Yerkin G. Abdildin graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with a PhD in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Computer Science. He taught multi-disciplinary courses that were compulsory for students majoring in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Civil, Materials Science, and Aerospace Engineering at UIUC. He joined the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences at Nazarbayev University in December 2014. As a member of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), he developed the Bachelor of Engineering (2015), Master of Science (2018), and PhD (2019) programs and served as a member of the MAE Department’s PhD Admission Committee and MSc Admission Committee. He is currently the Coordinator of the Industry Committee and a member of the Research Committee at MAE. He is a member (MILT) of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.