Faculty Members of the Department of Mechanics Participated in the China–Kazakhstan Symposium on CCUS and Innovative Oil and Gas Technologies

Faculty members of the Department of Mechanics — Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Assistant Professor Dinara Eleusizovna Turalina, and PhD, Assistant Professor Bakbergen Ermekbayuly Bekbau — completed a business trip to China from 24 to 27 November 2025.

          Our colleagues took part in the “China–Kazakhstan Symposium on CCUS and Innovative Oil and Gas Technologies,” organized by Shihezi University in the city of Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, China. They delivered presentations titled: “Double Degree Master’s Program ‘Mechanics and Energy’ as a Model of International Cooperation in Training Specialists for the Energy Sector” (Turalina D.E.) and “From In-House Reservoir Simulation to AI-Enhanced Modeling: Comparative Studies” (Bekbau B.E.).

          Kazakhstan was represented at the symposium by scholars from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the Kazakh-British Technical University, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, and Nazarbayev University. During the four-day symposium, the faculty members also held a meeting with the leadership of Shihezi University regarding academic exchange and visited the laboratories of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

          The symposium aimed to establish a high-level academic and industrial exchange platform between China and Kazakhstan in the oil and gas sector, promoting technological cooperation, innovation, and the transfer of scientific achievements.

          The organizing committee expressed its appreciation for our colleagues’ contribution to scientific exchange and cooperation between China and Kazakhstan.

          All travel expenses were covered by the grant project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AR23483887 “Development and Application of a New Simulator for Studying Physicochemical Remediation of Contaminated Aquifers.”

Head of the Department of Mechanics  D.E. Turalina