International engineering championship CASE-IN

International Engineering Championship CASE-IN

CASE-IN Mentors

A competition for mentors of Championship teams and the development of best mentoring practices in the engineering community

About the Competition

Mentor Experience as a Resource for Future Engineers

Russia’s Decade of Science and Technology continues. In 2023, a year dedicated to mentoring, CASE-IN launched its first competition for mentors and recognized its first winners. In 2025, the competition was held for the third time

Goal

Developing the Mentoring System

Scaling best mentoring practices within the professional community of engineering and technical specialists and helping future engineers with their professional development

Competition Participants

CASE-IN Team Mentors

The competition is open to mentors of teams participating in the Championship. Team mentors may include postgraduate students or faculty members of higher education institutions participating in the Championship

For Mentors

CASE-IN Mini-Course

Materials for mentors of Championship teams

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Mentor Competition · 2025

2025 Laureates

17 laureates

Bazhin Vladimir Yuryevich

Head of the Department of Metallurgy, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Bushuev Yakov Yuryevich

Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Exploration of Mineral Deposits, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Gromova Ekaterina Nikolaevna

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Heat Power Engineering, Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design

Gusakin Andrey Alexandrovich

Senior Lecturer, Department of Power Engineering, UMMC Technical University

Deryugina Olga Pavlovna

Associate Professor, Department of Oil and Gas Processing, Industrial University of Tyumen

Esina Galina Sergeevna

Development Director, Siberian Generating Company

Zhilin Evgeny Vitalievich

Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Energy Efficiency in the Mining Industry, MISIS University of Science and Technology

Zotova Ekaterina Nikolaevna

Head of the Career Center, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Kazakova Yulia Vladimirovna

Physics Teacher, Bauman Engineering School No. 1580

Kartashova Elizaveta Eduardovna

Teacher, Kemerovo Talent Center ("UnikUm")

Kostyukov Dmitry Alexandrovich

Senior Researcher, Department of Automated Electric Power Systems and Power Supply, Faculty of Oil and Gas Engineering, North-Caucasus Federal University

Krasavin Alexey Viktorovich

Head of the Department of Mineral Deposit Development, UMMC Technical University

Makarova Irina Vladimirovna

Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgy and Chemical Technologies, Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after M.G. Nosov

Maksimova Yulia Anatolievna

Senior Lecturer, Division for Oil and Gas Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Pokataeva Galina Vladimirovna

Deputy Director for Academic and Educational Work, Sozvezdie Lyceum No. 131, Samara Urban District

Sofyina Valeria Vladimirovna

Engineer, ITMO Advanced Engineering School

Unshchikova Nadezhda Alexandrovna

Lead Occupational Safety Specialist, Baikal Energy Company

Mentor Competition · 2024

2024 Laureates

14 laureates

Alexander Vasilievich Alekseev

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Civil Engineering, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Yakov Yuryevich Bushuev

Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Exploration of Mineral Deposits, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Alexander Pavlovich Gorokhov

Chief Manager for New Technologies, LLC RN-KrasnoyarskNIPIneft

Olga Pavlovna Deryugina

Associate Professor, Department of Oil and Gas Processing, Industrial University of Tyumen

Yury Leonidovich Zhukovsky

Director of the Educational Center for Digital Technologies, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Evgeny Nikolaevich Ivanov

Chief Specialist, Field Development Directorate, Production and Injection Planning and Monitoring Department, LLC Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha

Elizaveta Eduardovna Kartashova

Laboratory Assistant, T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University

Oksana Gennadievna Konovalova

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics in Power Engineering and Industry, National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (MPEI)

Vladimir Yuryevich Konyukhov

Professor, Department of Automation and Control, Irkutsk National Research Technical University

Dmitry Alexandrovich Kostyukov

Associate Professor, Department of Automated Electric Power Systems and Power Supply, North-Caucasus Federal University

Alexey Viktorovich Krasavin

Head of the Department of Mineral Deposit Development, UMMC Technical University

Lyubov Viktorovna Kurzaeva

Associate Professor, Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after G.I. Nosov

Anton Igorevich Petrov

Technology and Project Activities Teacher, Yaroslavl Region State General Education Institution "Lyceum No. 86"

Ivan Nikolaevich Paskar

Senior Lecturer, Department of Power Supply for Mining and Industrial Enterprises, T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University

Mentor Competition · 2023

2023 Laureates

5 laureates

Fauziya Ravilevna Garieva

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Kazan National Research Technological University

Ilya Markovich Kats

Candidate of Technical Sciences, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Evgeny Gennadievich Kuzin

Associate Professor, Department of "Technologies and Integrated Mechanization of Mining Operations", Prokopyevsk Branch of T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University

Yulia Anatolievna Maksimova

Senior Lecturer, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Pavel Viktorovich Yakovlev

Professor, Department of Heat Power Engineering and Heat Engineering, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University