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ÂŤNazarbayev University must become the intellectual innovation clusterÂť The interactive lecture delivered by the Head of the State at Nazarbayev University dated September 5, 2012
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History of the University
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The President of Kazakhstan in his 2006 annual address entitled «Strategy of promoting Kazakhstan to the ranks of 50 most competitive nations of the world» first proposed the establishment of a world class international research university. Specifically, President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed that «in order to create a unique academic environment in our capital-city, we have to establish a world-class prestigious university». The founding of such a university will ensure a qualitative breakthrough in the training of scientists, engineers and social scientists to assists in the industrial innovation and development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. To bring this to fruition, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued Resolution No.957 dated June 20, 2009, to establish a non-profit joint-stock company «New University of Astana», 100% owned by the government. On September 4, 2009 a general meeting was held with the participation of the President N.A.Nazarbayev where direct assignments were issued to launch the establishment of the New University of Astana. «Creation of such a new university is a crucial national project which will exert large-scale systemic impact on the development of our nation and many of our citizens. I believe that the New University must be positioned to become the national brand by harmoniously combining national identity, and the best international models of education, science and research practice» said N.Nazarbayev. In an address to the people of Kazakhstan in January 2010, President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized the priority of developing the national innovation system of the country, Nazarbayev University being one of its constituents. The President noted that «within the framework of New University of Astana, three new research centers shall be established. The Center of Life Sciences will conduct joint research with the leading
global scientific centers in the fields of organ transplantation, artificial heart and lungs, stem cells and longevity. The Center for Energy Research will focus on renewable energy, high-energy physics and technology. The Interdisciplinary Instrumentation Center will become the hub of engineering research, providing laboratories and design offices».
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In June 2010, JSC «New University of Astana” was renamed as JSC «Nazarbayev University» by Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.532 dated June 7, 2010. The President has signed a bill «On the status of «Nazarbayev University», «Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools» and «Nazarbayev Fund» on 19th January 2011. From the Annual Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan, January 27, 2012: «Innovation and intellectual facilities must be created around Nazarbayev University to promote transfer and development of new technologies».
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From the interactive lecture of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A.Nazarbayev September 5 «Kazakhstan on its way to the society of knowledge», September 5, 2012: «Nazarbayev University must become the innovative intellectual cluster. The construction of such elements of innovation infrastructure as an industrial park, a business incubator, a centre of commercialization and technology transfer, a venture capital funds should be started».
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General information «Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System» private institution (hereinafter – NURIS) was established by reorganizing and renaming «Center for Energy Research» private institution by the decision of autonomous organization of education «Nazarbayev University» Executive Council dated September 25, 2012. The founder of the NURIS is the autonomous organization of education «Nazarbayev University».
Vision
Establishment of Nazarbayev University as a world-class research university through development of its scientific base and the system of research and innovation support
Mission 1
Establishment of world-class national research centers in energy and interdisciplinary sciences
Mission 2
Development of highly qualified young national scientific manpower successfully combining teaching and innovation activities
Mission 3
Сreation and functioning of an effective university system of research and innovation support facilitating the full realization of scientific research and commercialization of their results 6
NURIS AREAS OF PRIORITY (2013-2020) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Conducting relevant research Improving the research support system Support for teaching and research laboratories (material and technical base, services) Development of Nazarbayev University innovative and intellectual cluster Development of human resources and scientific potential
1. Conducting relevant research Aim: Developing the Center for Energy Research and Interdisciplinary Instrumental Center on the model of development of US national laboratories.
Objectives: 1. Analysing and forecasting issues and demands in priority research fields of NURIS and sectors of economy with the purpose of forming portfolio of relevant and innovative projects and programs. 2. Developing and implementing research and scientifictechnical programs and projects of social and economic significance in corresponding areas of NURIS activity, including those involving foreign scholars and experts, scholars from Kazakhstan who live abroad as well as leading international research centers; joint projects with national companies and large enterprises. 3. Evaluating the commercialization potential of research and scientific-technical works with the purpose of forming a portfolio of perspective innovative projects.
2. Improving the research support system
Aim:
CENTRAL RESEARCH OFFICE
RESEARCH COUNCIL
COMMITTEES OF RESEARCH COUNCIL
Rendering administrative, organizational and technical support to scholars in the process of preparation and practical implementation of research projects on high level of quality.
