International research profile

Iskander Kurabayev

Electrical engineering researcher, energy-efficiency specialist, applied measurement engineer, PhD, and certified energy auditor.

Energy facilities and energy audit, PhD research on electrotechnical systems, applied measurement and teaching — directions held together by a single engineering method: measure, model, verify.

Senior lecturer PhD Certified energy auditor Energy expert Applied measurement AI Engineering Lab
Public profile with reviewed sources Public facts only No private data Research · Engineering · Energy audit
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Path

Education and professional trajectory

Education

Academic background

PhD

PhD in Electrical Engineering / Electrical complexes and systems.

MSc

Master of Technical Sciences in Electrical Power Engineering.

Spec.

Specialist degree in industrial power supply / engineer-electrician.

Professional trajectory

From facilities to research and teaching

Public-safe experience includes energy expertise, energy audit, electrical facilities, measurement, diagnostics, and teaching in energy-related disciplines.

Teaching areas include industrial controllers, introduction to energy and automation, automated electric drive, energy saving, and energy efficiency.

Work experience

A timeline of roles: from facilities to expertise and teaching

01/2024 — presentNow

Independent director · Board member

Astana-Energy JSC, Astana

Independent oversight of the capital's largest power-supply company; elected by decision of the sole shareholder.

01/2023 — presentNow

Senior lecturer

S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University

Industrial controllers, introduction to power engineering and automation, automated electric drive, energy saving and energy efficiency.

04/2018 — 06/2026

Director

Exillon Energy LLP branch, Astana

Energy-expertise organisation.

09/2019 — 07/2023

Senior lecturer (part-time)

S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University

Power quality, professional English for power engineers, electrical-installation safety.

05/2019 — 09/2022

President

Dostyk Energo JSC

Power-supply organisation.

08/2014 — 04/2018

Head of the energy-expertise and energy-audit department

El-Nur-Service LLP, Astana

Conducting energy audits and energy expert reviews.

01/2014 — 08/2014

Expert

Develop Group Kz LLP, Astana

Energy surveys (energy audit).

11/2012 — 12/2013

Expert

Kazenergoexpertiza JSC, Pavlodar

Expertise of energy facilities and projects, preventive testing of electrical equipment, certification of personnel in electrical safety.

09/2011 — 08/2012

Energy auditor

EnergoAudit Kazakhstan LLP, Pavlodar

Energy surveys and technical loss analysis, development of energy-saving measures — concurrent with main employment.

08/2007 — 08/2012

Power engineer

Nuclear Technology Park JSC, Kurchatov, East Kazakhstan

Responsible for electrical facilities; supervision of construction and commissioning of innovative sites: radiation-technology complex, ELV-4 and ILU-10 electron accelerators, cross-linked foamed-polyethylene line, industrial heat pumps.

01/2007 — 06/2007

Pre-diploma internship

Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant JSC, Pavlodar

Diploma project: "Power supply for the second stage of the KT-1 combined oil-refining unit."

International internships

Electron accelerators and advanced energy — first-hand

Novosibirsk · Russia10 — 11 / 2007

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, SB RAS

Operation and independent maintenance of industrial ELV-series electron accelerators — a rare engineering competence at the intersection of power engineering and accelerator technology.

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Daejeon · Republic of Korea04 — 09 / 2013

Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)

A six-month internship at one of Asia's leading energy institutes: renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal), hydrogen and fuel cells, greenhouse-gas reduction and carbon capture. The institute revealed a full cycle of advanced research — half a day of scientific presentations, half a day of laboratory demonstrations.

renewableshydrogen · fuel cellsclimate tech
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Expertise

Engineering practice and the field-to-lab bridge

Certification & clearances

Professional energy auditor and energy expert

Certified energy auditor in the field of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement In energy audit and energy expertise since 2010 · certificate issued 14 August 2026 · valid until 6 August 2029
  • Group V electrical-safety clearance
  • Professional development · energy audit

Engineering practice

Energy audit and applied measurement

Engineering practice is presented at a public-safe level: energy expertise, energy audit, electrical facilities, energy saving, measurement systems, and diagnostics without client names, facility details, contracts, or private evidence.

