rojas, L.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • carbon sequestration
  • porous medium
  • simulation
  • fluid
  • method

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Epithelial mesenchymal transition mobilizes transposable genetic elements, drives genetic diversity and regulates expression of inflammatory genes in cancer cells

  Tulchinsky, E., Singh, P. & Schoenbach, C.

  1/2/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • neoplasm cells
  • genetic variation
  • neoplasms
  • genes
  • immunology

• 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 → 6/30/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

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

  Adoko, A. C. & Yagiz, S.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • excavation
  • caving
  • rock
  • overbreak
  • engineering

• Casimir Light as a Probe of Vacuum Fluctuation Amplification

  Good, M., Kovanis, V., Malafarina, D. & Oikonomou, T.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • vacuum
  • probes
  • Kazakhstan
  • economic development
  • horsepower

• Building Capability to Simulate High Speed and Urban Railway Structural Characteristics for Effective and Efficient Design

  Adair, D., Ismailov, K. & Tazabekova, A.

  3/20/18 → 8/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Dynamic response
  • Rails
  • Light rail transit
  • Java programming language
  • Phase velocity

• Brain-Computer Interface to Exoskeleton System Design for Personalized Upper-Limb Rehabilitation after Stroke

  Abibullaev, B., Shintemirov, A., Fazli, S., Zollanvari, A., Daribayev, Z. & Kaiyrzhanov, R.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Brain computer interface
  • Patient rehabilitation
  • Systems analysis
  • Robotics
  • Recovery

• Development of an Intelligent Assistive Robot Manipulation System for Improving the Quality of Life of Disabled People in Kazakhstan

  Shintemirov, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Intelligent robots
  • Robotics
  • Robotic arms
  • Prosthetics
  • Model predictive control

• 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

• Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through chemical stimulation

  Erisken, C.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • transforming growth factor beta 3
  • mesenchymal stromal cells
  • tendons
  • nanofibers
  • bones

• Optimal design and development of multi-nozzle and multi-material based lower cost 3D printer

  Ali, M. H., Kurokawa, S., Zhao, Y., Samad Kamal, A. & Shariff Ullah, A.

  3/20/18 → 4/30/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • 3D printers
  • Nozzles
  • Extruders
  • Extrusion
  • Costs

• 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

• Asymptotic Efficiency in Panel Models with Survey Data:Application to the PSID Family Income

  Rahmani, I.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Asymptotic Efficiency
  • Survey Data
  • Panel Model
  • Family Income
  • Stratified Sampling

• 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

• 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

• Exact formulas and asymptotics in the integrable stochastic particle models with multi species

  Lee, E., Wang, D., Hong, J., Tracy, C., Corwin, I., Jung, P., Kim, K., Liu, G., Harnad, J. & Sasamoto, T.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/21

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Model
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Integrable Systems
  • Representation Theory
  • Algebraic Structure

• 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

• Trans-Eurasian Exchanges: Contemporary dialogues and archaeological inquiry

  Dupuy, P., Collins, N., Kazizov, E., Henderson, J. & Voyakin, D.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  File

  • Kazakhstan
  • road
  • dialogue
  • antiquity
  • archaeology

• 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

• 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

• Characterization of the biophysical and biomechanical properties of normal and cancer neural stem cells

  Pham, T. & Kriajevskaia, M.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • stem cells
  • cancer
  • atomic force microscopy
  • microscopy
  • characterization