Objectives: 1. Organizing an independent external evaluation of research proposals and projects funded from internal and external sources; 2. Ensuring compliance of scientific works with the research ethics and norms (Research Ethics Committee); 3. Full support of projects, including planning, administration, monitoring, financial management of research projects, assisting in purchase of goods, works and services for conducting research; 4. Assisting in attracting external funding and scholarships for financing research projects and programs. 7
3. Support for teaching and research laboratories (material and technical base, services) Aim 1: Optimizing the procedures related to procurement and delivery of goods for teaching and research purposes.
Objectives: 1. Reducing the procurement time and optimizing expenses on their purchase from local and foreign suppliers; 2. Optimizing and speeding-up procedures of customs clearance when importing research equipment and materials for research purposes of the University; 3. Optimizing internal procedures related to purchase of goods.
Aim 2: Providing professional engineering and technical services for teaching and research laboratories.
Objectives: 1. Establishing highly professional engineering and technical service; 2. Establishing metrological service; 3. Introducing modern electronic system of monitoring equipment, teaching and research laboratories, and stores; 4. Improving the system of inventory of teaching and research equipment; 5. Ensuring equipment maintenance.
4. Development of Nazarbayev University innovative and intellectual cluster
Aim 1: Creating innovative and intellectual cluster (hereinafter referred to as IIC) of Nazarbayev University.
Objectives: 1. Establishing basic elements of the IIC – Commercialization Office, Prototyping Center, Business Incubator, Technopark, Science Park, Department of Contract Research and Engineering; 2. Conducting evaluation of patentability and market perspective (will be conducted by the external expert organizations); 3. Attracting business, including international business, to creating research departments, prototype production and high technology companies on the industrial field of the University; 4. Creating startup companies; 5. Awarding grants for commercialization; 6. Attracting external funding for the purposes of commercialization; 7. Realizing experimental and pilot production of industrial prototypes; 8. Developing new technologies, designing new products and solving calculation tasks under industry assignments.
Aim 2: Motivating research staff to commercialize results of scientific research.
Objectives: 1. Developing a system of motivating research staff to commercialize results of scientific research according to the principle of «3Р: Publications, Patents, Products» by awarding prizes for each of the indicated components; 2. Providing a gradual translation of ideas from laboratory research form to practical application (patents and products/ prototypes); 8
3. Assisting in creating startups and spinoffs for completing elements of innovative and intellectual cluster.
5. Development of human resources and scientific potential Aim: Establishing the effective system of training national scientific personnel, professional development, selecting and attracting leading local and foreign scholars.
Objectives: 1. Developing and implementing joint programs with foreign partners with the purpose of training MSs, PhDs and organizing scientific internships; 2. Developing staff qualifications and skills through organizing advanced training in accordance with the main and prospective directions of NURIS activity; 3. Developing special program of attracting world-renowned foreign scientists (including our former compatriots) for the implementation of anchor scientific projects; 4. Establishing NURIS communication and corporate development service.
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he new organizational structure of NURIS will facilitate the successful implementation of its priority objectives.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF NURIS Supervisory Board
Inspector Advisor
Secretariat of Supervisory Board
Scientific & Technical Council
General Director Academic Secretary
youth council
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Business Development Officer
Center for Energy Research
Laboratory Director (Teaching Laboratories)
Chief engineer
Managing Director
Department of Accounting
小entral Research Office
Interdisciplinary Instrumental Center
Laboratory Center of UCL foundation
Engineering & Technical Service
Department of Contract Research & Engineering
Department of Economic Planning & Analysis
commercialization office
Secretariat
Laboratory Center of School of Engeneering
business incubator
HR department
Laboratory Center of School of Science & Technology
Prototyping Center
Legal Department
Technopark
Department of Corporate Development & Marketing
Department of Procurement & Logistics
science park
The NURIS Supervisory board will include representatives of the administration of the University, schools and the University research centers, representatives of international partners, prominent scientists, representatives of the business community and corporate sector. The supervisory board is responsible for strategic management of the organization and making important decisions related to NURIS activity. 10
research at NURIS The Center for Energy Research and Interdisciplinary Instrumental Center are the scientific research base of the NURIS. The Center for Energy Research conduct fundamental and applied research in the field of renewable power generation technologies, energy supply, high-energy physics and techniques, numerical modeling of country energy balance and its influence on environment and climate. Research projects in the fields of chemistry, biology, biotechnology, biophysics, biomedicine, bioinformatics and nanotechnology are implemented at Interdisciplinary Instrumental Center. NURIS research staff is currently working on 28 research projects (as of November 1, 2012).
DEPARTMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Increasing annual energy demand and the depletion of fossil fuel reserves forces the world community to search for alternative energy sources. Renewable energy technologies convert solar radiation energy, biomass energy, hydro and geothermal energy into electrical energy and heat. The researchers of the Department of Renewable Energy perform research in the area of renewable energy with the goal of adaptation of the alternative energy technologies to the local climatic and economic conditions. The work is aimed to decrease cost, increase the conversion efficiencies and reliability by better understanding of the physical processes and applying new materials and technologies.
Analysis and simulation of power systems NURIS Researchers jointly with ASATREM and E4SMA (Italy) experts are developing energy systems model of the Republic of Kazakhstan using TIMES tool (The Integrated MARKAL EFOM System), which is the last generation of MARKAL model . TIMES is an instrument of technical-economic modeling of the energy system, which allows to conduct scenario analysis of the development of the energy system for a long period. The model represents the existing energy system of Kazakhstan with high level of detalization, possible future technologies and alternative types of fuels. The multiregional model of Caspian countries is being developed. The Caspian region model will allow to carry out quantitative analysis of the energy systems individually and jointly.
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Simulation modeling research for
viscoelastic fluids
development of environmentally clean coal technology for Ekibastuz coal combustion on the basis of coal gasification
Coal based electricity and heat generation is one of the oldest and most ecologically destructive ways of power generation. However, new technologies such as gasification can provide better efficiencies and are less harmful with even high Ash content and lower coal grades. Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology substantially decreases the emission of NOx, SOx and carbon particulates. It is proposed to model the gasification of Ekibastuz coal using two types of simulation packages. The first one would provide initial chemical data such as mass and energy balance of the process, and the second one would model the multiflow of the fluid.
Renewable Energy and Smart Grids
Researchers study and apply modern technologies for production and efficient consumption of environmentally friendly energy. Interface and coordination of different types of power supplies, such as solar, wind and hydro energy is based on intelligent control. Designed systems, supplied by intelligent (‘smart’) facilities, provide us with full information about current flowing processes and make decisions for enhancement of the energy efficiency and safety. In general, the main efforts are focused on power supply of remote agricultural lands and development of technologies of smart houses.
Multiscale computer modeling of 12
In modern computational fluid dynamics there is a big interest in the fundamental mechanism of viscoelastic turbulence, which leads to the drag reduction phenomenon. The development of numerical method of modeling viscoelastic flow is quite challenging because understanding of polymer physics is restricted to mechanical models. Development of such effective numerical method will make it possible for detailed understanding of polymer-turbulence dynamical interactions and enable to have a clear picture of mechanism of polymer-turbulence energy transfers.
Building Photonic Crystals for Energy Applications
We aim to understand, build and characterize high quality non-close packed photonic colloidal crystals to use in solar energy applications. We combine theory and experiment to understand photonic properties of periodically assembled nanomaterials. We use this knowledge to create thin films of photonic crystals able to concentrate and channel incident solar light making solar cells more efficient. We work to control the self-assembly of nanostructures to create materials with photonic properties we need, to manipulate the photons into the energy.
Developing of GaN materials for optoelectronic devices
GaN materials play an increasingly important role in the world manufacturing of LEDs – light emitting diodes. Science of making LEDs grade GaN thin films require full toolbox of contemporary material science. We are
working to establish laboratory for both fundamental and practical studies in thin films technology for LED GaN based fabrication and characterization. We collaborate with world class experienced researchers from the Berkeley National Laboratory to lead the plasma physics research into the deep understanding of making of advanced materials.
in this method. The current research is aimed to find an alternative leaching agent and develop technology that will be environmentally friendly and economically viable.