Field-to-lab bridge

From energy systems to the AI engineering lab

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Research & development

Research, method stack, AI Lab, publications and patents

Research focus

Insulation, earth-fault current, and diagnostics

Public research interests cover insulation parameters, isolated-neutral AC networks, earth-fault current, conductance, capacitive susceptance and voltage diagnostics.

  • Electrical power systems
  • Mining facilities
  • Measurement methods
  • Diagnostic methods

Hover to tilt the diagram in 3D; click for a fault-mode pulse.

Research project · grant AP22787517

From a three-phase signal to a digital twin

Principal investigator I. K. Kurabayev

"Development and testing of a prototype device for measuring insulation parameters in electrical networks with an isolated neutral"

GrantAP22787517
FundingYoung scientists · 2024–2026
OrganisationS. Seifullin KATRU

Below — the prototype's signal chain: from acquiring the three-phase signal to the network's digital twin.

Analog front

Three phases with harmonics, sampling (ADC) and analog input filters.

Digital processing

FIR/IIR digital filters, FFT spectrum, SVD and matrix signal decompositions.

Digital twin

A live model of the isolated-neutral network — diagnostics and traceability.

AI Engineering Lab

Roadmap initiatives

In development

AI Energy Auditor

Draft concept for AI-assisted energy audit with traceable reasoning.

energy auditLLM-assistedtraceability
In development

STM32 / measurement lab

Hardware branch: signal capture and a measurement test bench.

STM32ADCsensors

Toolchain: Python · C · Arduino / STM32 · signal capture and processing

AI Energy Auditor and the STM32 / measurement laboratory are in-development public roadmap initiatives. They are not presented as launched products, commercial platforms, or validated accuracy claims.

Selected publications

Works connected with insulation parameters and ungrounded AC systems

2019

Experimental studies of a developed method for determining insulation parameters in a network with isolated neutral voltage up to 1000 V

2022 / DOI metadata verified

Mathematical description of the method for ungrounded AC systems to determine the network insulation

DOI 10.1049/gtd2.12436
2022 / DOI metadata verified

Experimental research of the developed method to determine the network insulation for ungrounded AC systems in laboratory conditions

DOI 10.1109/ICECET55527.2022.9873012
2023 / DOI metadata verified

Approbation of the developed method for determining network insulation parameters on an operating excavator

DOI 10.48081/YIUH4401

No citation counts, h-index, or completeness claims are published here.

Patents / intellectual property

Three patents on insulation-parameter measurement methods

Eurasian patent Eurasian patent No. 041128
№ 041128

Method for measuring insulation parameters of isolated-neutral electrical networks at voltages up to and above 1000 V, accounting for the quadrants of the complex plane.

Application 202090923Filed 08.05.2020Published B1 16.09.2022
Status: not in force (checked 9 Aug 2026)
Kazakhstan patent Patent of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 35922
№ 35922

Method for measuring insulation parameters of isolated-neutral electrical networks at voltages up to and above 1000 V, accounting for symmetrical components.

Application 2021/0571.1Filed 22.09.2021Published 21.10.2022
Authors: I. K. Kurabayev, A. B. Utegulov
Status: not in force (checked 9 Aug 2026)
Kazakhstan patent Patent of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 37923
№ 37923

Method for measuring asymmetric insulation parameters in isolated-neutral electrical networks at voltages up to and above 1000 V using the method of symmetrical components.

Application 2024/0964.1Filed 11.11.2024Published 27.03.2026
Holder: S. Seifullin KATRU
Status: active as of 9 Aug 2026

Miniature copies of the official protection documents. Full descriptions are held in the State Register of Inventions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (kazpatent.kz) and the Eurasian Patent Office register.

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Recognition & contacts

Awards, public profiles and contact

Recognition

Energy-sector recognition

“Honoured Energy Worker”

Kazakhstan Electric Power Association

2016

“Honoured Energy Worker”

Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2018

“Distinguished Power Engineer”

Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2023

“For contribution to energy saving”

Industry award

2024

Contact

Get in touch directly

Open to enquiries on energy audit, expertise in electrotechnical systems, research collaboration and joint development. Phone, messengers and private addresses are intentionally not published — please use email for a first contact.

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