Power Conversion & Motion Control Laboratory

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Advancing the frontiers of motion control: From industrial motor drives and green energy grids to magnetic nanorobots for biomedical breakthroughs at Nazarbayev University.

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Electric Machine Drives

Advanced control theory for electric machine drives powering electric vehicles, mobile robots, cranes, and industrial automation.

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Power Converters

High-efficiency power electronic converters engineered for demanding industrial applications.

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Renewable Energy

Wind energy conversion systems, advanced wind turbine control, and smart grid integration technologies.

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Biomedical Nanorobots

Magnetic Particle Imaging systems for precision scanning and targeted drug delivery in biomedicine.

Latest News

Dr Ahmad, postdoc in our group has won the MSHE for grant funding for 2025-2027, total fund is 120 million Tenge, entitled:Green Energy Transition in Kazakhstan: Artificial Intelligence-based Energy Optimization and Management of Wind-Solar Hybrid Microgrid Systems.

Tin has his first journal paper accepted in Wind Energy, Q1 journal, entitled: "Wind Speed Probability Distribution Based on Adaptive Bandwidth Kernel Density Estimation Model for Wind Farm Application", https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/we.2970

Kulash has her paper accepted in IEEE Access (top 8% of Scopus) entitled: Digital Disturbance Observer Design with Comparison of Different Discretization Methods for Permanent Magnet Motor Drives.

Prof Do is promoted to Senior Editor of IEEE Access

Prof. Do received a research grant from Ministry of Higher Education and Science of Kazakhstan entitled "Improving the Image Quality of Magnetic Particle Imaging by Optimizing the Scanning Paths" for 2024-2026, total fund 86 millions tenge (190k USD).

Prof Ravi from IIT Bombay received the scholarship under AUA (Asian Universities Alliances) scheme to visit PCMC lab hosted by prof Do from 26/02 to 08/03.

Our paper on Nano Select received the Top Cited Article in 2023
Our paper on Nano Select received the Top Cited Article in 2023
Prof Ton is ranked in the top 2% of scientists by citations again, along with receiving a recent award related two new challenging MHES projects focused on nanorobots. Congrats to Azamat (postdoc) and Ihtesham (2nd-year master student). https://nu.edu.kz/news/nu-professors-recognized-among-the-world-s-leading-scientists-once-more
Prof Ton is ranked in the top 2% of scientists by citations again, along with receiving a recent award related two new challenging MHES projects focused on nanorobots. Congrats to Azamat (postdoc) and Ihtesham (2nd-year master student). https://nu.edu.kz/news/nu-professors-recognized-among-the-world-s-leading-scientists-once-more
Prof Do received the Medal for the outstanding contributions to the science from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan
Prof Do received the Medal for the outstanding contributions to the science from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan
Prof Do is promoted to Senior Editor of IEEE Access
Prof Do is promoted to Senior Editor of IEEE Access
Azamat's paper is accepted in Q1 journal
Azamat's paper is accepted in Q1 journal
Prof Ravi from IIT Bombay received the scholarship under AUA (Asian Universities Alliances) scheme to visit PCMC lab hosted by prof Do from 26/02 to 08/03.
Prof Ravi from IIT Bombay received the scholarship under AUA (Asian Universities Alliances) scheme to visit PCMC lab hosted by prof Do from 26/02 to 08/03.
Prof Ton Duc Do receive the outstanding Associate Editor Award in 2023. This is the third time in a row he achieves this honor.
Prof Ton Duc Do receive the outstanding Associate Editor Award in 2023. This is the third time in a row he achieves this honor.
Prof. Do received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE Access for the year 2022. This is the second time in a row he received this honor.
Prof. Do received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE Access for the year 2022. This is the second time in a row he received this honor.
Kanat has his paper accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, the top journal in Mechatronic area. Kanat is the co-first author of this paper.
Kanat has his paper accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, the top journal in Mechatronic area. Kanat is the co-first author of this paper.
Top cited Article in 2020-2021 in Wind Energy authored by Kanat and Prof. Do
Top cited Article in 2020-2021 in Wind Energy authored by Kanat and Prof. Do
Prof Do receive the award for outstanding associate editor of IEEE Access in 2021
Prof Do receive the award for outstanding associate editor of IEEE Access in 2021
PhD student Darkhan Zholtayev has his paper entitled "Adaptive Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of PMSG-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems" accepted in Renewable Energy, one of the top journal in this area, IF = 8.001.
PhD student Darkhan Zholtayev has his paper entitled "Adaptive Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of PMSG-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems" accepted in Renewable Energy, one of the top journal in this area, IF = 8.001.
Professor Ton has received his IEEE Senior Member certificate!
Professor Ton has received his IEEE Senior Member certificate!
Prof. Do got a promotion to a Senior Member of IEEE. Prof. Do attend ISEE'19 and VPPC'19 conferences where he attended the inaugural meeting of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE) - Vietnam Chapter, served as a chairman for a technical section and present two papers.
Prof. Do got a promotion to a Senior Member of IEEE. Prof. Do attend ISEE'19 and VPPC'19 conferences where he attended the inaugural meeting of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE) - Vietnam Chapter, served as a chairman for a technical section and present two papers.
Ton Duc Do was ranked 15th place among 825 Engineering professors in Kazakhstan!
Ton Duc Do was ranked 15th place among 825 Engineering professors in Kazakhstan!
Prof. Do and RA B. Sasembayev presented six papers at the ICSSE 2019 international conference. Prof. Do also was one of the section chairs for the conference.
Prof. Do and RA B. Sasembayev presented six papers at the ICSSE 2019 international conference. Prof. Do also was one of the section chairs for the conference.
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