KazNU and NWPU have entered a new stage of partnership

A delegation of Northwestern Polytechnic University (NWPU, China) paid an official visit to Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. During the visit, representatives of the two universities discussed the expansion of research areas, the opening of new laboratories and the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in materials science.

Representatives of the delegation met with the leadership of KazNU and got acquainted with the work of the NWPU branch on the basis of the Kazakh university, as well as the Institute of Nuclear Physics. In addition, scientists from the two universities participated in the international symposium "Materials Genome Engineering and Intellectual Sciences".

Margulan Ibraimov, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at KazNU, stressed at a meeting with his Chinese colleagues that this visit would bring bilateral relations to a new level: "This visit is of particular strategic importance to us. It lays a solid foundation for a new large–scale stage of our cooperation",- said the Vice-rector.

During the meeting, the Vice-rector proposed creating a joint laboratory for 3D printing of titanium alloy products for biomedical applications and equipping it with modern equipment. An initiative was also put forward to implement joint research and development projects in the field of additive manufacturing, biomedical materials, radiation materials science, new materials and nuclear energy.

In turn, the Chinese side expressed high interest in developing research in the field of materials science and intelligent systems, using the capabilities of artificial intelligence and forming joint research groups. Thus, in the future, scientists from the two countries plan to work together to create new materials with specified properties and introduce AI technologies into materials science.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University