Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov

Professor, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPBGASU), Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU)

 Topic: The Experience of Geotechnical Construction and Testing of Piles of Megastructures on Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan

 Short CV:

 Askar Zhussupbekov is a Professor of Department of Civil Engineering of Eurasian National University (ENU, Kazakhstan) and also adjunct professors of Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPBGASU), and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU), Russia, and Director of Geotechnical Institute of ENU (2012-2023), Kazakhstan. Askar Zhussupbekov received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in civil engineering from Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPBGASU), Russia, in 1977. After working for the Karaganda State Industrial University (1977-1982), Kazakhstan, as an assistant professor, he entered the geotechnical engineering graduate program at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPBGASU), Russia in 1982. In 1985, he received his Ph.D. from SPBGASU. In 1986, he was hired as an Associate Professor in Karaganda State Industrial University (Kazakhstan), where he became to Professor and First Vice-Rector of Karaganda State Industrial University. He is now President of Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society and as well as consulting work for civil and geotechnical projects at new capital Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), West Kazakhstan (Caspian Sea area), Almaty (old capital of Kazakhstan), Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia). He delivered many keynote lectures in international conferences including the 16th Asian Regional Conference of Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). He is a chair of TC 305 «Geotechnical Infrastructure for Megacities and New Capitals» of ISSMGE. His research interests are geotechnical engineering (piling and deep foundations), Geo monitoring, undermining soil ground, disaster prevention and reduction, in situ testing, preservation of historical sites. He has published more than 380 scientific papers, including 6 books on Geotechnical Engineering. He has been supervised more than 45 Dr. Ph. dissertations and 10 Dr. Engineering dissertations (included foreign students from Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Cambodia, Tanzania, Tajikistan, China, Mongolia, Russia). He was Chair of 17ARC (14-18 August 2023) on Geotechnical Engineering, Astana, Kazakhstan.  He is member of ASCE, GGS, SEAGS, RSSMGE, IALT, IACR, KGS.