Nuclear Reactions Resonances at low energies DETECTION OF PHASE TRANSITION IN REFRACTORY ALLOYS BY MEANS OF NANOSECOND LASER ACOUSTICS
The Laser-based Materials Research Laboratory of Nazarbayev University performs research on developing new advanced non-destructive optical techniques for materials characterization. In particular, a new method is being developed for localized generation and detection of phase transition on the surface of refractory alloys by means of nanosecond laser ultrasonics coupled with ultrasensitive two-wave mixing photorefractive interferometry. This laser-based ultrasonic method will facilitate determination of critical thermophysical properties of post-irradiated nuclear fuels safely (due to laser interaction with radioactive fuel remotely positioned from the operator), quickly (on nanosecond time scale), nondestructively (due to only surface irradiation) and with high spatial resolution (due to localized interaction of laser irradiation with material).
Towards environmentally friendly and economically viable gold leaching process
For decades, gold mining industries have been applying cyanidation method for the gold extraction, despite toxic nature of cyanide ions involved
NURIS researchers in collaboration with Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, are working to 13 investigate the Îą+ C resonant elastic scattering using the relatively novel Thick Target Inverse Kinematics method. These measurements should provide continuous (in Îą particle energy) data down to ~1MeV c.m. energies at different angles including 1800 c.m. It is worthwhile to use contemporary experimental methods and analyses for future multiple applications in Astana and allow physicists to participate in the exciting global efforts to understand the Universe.
Smarter Locomotion using Hybrid Legged and Wheeled Robots
Legged robots have significant advantages over wheeled robots to navigate uneven terrains, which are very common in disaster relief zones. On the other hand, wheeled robots move much faster in human structured environments such as roads and in buildings. NURIS robotics researchers are working on a new hybrid quadruped robot capable of both walking using the legs as well as moving like a mobile robot using the wheels. The robot gathers data from advanced sensors such as LIDARs, accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS and cameras. It processes these data using machine learning algorithms to decide the most effective navigation strategy. Once the 13
project is finished, researchers believe that their work will have significant impact on emergency robotics.
Relativistic beam-plasma
Flexible Robots for Medical
We study the interaction of relativistic beams and the hot plasma. Such systems are ubiquitous in laboratory or space plasmas. As a necessary step towards better understanding of physics of these systems one should consider the full spectrum of unstable modes in the presence of beams within the plasma background. Special emphasis is placed on calculation of growth rates for unstable modes that propagate obliquely to the beam in the framework of a fully kinetic approach.
Inspection
Flexible robots consisting of high number of joints are capable of inspecting human body cavities in a minimally invasive way. Besides the mechanical complexity of these robots, one of the other fundamental problems with the flexible robot manipulators is the control of these robots. NURIS researchers note that it becomes harder to control the robot with the increasing degrees of freedom and the presence of dynamical obstacles in the body cavities. Current research focuses on developing motion planning algorithms in cluttered environment with dynamic obstacles using 2D redundant manipulator. Investigators presume that their research will contribute to the development of more sophisticated medical inspection robots.
Surveillance in Harsh Climate Conditions
Kazakhstan is a vast country with very harsh climate conditions, temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius during winters. This makes human surveillance very hard. Surveillance of remote areas such as borders with mobile ground and air vehicles is one possible solution for such a problem. One of the most important components of these robotic systems is the platform, where the visual sensors are attached. NURIS researchers are hoping to solve this problem. They are working on the design and implementation of a lightweight sensor rich pan-tilt platform, which is stabilized using inertial measurement sensors. Besides the design of the device, researchers are also working on developing algorithms to detect and track living and non-living objects. 14
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Understanding the structure of porous media
Both oil and gas are found in porous and permeable reservoir rocks and it is important to know the structure of such media before extracting the oil. Researchers from computer science department at NURIS develop new methods of extracting topological information from such data (sometimes containing thousands of tunes and voids). Topological methods provide quantitative information about the object, allowing to reveal its important and hidden features. Moreover the topological information is invariant under the deformations of the object, thus allowing to compare geometrically different objects. This research is conducted in collaboration with scientists from LBLN, Berkeley, USA and Institute of Mathematics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.
PROTEIN`S CONFORMATIONAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION
Problem of prediction of protein structure from its amino acid sequence is one of the central problems of modern computational biology. Knowledge of high-precision threedimensional structure of proteins and other biological macromolecules is the key to understanding their function in the body and opens up broad prospects for the regulation
of these functions, which in the final analysis, can be used in medicine for the treatment of complex diseases. Methods of machine learning, optimization and pattern recognition allow us to find new approaches and go closer to understanding the structure of biological macromolecules.
