• Quantifying water circulation in Burabay national park: towards an evaluation of potential solutions to limit lake shallowing 

  Yapiyev, V.; Kabiyeva, M.M. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  This study is the preliminary phase of a three-year project. Its goal is to provide basic original hydrological and hydrogeological data to the scientific community about Burabay National Nature Park (BNNP) and its lakes. ...
• Design, synthesis and characterization of self-assembled monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles 

  Rakhmetova, A.; Kanayeva, D. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  Using a co-precipitation method, Fe3O4 nanoparticle surfaces were modified with oleic acid or PEG.This method yields particles with broad size distribution. MNPs synthesized by thermal decomposition method appear to have ...
• Production of humic substances from Zaysan brown coal 

  Aitbekova, A.; Sharafudinov, A.; Tantybayeva, B. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this research project, humic acids were obtained from activated coal samples by hydroxide and pyrophosphate methods. Activation was done using hydrochloric (HCl) and sulfuric (H2SO4) acids. Quantitative analysis shows ...
• Hibrid energy generation with pumped hydro storage 

  Bermukhambetova, A.; Khakimova, A.; Seitenov, D. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  This project proposes an installation of a demonstrative site of hydro energy storage system as a way to effectively accumulate excess energy generated from renewable sources in a form of the gravitational potential energy ...
• Portable solar stove 

  Hazken, S.; Aidarkhanov, D. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The project uses Fresnel lens to concentrate the sunlight as it has more light and is more compact than reflectors. Fresnel solar cookers can heat foodstuff up to oil boiling temperatures, so it can cook more kind of foods. ...
• Visual modeling of energetic simulations 

  Aitpayev, K.; Shakenov, Ch. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  Numerous technologies allowing the use of virtual and augmented realities for portable and desktop devices are available. Yet we continue using paper and Power Point for presenting architectural designs, oil deposits, ...
• Coal gasification in circulating fluidized bed reactor 

  Tokmurzin, D.; Khamitova, G.; Sharafuddinov, A.; Daueshova, B.; Orynbassarova, A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  This research project is aimed at developing circulating fluidized bed gasification technology for coal being mined in Kazakhstan. The main goal is to construct a gasification technology for extra-high ash containing coals ...
• Novel polyamide based materials for oil based drilling fluids 

  Tauanov, Z.; Baptayev, B. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  Overall, so far 10 amidoamines were synthesized and 6 polyamide emulsifiers were prepared. The next steps are to increase the number of polyamide emulsifiers, testing them for thermal stability and polyemulsion stability, ...
• Internal motion capture based teleoperation of a mobile robot manipulator 

  Khassanov, Y.; Imanberdiyev, N.; Varol, H. A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this work, a full-body inertial human motion capture system Xsens MVN was used to control the Kuka youBot mobile manipulator.
• RRT*FN (fixed nodes) - a novel path planning algorithm with effective memory utilization 

  Adiyatov, O.; Varol, H. A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this work, we present a modified version of the RRT* motion planning algorithm, which limits the memory required for storing the tree. We run the RRT* algorithm until the tree has grown to a predefined number of nodes ...
• Machine learning based locomotion strategy selection for a legged wheeled hybrid quadruped 

  Saudabayev, A.; Kungozhin, F.; Nurseitov, D.; Varol, H. A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this work we present the Nazarbayev University Hybrid Quadruped (Fig. 1) – four legged and four wheeled mobile robot platform capable of navigating in both configurations avoiding the shortcomings of robots with single ...
• Nazarbayev university multigrasp hand and anthropomorphic robot arm 

  Tursynbek, I.; Zhakatayev, A.; Varol, H. A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this work, we are presenting our latest developments in the design and implementation of the Nazarbayev University Robot Arm Complex.
• Modeling of the Caspian region energy system 

  Ayashev, K.; Akhmetbekov, Y.; Ibrayeva, A.; De Miglio, R. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  This is the first instance when the Caspian Region fuel and energy complex is modeled with sufficiently detailed representation of both supply and demand sides (bottom-up approach). The technological description of the ...
• Energy, economic and ecological modelling of variants of the Republic of Kazakhstan energy system development and its connection with the global energy system 

  Akhmetbekov, Y.; Tosato, G.C.; Kerimray, A.; Ayashev, K.; Ibrayeva, A.; Bakdolotov, A.; Tokmurzin, D.; Kudaibergenov, A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The TIMES-Kazakhstan is a mono-regional energy system model of the Republic of Kazakhstan (the RoK), built using the MARKAL/TIMES tool. The main purpose of this three-year-project is qualitative and quantitative analysis ...
• Study and development of the technologies of renewable energy and smart grids for implementation in the Republic of Kazakhstan 

  Bermukhambetova, A.; Khakimova, A.; Kusatayeva, A.; Uyzbayeva, A.; Sarbassov, D.; Sharipova, D.; Muratov, F.; Ibrayev, N.; Ten, V.; Syrgaliyev, Y. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The results presented confirm the feasibility of the use of renewable energy sources in the environmental and weather conditions of Kazakhstan; they open new challenges and directions for further research in the area of ...
• Intelligent voice system for kazakh 

  Yessenbayev, Zh.; Karabalayeva, M.; Sharipbayev, A.; Shamayeva, F.; Saparkhojayev, N.; Kalibekov, M.; Yapanel, U. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The proposed project is dedicated to developing a prototype of an intelligent voice system with an interactive dialog mode in the Kazakh language for call-centers, information desks and dispatching services. Mathematical ...
• Internet data accumulation and processing complex 

  Makhambetov, O.; Makazhanov, A.; Yessenbayev, Z.; Matkarimov, B.; Sabyrgaliyev, I.; Sharafudinov, A. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  A language corpus is a collection of texts written in that language and classified by genres. Corpora are actively used by researchers from different fields (most notably linguists and computer scientists) and by industry ...
• The complex of topological methods and algorithms applicable to data analysis 

  Abzhanov, A.; Beketayev, K.; Taimanov, I.; Bazaikin, Ya.; Matkarimov, B.; Ikram, M. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The main goal of the project is development of new algorithms in the field of topological data analysis and visualization. The abstract presents three new topological methods that allow to incorporate the geometrical ...
• Effect of molecular weight on the photovoltaic performance of a low band gap copolymer blended with ICBA 

  Ibraikulov, O.; Bechara, R.; Leveque, P.; Leclerc, N.; Koishiyev, G.; Heiser, T. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  In this work we fabricated solar cells by combining ICBA as electron acceptor material with various weight fractions of a low band gap electron donor copolymer based on 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, thiophene and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene ...
• Simulation of stationary and dynamic responces of organic solar cells 

  Aidarkhanov, D.; Raba, A.; Leroy, Y.; Cordan, A.-S. (Nazarbayev University, 2013)

  The model allowed distinguishing different regimes of the charge transport. It was shown that 2D time-dependent model can be applied to simulate transient photocurrent measurements in order to study sweep-out and recombination ...

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