M. Zh. Khazimov Marat received his qualifications: engineermechanic in the Kazakh State Agricultural Institute (1980); mathematics in the Kazakh State University (1991). The candidate’s degree of technical sciences was obtained at the Ryazan Agricultural University of the Russian Federation (1987). He is a professor of the Department of Machinery Use named after Ivan V. Sakharov of Kazakh National Agrarian Research University and professor of the Department Heat and Power Engineering at the Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications. His research interests are focused on the heat exchange processes of drying agricultural products and solid-fuel combustion in a stationary layer in small-capacity boilers used in rural areas.