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Zhussupbekov Askar Zh.

Position

Visiting professor

Academic degree

PhD of Engineering Sciences (1996)

Academic title

Professor (1997)

Faculty

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department

Department of Geotechnics

Address

4, 2nd Krasnoarmeiskaya Str., St Petersburg, 190005

Phone +7 (812) 316-03-41,
+7 (812) 316-48-36
E-mail geotechnica@spbgasu.ru,
askarkgs1955@gmail.com,
astana-geostroi@mail.ru

Basic information

Education

SpecialtyIndustrial and civil engineeringQualification Civil engineer (Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering, 1977)

Teaching

  • Technologies for the construction of deep foundations
  • Engineering properties of subsoils and foundations in complex geological conditions
  • Improvement of soil foundations
  • Methods and procedures for laboratory and field soil testing
  • Geoinformation systems in geotechnics
  • Methods of scientific research
  • Geoecology and geotechnics in seismic regions

Professional interests

  • Expert and consulting services in the field of geotechnics
  • Expert review of foundation and substructure designs
  • Reconstruction and underground construction
  • Updating of regulatory documents

Research interests

  • Research work in the field of geotechnics
  • Scientific supervision of master’s and doctoral students
  • International geotechnical research and standardization

Scientific conferences

Askar Zhussupbekov has participated in numerous international conferences and lectures in more than 50 countries.

Professional organizations

  • Academician of the National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • President of the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Association
  • Member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the Russian Society for Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics and Foundation Engineering (RSSMGF), the International Geotechnical Society (IGS), and other geotechnical associations
  • Full Member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the National Council for Science and Technology under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Awards

  • State Scientific Scholarship (Kazakhstan, 2024)
  • Order "For Contribution to the Development of Geotechnics" (2024)
  • Japanese Geotechnical Society Award for Contribution to Geotechnical Engineering (2024)
  • Award for Life Science from the ISSMGE (Geotech Asia, Goa, India; 2025)
  • Gold Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva (2025)

Publications

Askar Zhussupbekov is the author or co-author of over 450 scientific publications, including five books and textbooks on geotechnics, as well as 14 invention certificates and patents. h-index: 16 (Scopus, as of August 25, 2026).

The most significant publications

Articles

  1. Zhussupbekov A., Sarsembayeva A. Experimental study of deicing chemical redistribution and moisture mass transfer in highway subsoils during the unidirectional freezing // Transportation Geotechnics. Vol. 26, 100426. 2021.
  2. Zhussupbekov A., Buranbayeva A. M., Omarov A. R. Numerical analysis and geomonitoring of behaviour of foundation of Abu-Dhabi Plaza in Nur-Sultan // Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1928, 012033. 2021
  3. Zhussupbekov A., Omarov A., Mangushev R. Geotechnical Piling Construction and Testing on Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan and Russia // Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Vol. 112. P. 89–107. 2022.
  4. Zhussupbekov A. Impact of vibration monitoring on pile characteristics / A. Zh. Zhussupbekov // Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference on Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics, and Foundation Engineering (GEOMOS-2026); N. M. Gersevanov Research Institute of Bases and Underground Structures (NIIOSP) – JSC "Research Center 'Construction'" and the Russian Society for Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics, and Foundation Engineering (RSSMGF). – Moscow: N. M. Gersevanov Research Institute of Bases and Underground Structures (JSC "Research Center 'Construction'"), 2026. – pp. 157–161.

Patents

14 inventor's certificates and patents.

Additional information

From 2010 to 2026, served as chair of Technical Committee TC 305, "Geotechnical Infrastructure for Megacities and New Capitals," of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).