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• Early Career Teachers: How prepared are they for the job?

  Helmer, J., Assanbayev, A., Malone, K., Tussupbekova, G., Dukenova, A. & Namyssova, G.

  7/18/18 → 9/30/20

  Project: Monitored by School

• Economic Approaches to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Kazakhstan

  Howie, P., Akhmetov, D. & Gupta, S.

  3/20/18 → 9/13/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • emissions trading
  • greenhouse gas
  • mitigation
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • economics

• 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

• 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

• PANSUST: Effects of pandemics on sustainable buildings and development of a sustainability assessment tool based on COVID-19 experience

  Karaca, F., Guney, M., Turkyilmaz, A. & Tokbolat, S.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • pandemics
  • sustainability
  • residential building
  • effect
  • stakeholder

• 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

• Electrochemical C-H Amination of (Hetero)Aromatic Compounds

  Hayrapetyan, D.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Amination
  • Aromatic compounds
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nitrogen
  • Molecules

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

  Adoko, A. C. & Yagiz, S.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • excavation
  • caving
  • rock
  • overbreak
  • engineering

• Energy, Economic and Environmental evaluation of buildings integrated with phase change materials in different climate zones of the world

  Memon, S., Nadeem, A., Cui, H. Z., Lo, T. Y., Kim, J., Mussard, M. & Shon, C.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • energy economics
  • climate zone
  • world
  • evaluation
  • material

• EATTST: Enhance anti-tumor therapy efficiency by sequential checkpoint-specific treatment

  Vorobyev, I.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • therapeutics
  • neoplasms
  • cells
  • neoplasm cells
  • drugs

• Enhance the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses by modulating the senescence associated gene expression

  Soltabayeva, A.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • abiotic stress
  • gene expression
  • crops
  • genes
  • Arabidopsis thaliana

• Entangled Landscapes: Rethinking the Landscape Exchange Between China and Europe in the 16th-18 Centuries

  Forêt, P. & Zhuang, Y.

  5/1/13 → 8/1/13

  Project: Monitored by School

• 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

• Epistemic Environmentalism

  Ryan, S.

  5/1/17 → 5/1/18

  Project: Monitored by School

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Exploring Re-adjustment Experiences of Kazakhstani Returning Scholars

  Kuzhabekova, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • experience
  • socialization
  • literature
  • remigration

• Extremophiles from unique ecosystems of Kazakhstan as potential producers of novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents

  Azizan, A., Trenozhnikova, L., Berezin, V., Beutler, J., Zhulamanova, A., Koshenov, Z., Iskhakova, D. & Alibekova, M.

  10/1/16 → 12/31/19

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Ecosystems
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Pathogens

• 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

• Fault-Tolerant Direct-Torque Control System Design with High-Order Observers for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors in Electric Vehicle Applications

  Do, T. & Jung, J. W.

  6/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Torque control
  • Synchronous motors
  • Electric vehicles
  • Propulsion
  • Permanent magnets

• 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

• Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through chemical stimulation

  Erisken, C.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion in Kazakhstan

  Atanu, R., Abduvaliyev, D., Banerjee, A., Jochec, M. & Lenchak, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Kazakhstan
  • literacy
  • inclusion
  • national bank
  • stock market

• 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

• PE-OSC: Flexible photoelectrochromic devices powered by tandem organic solar cells

  Balanay, M., Ng, A. & Adilov, S.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • solar cells
  • polymers
  • metals

• Forecasting Air Astana’s spare parts and their inventory management

  Tsakalerou, M., Papadopoulos, C., Babai , M., Tsadiras , A., O'Kelly, M. E. J. & Turgunbayev, Y.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Spare Parts
  • Inventory Management
  • Air
  • Forecasting Method
  • Intermittent Demand

• 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

• Forward osmosis: process improvement/optimization, fouling and cleaning mechanisms

  Inglezakis, V. & Arkhangelsky, E.

  1/1/15 → 1/30/18

  Project: Monitored by School

• Function, context, and environment in the languages of ants and people

  Capraru, M.

  5/15/17 → 5/15/18

  Project: Monitored by School

• Fundamental and applied SERS for detection of cancer biomarkers (FASERSDCB)

  Bukasov, R.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • biomarkers
  • cancer
  • immunoassay
  • gold
  • nanoparticles

• 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

• 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

• Granular Origins of Macro Economic Fluctuations: Evidence from Kazakhstan

  Konings, J. G. L. & Sagyndykova, G.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Macroeconomic Fluctuations
  • Kazakhstan
  • Micro Data
  • Idiosyncratic Shocks
  • Unemployment

• 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

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

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

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

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

• 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

• Harvesting Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Slags as Construction Materials Using Mineral Sequestration Process in Calcium Looping (CaL) Technology

  Shon, C., Zhang, D., Kim, J., Chung, C. W. & Kim, J. H.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • research program
  • slag
  • furnace
  • calcium
  • oxygen

• High-dimensional Data Analytics for Genome-Wide Association Studies: An Application to Alcoholism

  Zollanvari, A., Dougherty, E. R. & Agrawal, A.

  3/20/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Data Science
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Alcoholism
  • Kazakhstan
  • Alcohol Drinking

• Highly controllable rapid melting of nuclear fuels by nanosecond pulse lasers: real-time laser ultrasonics, pyrometry, reflectometry and Raman spectroscopy studies with high spatio-temporal resolution

  Utegulov, Z.

  4/6/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • nuclear fuels
  • temporal resolution
  • education
  • temperature measurement
  • Raman spectroscopy

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Hyperbolic geometry of word vectors

  Assylbekov, Z. & Argyrakis, P.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Lobachevskian geometry

• Ideal Multilingual Self, English Language Learning Motivation and Strategy Uses among Secondary Students in Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools in Kazakhstan

  Hajar, A.

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • learning motivation
  • Kazakhstan
  • learning strategy
  • English language
  • peer mediation

• Identification of the molecular mechanisms preventing YAP-TEAD-mediated cell cycle re-entry in supporting cells of the mouse utricle

  Andreeva, A. & Utepbergenov, D.

  1/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Monitored by Research Administration

  • Saccule and Utricle
  • Cell Cycle
  • Hearing
  • Vertebrates
  • Epithelium