ㅤㅤThe Department of «Agricultural machinery and mechanical engineering» was formed by merging two departments «Agricultural Machinery and Technology» and «Mechanics and Construction of Agricultural Machinery» of the Faculty of Engineering Technologies.Currently, the department is headed by Ph.D., Associate Professor A. Niyazbayev.
ㅤㅤToday, the activity of the department is focused on improving the quality of training highly qualified specialists for the agro–industrial complex, the main focus of which is practice-oriented specialists.
ㅤㅤDuring the transition to a new level of development of higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Department of «Agricultural machinery and machine building» as part of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology is successfully mastering innovative technologies and new forms of organization of the educational process.
ㅤㅤCurrently, the department employs 22 teachers, including 2 doctors of Sciences, 8 candidates of Sciences, 2 PhD doctor and 4 Masters of Sciences.
ㅤㅤThe department oversees educational programs 6B07103 – «Mechanical Engineering», 6B08701 – «Agricultural machinery and technology», 6B08703 – «Digital technologies in the agro–industrial complex», 6B11201 – «Life safety and environmental protection» undergraduate degree, educational programs 7M07103 – «Mechanical Engineering», 7M08701 – «Agricultural machinery and technology», 7M11201 – «Life safety and environmental protection» for the master's degree and the educational program 8D08701 – «Agricultural machinery and technology» for the doctoral degree.
ㅤㅤThe department has two branches in production – NPTS Agroengineering LLP, the other – at the Agrotech Plant LLP, where modern technological equipment is used during classes.
ㅤㅤIn 2017, the Kazakh-Belarusian Agroengineering Innovation Center (KBAIC) was opened on the basis of the university. The main task of the established Kazakh-Belarusian Agroengineering Innovation Center (KBAIC) is the effective use of modern innovative technology in the educational process and during practical training by students, as well as in the research work of both teaching staff and students.
ㅤㅤIn the 2019-2020 academic year, 75 units of equipment were received as a result of the implementation of the KBAIC investment project.
ㅤㅤThe staff of the department constantly strives to attract students to carry out research work. Practice has shown that students involved in the execution of scientific works defend their graduation projects at a high level.
ㅤㅤThe teachers of the department are the authors of a number of unique electronic programs, textbooks and teaching aids, video lectures and patents for inventions.
ㅤㅤThe teaching staff of the department actively participates in ongoing scientific competitions on grant and program-targeted financing, on grant financing of projects of young scientists.
ㅤㅤThe Department of «Agricultural machinery and machine building» has opened innovative name laboratories equipped with modern computer equipment, laptops, laboratory installations, virtual laboratory work «EMAKET» and programs Kompas, AutoCAD, APM WinMachine, Inventor, Solid Works for conducting training sessions, research work of students, undergraduates and doctoral students.
ㅤㅤIn the laboratory of «Theoretical Mechanics» named after Professor A.B.Inkarbekov, students study the statics, kinematics and dynamics of a material point and a solid body; carry out laboratory work to determine the friction force of rest, moments of inertia of the links of the mechanism; to study the stability of the rod, free vibrations; dynamically describe the movements of plane mechanisms.
ㅤㅤIn the laboratory «Mechanics and Modeling of technological processes» named after Professor B.D.Dyusenov, students study mechanisms and machines, methods of cutting gears, technological processes in mechanical engineering; carry out laboratory work on the study of mechanisms, methods of cutting gears; model and design technological processes in mechanical engineering.
ㅤㅤIn the laboratory «Machine Parts and CAD» named after Professor O.K.Kurmangaliev, students study machine parts and mechanisms, structural elements and assemblies in mechanical engineering, lifting and transport machines, technological processes in mechanical engineering; carry out laboratory work on the study of energy and kinematic parameters; dynamic characteristics of mechanisms and machines; model and design mechanisms, assemblies and machine parts, lifting and transporting machines, cutting tools, technological equipment, technical processes in mechanical engineering, sites and workshops of a machine-building enterprise.
ㅤㅤIn the laboratory «Engineering design in the agro-industrial complex» named after Professor Sh. Nurtayev Technological machines and equipment in animal husbandry are studied; automatic design of technological processes in the agro-industrial complex is provided; agro-industrial enterprises, livestock farms, feed shops are modeled and designed. At the same time, on the basis of the use of digital technologies in the agro-industrial complex, issues of precision farming and the use of robotic complexes on livestock farms are being solved.
ㅤㅤEvery year, the Department of «Agricultural machinery and machine building» strengthens its international relations with higher educational institutions and scientific institutions of foreign countries: Belarus, Uzbekistan, Russia, Hungary, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Poland and others. Scientific relations with countries are developing. International scientific contacts are reflected in various forms, including joint supervision of doctoral students, exchange of scientific literature, publication of monographs and textbooks together with foreign scientists, participation in scientific conferences, meetings with leading scientists from other countries.
ㅤㅤThe teaching staff of the department conducts extensive explanatory and career guidance work to attract graduates of schools and colleges to study at the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Agricultural machinery and machine building was established on the basis of the Departments of Agricultural Machinery and Technology and Mechanics and Design of Agricultural Machinery of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Mechanics and Design of Agricultural Machinery was one of the graduating and profiling departments of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The department received its name after the reorganization of the departments: «Machine repair», «Metal Technology», «Theoretical and Applied Mechanics» and «Machine-building and repair production».
