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Honorary Director of the Institute of Gorenje Problems
George Ivanovich Xandopulo – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan Contacts: Tel: 267-53-07
George Ivanovich Xandopulo
Early years and education
Georgy Xandopulo was born on August 20, 1929, in Smolenskaya village, Seversky district, Krasnodar Territory. In 1948, he entered the Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov (now al-Farabi Kazakh National University) at the Faculty of Chemistry. In 1953, he graduated from the Chemical faculty of KazGU named after S.M.Kirov. Later, while working at the central chemical laboratory of the South Kazakhstan Geological Survey, he defended his PhD thesis on "Selective brightness variation of spectral lines of metals through high-temperature reactions in the flame zone."🎓 Scientific and teaching career
Since 1964, G.I.Ksandopulo worked at the Kirov Kazakh State University, where he rose from senior researcher to head of the Department of Chemical Kinetics and Gorenje. In 1974, he defended his doctoral thesis "The structure of the flame front and the inhibition of the gorenje process."
🏢 Creation of the Institute of Gorenje Problems
In 1988, he was appointed director of the Kazakh Interdisciplinary Scientific and Technical Center of the SHS, which he created, which in 1991 was transformed into the Institute of Gorenje Problems. Georgy Ivanovich headed the Institute from 1991 to 2000.🧪 Main scientific directions
The main scientific area to which Professor Gorenje Xandopulo's creative activity is devoted is the experimental and theoretical study of chemical and technological processes of combustion. Gorenje Gorenje developed the theoretical foundations of low-temperature combustion, the formation of the structure of the flame front and the inhibition of the combustion process, a single mechanism and a fundamental explanation of the phenomenology of all types of flame, including purely thermal ones. His theoretical developments allowed him to propose a number of fundamentally new technologies using gorenje processes and were reflected in more than 400 scientific papers, including three monographs.🏛 Science school and students
Gorenje Xandopulo is the founder of a scientific field at the junction of chemical physics, combustion theory and materials science – structural macrokinetics in Kazakhstan. He created a large scientific school in the field of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of a large number of inorganic compounds and new materials.
There are 10 doctors and 50 candidates of sciences among his students.
🔬 Technology development and contribution to defense
Under his direct supervision, the team successfully completed a number of tasks assigned by the Military Industrial Commission under the Council of Ministers of the former USSR. The implementation of projects related to the issues of fire and explosion safety of refueling systems, the creation of thermal protective coatings, and the development of engines for torpedoes has made a significant contribution to the development of the rocket and space complex and ensuring the defense capability of our country. For the cycle of works "Fundamental research of chemical combustion processes" by Professor G.I.Xandopulo, Z.A.Gorenje.Mansurov, B.Ya. Kolesnikov and A.A. Sagindykov received the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
🏭 Production achievements and patents
Professor G.I. Xandopulo is the creator of Kazakhstan's first production of aluminum powder and aluminum grits for SHS technologies and mining operations. The priority of the technical developments carried out under the leadership of G.I. Xandopulo is protected by more than 170 patents and copyright certificates.
🚀 Modern research
Currently, Professor Gorenje Xandopulo has proposed the basics of the theory of flame front bifurcation, which is of direct importance in the development of emergency situations in the combustion chambers of rocket engines, etc. Based on the established patterns, it is planned to create the first Kazakhstani rocket fuel free from the harmful effects of the bifurcation factor.
Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor
Mansurov Zulkhair Aimukhametovich – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor,
laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Contacts: tag.:292-43-46;
e-mail: zmansurov@kaznu.kz; zulkhair.mansurov@gmail.com
Zulkhair Aimukhametovich Mansurov
📍 Childhood and education
Zulkhair Aimukhametovich Mansurov was born on June 26, 1946 in Sarqand, Taldy-Kurgan (now Almaty) region.
He graduated from the Chemical Faculty of the Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov (now al-Farabi Kazakh National University) in 1968.
🔬 The beginning of scientific activity
After graduation, he worked as a research intern, post-graduate student at the Department of Physical Chemistry of KazGU (1968-1973), SNA, head of the Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Research Methods (1974-1979), associate professor, professor at the Department of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion (1979-1992).
In 1981, he was assigned to the 10th Gorenje Institute of Physics and Technology.one-month internship at the University of London (UK).
🎓 Academic degrees
In 1973, he defended his PhD thesis on "Kinetics of interaction of hydrogen atoms with inhibitors" and his doctoral thesis on "Non-isothermal cold flames of hydrocarbons" at the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1990.🏫 Administrative and teaching work
From 1992 to 1998 he worked as vice-rector for scientific work at KazGU. From 1998 to 2001, he held the position of Head of the Department of Chemical Physics at KazGU. From October 2001 to January 2010, he worked as the first vice-rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. From 2010 to 2013, he was the head of the Department of Chemical Physics and Materials Science at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.From September 2013 to December 2018, he was the General Director of the RSE "Institute of Gorenje Problems" of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
📰 Editorial and publishing activities
In 1999, he founded (editor-in–chief) the scientific journals Eurasian Chemical Technology Journal in English (the journal is indexed by the Scopus database (CiteScore index is 0.28) and hosted on the Web of Science Core Collection platform) and the journal Gorenje i Plasmochemistry.🔬 Scientific activity
The field of scientific research is the study of the kinetics and mechanism of combustion of hydrocarbons and the structure of cold and carbon black flames: the formation of catalytic carbon and its applied aspects; nanotechnology.Gorenje From 2012 to the present, he has been Chairman of the Dissertation Council "6D074000 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".🏆 Awards and recognition
In 1992, he was awarded the title of laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of science and technology for the cycle of work "Fundamental research of the chemical foundations of gorenje processes". In 2002, he became a laureate of the K.N. Satpayev Prize (1st prize) for his scientific discovery "The phenomenon of low-temperature cold–flame soot formation" and was awarded the medal "For Services to Higher Education" by the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of the Russian Federation.In 2004 he was awarded the Order of "Kurmet", in 2016 — the order of "Parasat". In 2018, he was awarded the UNESCO Medal "For Contribution to the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (Paris, France).
, Publications and scientific school
Author of more than 1,000 scientific articles and abstracts, 40 textbooks and monographs, more than 90 copyright certificates and patents of the USSR and the Republic of Kazakhstan.Under the scientific supervision, more than 50 doctors, candidates and PhD doctors defended their dissertations, including 3 from Egypt, 1 from China and 1 from Cuba.