From October 7th to 10th, international robotics competitions took place in Singapore, with representatives from 191 countries participating. The team from Kazakhstan, under the leadership of Dosmagambet Nurdaulet, a PhD student of the Department of Mechanics and an active member of the RoboMech scientific and educational center, as well as one of the founders of the USTEM FOUNDATION (Public Foundation for Engineering Development in Kazakhstan and Central Asia), emerged as the overall winner.

Acting Professor of the Department of Mechanics, project PI, leading researcher Yerzhan Belyayev, project AP14872287 on the topic “Study of Cascade Solar Thermal Energy Storage Efficiency Using Phase Change Materials in Continental Climate”, from October 1 to October 8, 2023, participated in the annual international conference on Themophysics 2023 (http://thermophysics.fch.vut.cz/2023/index.php) in Dalesice, Czech Republic.

Seventeen participants from 14 countries attended the course, which took place from July 17 to September 1 and consisted of three stages. The first stage was conducted online from July 17 to August 20. The practical part of the training was held at Nihon University (Japan) from August 21 to August 30. At the third stage, participants delivered lectures and conducted laboratory sessions on nanosatellite design and subsystems for employees of Japanese companies such as ArkEdge Space, IHI Aerospace, IHI Corporation, INAMI Space Laboratory, Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation, NEC Corporation, Hatta Yamamoto Propulsion Engineering and Research.  

In accordance with the order of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University dated June 30, 2023, No. 367, D.Sc., Professor Muratulla Umaraliyevich Utenov was awarded the medal of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University "EREN ENBEGI USHIN" on the occasion of his 70th anniversary for his contribution to the university's development.

According to the order of the rector dated July 11, 2023, No. 392, Zhanylkul Kiyashovna Turarova, the leading specialist of the Department of Mechanics, was awarded the medal of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University "EREN ENBEGI USHIN" on the occasion of her 60th anniversary for her contribution to the university's development.

In accordance with the order of the rector dated October 20, 2022, No. 536, Professor Zaurе Bayanova Rakisheva was awarded the medal of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University "EREN ENBEGI USHIN" for her contribution to the development of the university.

First-year master's students from the Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Alina Abdidin, Kuralai Eldoskyzy, Nazerke Momysheva, and Beket Bodau, presented their papers at the VII World Congress of Mathematicians of the Turkic World (TWMS Congress-2023), which took place in the city of Turkistan from September 20 to September 23, 2023, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the administration of Turkistan Region, and the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after H.A. Yasawi (IKTU).

On September 19, at the Department of Mechanics, within the framework of the international educational project of the Erasmus program, Professor Marcin Kot from the AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow, Poland) gave a lecture.

The ACA conference series is dedicated to promoting all types of applications of computer algebra and encouraging the interaction of developers of computer algebra systems and packages with researchers and users (including scientists, engineers, educators, and mathematicians). Traditionally, ACA is organized in the form of scientific sessions covering all fundamental aspects and applications of computer algebra. This year the conference was held at the Institute of Information Technology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw.

The teaching staff of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Doszhan N., Lyazat Zh., Sakhaeva A., Nogaibayeva M. completed a scientific internship at the Berlin Technical University (Berlin, Germany) within the framework of the Erasmus+ program, GEOCLIC project in the period of 20.08.2023 – 26.08.2023.