Akbota Aitbayeva

Academic Degrees

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Major:  Civil Engineering (Minor: Business), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE, 2021-Present
• Bachelor of Engineering – Civil Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2017-2021

Employment History

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE, Graduate Research Assistant, 8/2021-present
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 9/2019-5/2021

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Fresh and hardened concrete properties of 3D Printing Concrete
• Fresh and hardened concrete properties of UHPC

Research Experience

• 3D Printing Concrete with concrete incorporating highly purified attapulgite clay, 8/2021-5/2023
•  Characteristics of 3D Printing Concrete with natural clay, 5/2022-5/2023
• UHPC fiber stability study, NDOT, 4/2022-5/2023

Publications and Presentations

• Akbota Aitbayeva, Chang-SeonShon, Dichuan Zhang, Jong Ryeol Kim, “Assessment of Recycled Toilet Bowl Wastes as Pozzolanic Materials:  Material Characterization and Performance of Mortar Mixtures.”  Material Science Forum (MSF), 1023, 1662-9752

Honors and Awards

• Second place in the COE Graduate Student Symposium 3in5 Pitch Competition conducted by Graduate Student Advisory Board, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Title of the Pitch: 3D Printing Concrete, 3/2022