Mukhtar Makhanov is a Candidate of Technical Sciences and Professor at the School of Engineering and Information Technology of META University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In 1965, he entered the Karatau branch of the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, and in 1970 he graduated from the Dzhambul Hydro-Reclamation and Construction Institute with a degree in Mechanization of Hydro-Reclamation and Construction Works. That same year, he joined the Department of Mining and Transport Machines at the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute as a lecturer. He went on to serve as Deputy Director of the branch for Academic and Research Affairs, Head of Department, Dean of the Faculty of Automotive Engineering, and Professor at K. I. Satpayev Kazakh National Technical University, as well as Professor at L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.     In 1988, he received the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences. In 1995, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in Mechanics.  His research interests include transport engineering and the optimization of engineering network configurations. His professional activities focus on scientific research and engineering development aimed at improving the working tools of construction machinery and the operational properties of transport vehicles, as well as on the study of advanced manufacturing technologies.