3D flow visualization in Astana
Nazarbayev University researchers are developing algoritms for quantitative 3D visualization of experiments in fluid dynamics. Such experiments are vital for investigation of hydroand aerodynamics of flying and floating objects. Sophisticated algorithms allows us to understand the insights of turbulence and other physical phenomena of the moving media. Experimental findings also allows us to create thorough mathematical interpretation of the physical world. This research is performed in collaboration with Institute of Thermophysics in Novosibirsk, Russia and is part of Nazarbayev University program that fosters the partnerships with CIS scientists.
aims at advancing state of the art algorithms and discovering novel ones, researching and potentially discovering new applications, where the novel algorithms can be applied.
Development of a prototype of an intellectual voice system with an interactive dialog mode in the state language
The proposed project is dedicated to the development of a prototype of an intellectual voice system with an interactive dialog mode of communicating with users in the state language for call-centers, information desks and dispatching services. Within the scope of the project it is planned to develop the mathematical model and software for the prototype of an intellectual voice system (IVoS) in a “command-and-control� fashion with a limited dictionary of the commands (up to 100).This includes the development of the algorithms of speaker independent speech recognition and synthesis of words and phrases in Kazakh as well as the collection and processing of a phone speech signals in state language for training and testing the system. It is worth mentioning that the proposed system principally differs from current interactive systems, where the interaction with users is done via keyboard control of voice menu. The designed prototype can be used in applications such as voice dialing, call distribution, dictionary lookups, banking transaction approvals, etc.
NEW METHODS OF REVERSE VACCINOLOGY Internet data accumulation and processing complex
With the rapid development of information technologies, there is more and more information available on the Internet. Often a particular user is interested only in a small portion of it. This requires search and recommender systems to be smart enough to provide user with relevant information and do it efficiently. This project studies the problem of information recommendation and retrieval. It
Every year more than 5 million people are infected with seasonal influenza; more than 70% of human population are carriers of Herpesvirus infection. Our researchers from Immunology Laboratory aim to create vaccines against these two groups of pathogens using a novel approach of reverse vaccinology. By this approach researchers use the information from bioinformatics databases in order to select effective vaccine 15
candidates with improved safety and effectiveness profile. Another important area of research is cancer-associated infections and cancer immunology. We are working on identifying immunological markers for better cancer diagnostics and therapy. Collaborations have been established with Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sand Diego, USA), Institute for Microbiology and Virology (Kiev, Ukraine), Harvard Medical School (USA) and Moscow State University (Russia).
Rational design of new chemical substances that blocks pores in a cell membrane
To date, medical chemistry creates drugs with predetermined structure and physiological activity, using a new principle – a rational drug design. There are superbugs, which have extremely high resistance to antibiotics. They include, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which is a causative agent of many infections and even death cases. We use information about the structure of the bacteria and its infection routes. Meanwhile, we have developed several chemically modified compounds that block the pores caused by microbial toxins and it will help preventing infection and further spread within the body.
Design and Synthesis of Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials
There is a growing research interest in organic materials with second order NLO properties for possible applications in optoelectronic and photonic devices. Traditionally, the materials of choice have been based on inorganic systems. The use of organic materials for NLO applications has emerged in the mid 1970s, and today, some of the most successful organic systems are used in commercial devices. Organic NLO molecules have advantages over inorganic ones such as fast response time and optimization of optical properties at the molecular and crystalline level through 16
chemical modification. Porphyrin is one of the widely investigated NLO material and have strong nonlinear-optical characteristics. They are thermally and chemically stable. The structure and chemical reactivity of porphyrins make them flexible and give opportunity to adjust their chemical, physical and optoelectronic parameters. These properties make porphyrin a unique substance for the preparation of NLO materials. The researchers of the department of chemistry at “NURIS” are planning to develop a new class of organic nonlinear optical (NLO) materials that have the potential to meet long term demands of optical information processing technologies by using porphyrin.
