Educational program

8D07112 Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies

Field of education

8D07 Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries

Direction of personnel training

8D071 Engineering and Engineering work

Group of educational programs

D108 Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies

EP purpose

The program is aimed at training highly qualified scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff, who able to: conduct fundamental, applied and innovative research in the field of obtaining nanomaterials and nanotechnology; develop new directions of nanometarials and nanotechnology in the field of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine; commercialize the results of research and development work.

Language of education

Kazakh, Russian,English 

Volume of the credits

180 academic credits

The awarded academic degree

PhD

Educational outcome

Upon successful completion of this educational program, trainees will:

1. Develop methods of obtaining nanostructured and semiconductor materials based on plasma technologies and chemical synthesis
2. Conduct experimental investigations using x ray diffraction analysis and optical microscopy and electrical research methods to obtain a description of the characteristics of nanomaterials
3. Make theoretical estimates of the characteristics of nanomaterials using computer and numerical modeling methods
4. Supervise design and engineering works aimed at creating new electronic devices, circuits and devices for various functional purposes based on nanomaterials
5. Commercialization of research and development results through participation in competitions
6. Improve the properties of nanocomposite materials and drugs using modern plasma technology and nanotechnology, including bionanotechnology
7. Organize research activities in the field of nanomaterials, bio- and nanotechnology, using new methods of analysis and production technologies, taking into account economic and environmental efficiency
8. Development of scientific and methodical manuals on the results of scientific research in the field of bio-/ nanotechnology and nanomaterials for their implementation in the educational process
9. Analyze and evaluate the results of innovative activities, modern theories, problems and approaches, new trends in the engineering of innovative nanomaterials
10. Maintain and diagnose scientific and technical equipment in the field of bio-/ nanotechnology and nanomaterials, make recommendations to improve the parameters and characteristics of the measurement system
11. Make an expert conclusion of new nanomaterials and bio-/ nanotechnology, scientific projects and scientific articles in the field of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, published in peer-reviewed journals included in international databases (Scopus, Clarivate Analytics)
12. Ability to communicate effectively within the scientific community through an academic foreign language, using modern methods and technologies of scientific communication, willingness to participate in research activities at the international level to solve scientific and scientific-educational problems, development of strategies of scientific research in the field of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, including bionanotechnology

For applicants

https://welcome.kaznu.kz/ru/education_programs/doctorate/speciality/1573 

 Academic activity

 The academic activity of the OP is carried out:

• within the framework of existing regulatory documents and methodological recommendations in the field of higher education in the field of physics sciences,
• as a result of the implementation of regulatory documents regulating the educational and methodological process at the university;
• generalization and dissemination of new normative legal acts concerning methodological work;
• current and prospective planning of the educational and methodological work of the university; coordination of the educational and methodological complex of the discipline (UMKD) of the department for compliance with regulatory legal acts, the working curriculum and the educational program;
• monitoring the provision of the educational process with teaching materials, documenting the results;
• development of teaching materials; development and implementation of the working curriculum

 Scientific activity

Material base of EP: 

For the implementation of the educational program at the faculty there are laboratories:

1. Laboratory of Dust Plasma and Plasma Technologies
2. Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory
3. Laboratory of thin-film semiconductor materials and nanostructures
4. Laboratory for Computer Modeling of Nanostructures
5. Quanta 200i 3D Raster Electron Microscope
6. DM 6000M Optical Microscope
7. S3-MICRO small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering system
8. Probe Scanning Microscope Integra Spectra
9. Probe scanning microscope Integra Terma
10. Spectrophotometer - UV-3600
11. HV-1000B Micro Hardness Tester
12. Lambda 35 spectrophotometer (Perkin-Elmer, USA)
13. Integrated complex of probe and optical microscopy and spectroscopy, AFM - Raman - SBOM - TERS
14. Vacuum spraying unit HEX-L Base 300
15. Uvisel Plus Horiba spectral ellipsometer
16. X-ray diffractometer Ultima 4, Rigaku

Current projects for 2023 with graduating and enrolled doctoral students:

International activity

Doctoral students pass scientific trainings in leading universities and research institutes of CIS countries, near and far abroad countries:

• Laboratory of new materials and energy storage systems of National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan); 
• Institute of Materials Science Problems named after Frantsevich (Kiev, Ukraine); 
• Institute of Material Science and Technology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 
• The laboratory for new materials and energy storage systems at the National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan; 
• The Franzevich Institute for Materials Science (Kiev, Ukraine); 
• Institute for microelectronics and high-purity materials technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPTM RAS) (Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia); 
• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland; 
• Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan); 
• Texas Tech University (Lubbock, USA); 
• Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, USA); 
• Bordeaux University (Bordeaux, France); 
• Jülich Research Center (Jülich, Germany.), etc.

Quality assurance (Accreditation, rating, work with employers)

Monitoring and evaluation of the EP by employers is carried out both at the stage of development of the EP and during their implementation. The employer is involved in the educational process at all stages of the implementation of the EP in order to evaluate and improve their quality: leading practitioners are involved in the educational process as teachers of disciplines, heads of professional practice. 

Monitoring and evaluation of the EP by students is carried out within the framework of the assessment of the OP using formal (questionnaires) and informal (surveys) types of research. 

EP monitoring also includes monitoring of students' academic performance and is carried out by the Registrar's Office based on the results of boundary control, intermediate and final certification.