Alibek Zhakupov, a senior lecturer of the Department of Metallurgy of S. Toraighyrov PSU, is the winner of the Parasatty Zhas Ghalym competition.

“Parasat” National Scientific and Technological Holding JSC held its first “Parasatty Zhas Ghalym” competition for students (both undergraduates and postgraduates) and young scientists.

The purpose of this competition is to promote research and innovation, create organizational conditions for promising research projects, find and support talented young scientists.

A project by Alibek Zhakupov, a senior lecturer of the Department of Metallurgy of S. Toraighyrov PSU, was announced among the winners. The project's title is “Technology of recycling high-moisture iron-bearing sludge to produce a complex iron-carbon-containing materials for metallurgical processing”. “This project is relevant now, as recycling of metallurgical materials saves resources and helps improve the yield rate of the metal,” says Alibek Zhakupov.

According to Orazbike Ibrayeva, Candidate of Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor and Scientific Supervisor of the project, such competitions stimulate young people's interest in research activities. “Today our University is a multidisciplinary HEI with strong traditions. I think that this victory proves this. Nowadays, it is very important to support creative initiatives of young employees, create favorable conditions for them to realize their potential, because we are talking about the people who will be in charge of our science and education in future,” says Orazbike Ibrayeva.