Young scientist Gulmira Akimbek: Dad has always supported me in all my endeavors

Gulmira Akimbek is a young scientist and lecturer at the Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeyev. It helps Kazakh-speaking students to correctly understand and translate terms from the field of Thermal Power Engineering. Her commitment to quality teaching in her native language is admirable. In 2021, she specially designed and created a laboratory stand "Equipment for studying the abrasiveness of particles of bulk materials of medium fraction and a method for determining the degree of volatile matter release at operating temperatures (20-4000C)" for students. In addition, she constantly publishes articles in the journals Web of Science, Scopus and the Committee for Control in Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Her tireless work for the benefit of the development of education in the Kazakh language was appreciated in Nur-Sultan.

 - We would like to congratulate you on the "Best Young Scientist of the CIS" award. Tell us about your impressions.

- I was very happy to receive this wonderful award. Participants were not only from Kazakhstan, but also from all over the CIS. The international conference was held in Nur-Sultan, where we were invited specifically for the award. Scientists from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan came there. I became the best, and this is not just my success, but the first step towards something great.

- Why did you choose teaching? What is the teacher's mission for you?

- I realized that it is important to share knowledge and train specialists. How did I get into Thermal Power Engineering? This is an interesting childhood story. As a child, I always asked adults questions: where does heat and light come from? After graduating from school, I learned that there is such a profession as a heat power engineer. I entered AUPET and fulfilled my dream. Then she entered doctoral studies to comprehend science. I am now finishing the third year, if I finish, I want to dedicate it to my beloved father Abylkair Akimbekuly, who passed away six years ago. Dad has always supported me in all my endeavors.

 - What are your three main principles of work with students?

- In addition to education, they need to be shown the path and the goal. The first principle is to find the gifted students who aspire the most. The second is to add your own, something new, unfinished to finalize. I would not say that our science is weak, but there has always been and is something that needs to be changed. And it is necessary that our students be involved in the scientific process. The third principle is that I try to make them become true patriots and contribute to the development of their native Kazakhstan.

- How do you assess the support of young scientists at the university?

- Now an interesting topic for young scientists is climate change and the green economy. So, in 2021, a memorandum was signed in the city of Glasgow. Our Rector Saule Savetovna Sagintayeva took part in the conference. I want to note that on the topic of green energy, the leadership and teaching staff of the university actively support our young scientists. I combine studies and scientific projects, I also train my students according to the same standards. I was the supervisor of the guys who took I and II places in the Republican competition of research and development. Last year in Semey, our students in the subject Olympiad in the specialty "Heat Power Engineering" (RWS) took all 3 places. I am grateful to our leaders for their full support, as well as to my supervisor, Academician Aliyarov Birlesbek. Together we follow the trends in the development of energy in Kazakhstan. I want to thank him for his leadership and support in this area. I also thank the Director of Thermal Power Engineering Begimbetova Ainura Serikbaevna. The faculty of our department is a friendly and close-knit team, and this is all thanks to the head Kibarin Andrey Anatolyevich. I am very glad to be a part of this team, because thanks to their support I became the best young scientist.

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