Aug 5, 2026	PhD candidate Yussuf has been awarded the "Tauelsizdik Urpaktary" Grant in the Science category, securing 3 million KZT in research funding for "Artificial Intelligence-Based Robotic Multispectral Monitoring System for Power Transmission Lines".
Jul 2, 2026	Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Azamat has been awarded grant funding from the MSHE of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the 2026–2028 Young Scientists Competition (90 million Tenge) for "A New Hybrid Scanning Trajectory for Magnetic and Optical Imaging Systems".
Jul 15, 2025	Postdoc Dr. Ahmad has won MSHE grant funding for 2025–2027 (120 million Tenge): "Green Energy Transition in Kazakhstan: Artificial Intelligence-based Energy Optimization and Management of Wind-Solar Hybrid Microgrid Systems".
Jan 8, 2025	Tin has his first journal paper accepted in Wind Energy (Q1): "Wind Speed Probability Distribution Based on Adaptive Bandwidth Kernel Density Estimation Model for Wind Farm Application" — Read the paper.
Jul 12, 2024	Kulash has her paper accepted in IEEE Access (top 8% of Scopus): "Digital Disturbance Observer Design with Comparison of Different Discretization Methods for Permanent Magnet Motor Drives".
Jul 4, 2024	Prof. Do is promoted to Senior Editor of IEEE Access.
2024	Prof. Ton ranked in the top 2% of scientists by citations again, and received awards related to two new challenging MHES projects focused on nanorobots — with Azamat (postdoc) and Ihtesham (2nd-year master student). NU news article.
2024	Prof. Do received the Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Science from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan.
2025	Our paper in Nano Select received the Top Cited Article award (2023 period).
2025	Azamat's paper is accepted in a Q1 journal.
Feb–Mar	Prof. Ravi from IIT Bombay visited the PCMC Lab under the AUA (Asian Universities Alliances) scholarship scheme, hosted by Prof. Do.
2023	Prof. Ton Duc Do received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE Access (third year in a row).
2022	Prof. Do received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE Access for 2022 (second year in a row).
—	Kanat has his paper accepted in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (co-first author), the top journal in the mechatronics area.
—	Top Cited Article 2020–2021 in Wind Energy, authored by Kanat and Prof. Do.
2021	Prof. Do received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE Access for 2021.
—	PhD student Darkhan Zholtayev's paper "Adaptive Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of PMSG-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems" accepted in Renewable Energy (IF = 8.001).
—	Prof. Ton received his IEEE Senior Member certificate.
2019	Prof. Do attended ISEE'19 and VPPC'19 conferences, including the inaugural meeting of KIPE Vietnam Chapter; chaired a technical session and presented two papers.
—	Ton Duc Do ranked 15th among 825 Engineering professors in Kazakhstan.
2019	Prof. Do and RA B. Sarsembayev presented six papers at the ICSSE 2019 international conference.