ㅤㅤThe Department of Repair Business was organized at the Agricultural Institute at the end of 1930. An important role in the formation and development of the department was played by associate professor A.O. Proskuryakov, who, after graduating from the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, in 1940, by decision of the USSR Government, was sent to Alma-Ata, where he headed the specified department, by that time it was called «Machine Repair».
ㅤㅤDuring the years of the Great Patriotic War, the staff of the department, providing the educational process, actively joined in the implementation of work to assist the front. Workshops for the repair of tractors and cars, the restoration of worn parts, and the production of hand grenade casings were organized by the staff and students.
ㅤㅤSince 1950, the department has been running a postgraduate course on the basis of which a scientific school has been formed for the study of violations, the development of control methods and methods for restoring the design geometry of machines and aggregates. 8 teachers of the Institute defended their PhD theses in the scientific field. Simultaneously with the educational process, the department of «Machine Repair», since 1940, has been actively engaged in production activities through experimental training and production workshops (OPM).
ㅤㅤOver the years, the department of «Machine Repair» was headed by associate professors Sterlev V.S., Livshits V.M., Osmanov E.R., Kubaev V.M., Bisekenov A.B.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Metal Technology was established in the Kazakh Agricultural Institute in 1937. The first head was S.A. Kerdod, subsequently the head of the department was senior lecturer G.V. Kuznetsov, Associate Professor G.N. Nysanbayev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor G.A. Degraf.
ㅤㅤThe collective of the Department of «Machine Repair» together with the Department of «Metal Technology» were the basis for the creation in 1968 of the faculty of «Organization of machine repair technology». In 1981, the departments «Technology of Mechanical Engineering» and «Materials Science» were organized from the department, which provided the educational process until 1987, after which they were re-united into the department «Technology of Structural Materials and Materials Science» (TSMMS).
ㅤㅤAdvanced machine–building and repair enterprises – Turgensky, Ushtobinsky, Saryagachsky repair plants, Altai, Volgograd, Pavlodar tractor plants, Barnaul Motor Plant, Odessa Agricultural Machinery Plant, Moscow Automobile Plant – were permanent places of practice for KazAI students.
ㅤㅤIn order to optimize the structure of the university, the departments of «Machine Repair» and «Technology of Structural Materials» were merged into the Department of «Mechanical Engineering and Repair Production» in 1999, and since August 2011, after the reorganization, the department is called «Mechanics and Design of agricultural Machinery».
ㅤㅤFrom 2006 to September 2014 , the head of the department was Professor Zhunusbaev B. Zh . From October 2014 to January 2015, the department was headed by Professor Zhanashev I.Zh . From February 2015 to September 2019, the department was headed by Professor Toylybaev M. S. From October 2019 to September 2023, the department was headed by PhD, Associate Professor Makatova Zh.M. From September 2019 to October 2024, the department was headed by PhD, Associate Professor Zhumagulov Zh.B.
ㅤㅤCurrently, the department is headed by PhD, Associate Professor A.K.Niyazbayev.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Agricultural Machinery and Technology was organized on the basis of the Department of Livestock Mechanization of KazNAU with the transfer to its composition of the disciplines «Agricultural machinery», «Mechanization of forestry works» and in 2004 «Technological machines and equipment». The history of the department begins in 1931, when one of the first two special departments of the engineering cycle was organized – the Department of Agricultural Machinery (head of the department I.V.Sakharov).
ㅤㅤIn 1962, the Department of Mechanization of Livestock Farms was separated from the Department of Agricultural Management. The first head and founder of the department is the «Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Kazakh SSR», Professor Mikhail Ivanovich Rybakov, who made a huge contribution to the development of the material and technical base and the formation of scientific and pedagogical personnel at the department.
ㅤㅤAt the time of the department's formation, its staff included: head of the department, Candidate of Technical Sciences – 1, senior lecturer – 1, assistant – 2 and laboratory assistant – 1. Its creation was closely connected with the rapid development of livestock farming on an industrial basis in Kazakhstan and met the requirements of the time.
ㅤㅤThe task of the department was the training of scientific personnel on the mechanization of production processes in animal husbandry. For this purpose, assistant Sh.N. Nurtaev was sent to the Leningrad School of Economics in 1968, who, under the guidance of Professor S.V.Melnikov, successfully completed and defended his dissertation. Since 1965, graduates of the Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization, mechanical engineers V.A.Vesely, A.A.Schreer, A.I.Bekenev began their postgraduate studies at the department under the guidance of M.I. Rybakov.
ㅤㅤIn 2000, the department produced the first set of bachelors for the specialty 5B073100 – «Life safety and environmental protection». This direction, which is new for the department and the university, is currently being developed and provided with the necessary educational planning and methodological documentation.
ㅤㅤIn 2017, the Kazakh-Belarusian Agroengineering Innovation Center (KBAIC) was opened on the basis of the university. The main task of the established Kazakh-Belarusian Agroengineering Innovation Center (KBAIC) is the effective use of modern innovative technology in the educational process and during practical training by students, as well as in the research work of both teaching staff and students. In the 2019-2020 academic year, 75 units of equipment were received as a result of the implementation of the KBAIC investment project.
ㅤㅤToday, the activity of the department is focused on improving the quality of training highly qualified specialists for the agro–industrial complex, the main focus of which is practice-oriented specialists.