APPLYING ACHIEVEMENTS OF BIOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY
Tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, taking its toll in many countries, including Kazakhstan. The research efforts of the Laboratory of biosensors and bioinstrumentation are focused on applying biosensing technologies to bring new solutions to the problem of effective diagnosis of TB. Design of an optical biosensor based on DNA molecules, magnetic nanobeads and semiconductor nanocrystals for the on-site and rapid detection of TB is one of the projects currently underway in the Laboratory. The research is of interdisciplinary nature, where nanotechnology meets biology to serve to the cause of stopping TB. This principle is also applicable for diagnosing other infectious diseases as well as detecting early stages of malignancy development.
NEW VESSELS FOR OUR HEART Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the most pressing
problems of modern radiology and angiology. As a consequence, CTO can develop coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease mainly affects the heart and mesentery, but there are cases when the congestion also occurs in the upper limbs. In such patients this may cause pain, tissue necrosis formation, gangrene at the tips of fingers. Today, scientists of NURIS are developing a new drug, based on growth factors of human stem cells. With the introduction of this drug into the body, the heart will, quite literally, start to form new blood vessels that bypass diseased coronary vessels and deliver to the heart muscle enough blood which will solve the problem of chronic heart failure, thus avoiding surgery.
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Research Council
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esearch Council is the University body responsible for strategic planning and research management in NU Schools and research centers and makes decisions on the issues of research policy and research activities of the University and its organizations. The Research Council is composed of: Rector, Provost, Vice-Provost for Research, heads of the University research centers, deans and vice-deans for research of the University Schools, and other officials from University and its organizations. The Research Council is responsible for the following: - Formulation and implementation of research policies; - Management of University research grants; - Oversight of issues concerning intellectual property rights and technology transfer; - Oversight of issues relating to maintenance and support of research facilities; - Encouraging and developing strategies for integration of research and teaching at the University. The Committees of the Research Council: 1) Allocations Committees; 2) Intellectual Property Committee; 3) Research Equipment Committee; 4) Research Ethics Committee; 5) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
Central research Office
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he Central Research Office was set up by the decision of the Executive Council of the Nazarbayev University as of December 28, 2011 in accordance with the recommendations of the strategic partners to create and develop systems of research management, grants administration and external peer review as well as infrastructure to support research activities of Nazarbayev University faculty members.
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he general system of promoting research at the University is presented in the form of Research Pipeline. Faculty members are eligible (on competitive basis) to receive start-up grants (seed grants) from the University for conducting scientific research as well as for preparation/refinement of research proposals for applying to more significant in scope external funding. The funding for start-up grants is provided by the Corporative Fund «Fund of Social Development».
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Research Pipeline
Proposals submission
Peer review is conducted by ORAU (USA)
Idea formulation Seed grant project
Internal seed grants (up to 20 000 USD)
Full proposal
State assignments, Ministry grants, other funding
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Approval of funding
Pre-award and post-award management services
NU Research Council
Central Research Office
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All research proposals, except for seed grant projects, undergo an external evaluation (peer review) results of which are considered by the Research Council. Peer review is conducted by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). ORAU is the consortium of over 100 leading research universities of the USA (with an experts base of more than 3500 reviewers). The University concluded an agreement on cooperation with ORAU. The main goal of conducting peer review of projects with the assistance of the external independent organization is to ensure quality of scientific projects and forming high scientific reputation of the University.
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or conducting successful scientific activity it is necessary to provide timely procurement of research equipment and materials, improve the work of engineering and technical service for supporting academic and scientific laboratories and equipment. These functions are performed by the Department of Procurement and Logistics jointly with Laboratory centers. Main objectives of the Department of Procurement and Logistics are: - planning annual procurement of goods, works, services in accordance with the budget of NURIS; - organizing procurement for NURIS; - providing NURIS laboratories, including laboratories of schools of the University, with the necessary laboratory equipment, laboratory furniture, consumables, etc. - ensuring suppliers’ compliance with deadlines and volume of supply of goods, works, and services; - developing external and internal standard regulations for procurement goods, works, and services.
Laboratory learning centers are devoted to training students in multiple disciplines: Centre for Preparatory Studies (UCL Foundation) trains students according to basic higher educational institution program with language courses in three disciplines: - biology; - chemistry; - physics. School of Science and Technology provides more extended training to students in the following disciplines: - biology; - chemistry; - physics; - robotics. School of Engineering.
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Development of Nazarbayev University innovative and intellectual cluster
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reating innovative and intellectual cluster is the main stage in the process of integration of education, science and innovation at the Nazarbayev University which will promote the establishment of the University as a research university of international standard. The cluster must provide facilities for scientists and entrepreneurs, and also promote introduction of scientific research results into the market. The cluster serves to develop science-driven and high technology companies around the Nazarbayev University; to create facilities for scientists, attract investments in new technology research at the Nazarbayev University; develop engineering potential in Kazakhstan; transfer and commercialization of latest technology; to create new jobs for the Nazarbayev University alumni. Commercialization Office will be the most important element of the innovative cluster as it will work regularly with scientists and innovators, perform functions of ÂŤthe first stop shopÂť for a scientist and providing all necessary information for him about the existing possibilities and resources for commercialization at the University. Main objectives of the Office are: 1) Assistance in completing and collecting applications on commercialization of technology; 2) Evaluation of patentability and market perspectives that will be conducted by the independent external expert organization; 3) Services on obtaining intellectual property protection documents a. Patenting in Kazakhstan and foreign patent organizations; b. Possibility of outsourcing to international patent broker. 4) Providing scholarships for commercialization; 5) Providing distribution of income from the exercise of rights for the intellectual property in accordance with the Policy of the Nazarbayev University Executive Council; 6) Attracting external funding for the purposes of commercialization. The Commercialization Office will be actively searching and evaluating projects with high patentability and high potential of market success and will provide corresponding funding of scholarships for commercialization.
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Commercialization Pipeline
Technopark Services of the Commercialization Office
Prototyping Center
Business Incubator
Commercial industrial production Selecting projects
Technological evaluation
Patenting
Pilot production, samples
Marketing, business planning, startup companies
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market, making a profit
Providing funding for patenting, experimental production, business incubating and marketing, co-funding contract research, venture capital financing
Prototyping Center The Prototyping Center will be built for experimental and pilot production of industrial standards, and testing new technologies. Main objectives of the Prototyping Center: 1) Prototyping and experimental production; 2) Design, project modeling; 3) Engineering bureau; 4) Workroom, warehouse; 5) Engineering and service support; 6) Project support services. Business incubator A business incubator will be created at the Commercialization Office. Main objectives of the business incubator: 1) Business incubating services: - Accounting, legal, economic, information, marketing support for projects, translation services and services of other outside agencies; 2) Developing business plan, identifying ways of commercializing; 3) Assisting in creating startup company or licensing by providing legal support; 4) Attracting investors and funding, including venture capital financing; 23
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Par In the business incubator, companies will be provided with the services of technological business incubating, during which ideas are formalized, the project business plan is drilled down, necessary stages of the R&D are implemented to develop prototypes or technologies. The incubator will have all the necessary services for the work of small companies (narrowly focused specialists in the field of law, accounting, foreign languages, intellectual property protection, etc.). Time period of the company to be held in the business incubator is identified individually, usually from 1 to 3 years. Then the project passes to the next stage of enterprise establishment and development and is transferred to in the Technopark. After the termination of the period of being in the Technopark, successful companies will continue into completely free floating , which means the release of project from Technopark, for example, placement at the industrial space of the Nazarbayev University. The less successful companies will just leave Incubator/Technopark and are closed. Technopark Effective work of the Technopark is important for industrial commercial production and arrangement of new startup companies that are being created. Main objectives of the Technopark: 1) Providing spaces for industrial and commercial production, new companies created as a result of commercializing projects and/or small and medium business enterprises; - Complex of buildings on the directions of scientific specialization (bio-, IT, industry, etc.); 24
2) Business support services (procurement, accounting and other services, in case of interest from the startup company); 3) Providing infrastructure (utilities, communications, logistics); For the effective work of the Technopark and filling it with resident companies it is necessary to examine in detail the motivating factors: - Tax benefits and preferences in customs procedures (FEZ); - Low payment rates for the rent of administrative and productive spaces for establishing startup companies; - Utilities expenses partially subsidized by the managing company (water supply, electricity, heating); - Improved transport and information infrastructure (entrance routs, warehouse spaces, broadband wireless access); - Providing social infrastructure promoting informal communication and comfortable life of residents (accommodation, sports buildings, and leisure centers). NURIS is going to launch the following pilot projects of big social and economic effect: 1. Renewable power generation for rural areas A model of cross functional autonomous hybrid wind and solar systems of energy and water supply for farming and distantpasture cattle breeding that includes integrated systems of hydrostorage of renewable power generation. It will enable to provide cumulative effect in the development of distant-pasture cattle breeding, water supply systems of hothouse facility and enterprises of processing agricultural products. 2. Energy Audit Within the project energy supply methods in buildings and energy effectiveness of technological cycles in production are examined. It will lead to optimization of energy recourses consumption, identification of sources of irrational energy usage and energy loss. 3. Creating a laboratory on providing services of peptide synthesis and engineering Peptide synthesis is a new branch of biotechnology in Kazakhstan. Establishing a laboratory will enable not only to meet demand in synthetic peptides, but also to produce peptide containing products as synthetic antibiotics, vaccines, colourants and raw materials for food industry. Science Park Science Park will be hi-tech industrial site of the University. Main objectives of the Science Park: 1) Providing territories for rent (50 hectares on the side of the Street Turan) next to the University for arranging R&D Offices of major national and international companies; 2) Providing all the necessary technical and social infrastructure: utility services, communication (with the assistance of Akimat of Astana city), social facilities (housing, etc.); 3) Providing the Special Economic Zone regime; 4) Providing access to human and intellectual resources (University, students, faculty, and researchers). Department of Contract Research and Engineering Department of Contract Research and Engineering (hereinafter referred to as DCRE) in the framework of establishing the Science Park must play important role in establishing and developing innovative and intellectual cluster of Nazarbayev University. DCRE objectives: 1. Attracting contract research; 2. Developing engineering competences in the fields of instrument and mechanical engineering, material engineering, chemical technology, etc.; 3. Developing new technologies, designing new products and solving calculation tasks under industry assignment; 4. Supporting projects on introducing new developments into industry; 5. Encouraging faculty, researchers and students of the Nazarbayev University to solve practical problems of industry.
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o achieve stated objectives and goals NURIS attaches special importance to enhancing its human recourses potential. Currently NURIS employs 152 people, including 16 doctors, candidates of science and PhDs., 45 masters, more than half of whom are the graduates of the Presidential program “Bolashak�. The average age of the employees is 35.
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URIS researchers have publications in the following scientific journals:
• Energy for Sustainable Development • Infectious Agents and Cancer • Journal of Clinical Case Reports • Sensors and Transducers • Tuberculosis • Journal of Food Protection • Journal of Radiation Measurements • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases • Journal of the American Chemical Society • Journal of Nanophotonics • Applied Spectroscopy • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing • The Astrophysical Journal • Physics of Plasmas • Lecture Notes in Mathematics • Computer Graphics Forum • Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
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URIS in partnership with Chevron company launched a program of supporting young scientists. The following projects received funding within the program:
• Building a diffractometer for optimization of photonic crystal analysis (Ainur Koshkinbayeva) • Design and development of three-phase DC/AC inverter with advanced power stage utilizing SiC MOSFETs converting energy from solar cells for submarine robot (Zhanat Kappassov, Yerbolat Khassanov) • Quantifying water circulation in Burabay National Park: towards an evaluation of potential solutions to limit lake shallowing (Vadim Yapiyev, Marzhan Kabiyeva) • New polyamide based material for oil-based drilling fluids (Bahytjan Baptaev, Zhandos Tauanov) • On components for visual modeling of energetic simulators (Kairat Aitpayev) • Multifunctional Self -assembled Monodisperse Colloidal Magnetic Nanoparticles (Fe3O4): Design, Synthesis and Characterization (Assel Ryspayeva) • Simulation modeling research for development of environmentally clean coal technology for Ekibastuz coal combustion (Diyar Tokmurzin, Arman Sharafudinov) • Anemometer with communication via radio with passthrough data transfer, for the needs of wind energy (Vladimir Novokhatskiy) • Hybrid Energy Generation with Pumped Hydro Storage (Daniyar Seitenov, Akmaral Bermukhambetova, Albina Khakimova) • Computational Design of nanoscale GHz Phononic Crystals by Finite Element Modeling (Almas Rakhymzhanov) • Development of the wear resistant hard metallic coating by Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) sputtering technique (Rustem Bolat) •Combined Autonomous Solar Thermal Heater (Sarsenbek Hazken, Damir Aidarkhanov) 27
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