Young scientists from Vladivostok defended their projects at the CASE-IN Engineering Championship

The pandemic is testing the strength of Russian universities. Scientific conferences and online championships are a new challenge for students and organizers. Despite this, Primorye residents defended their projects at the international engineering CASE-IN championship, which is part of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform.

Mariana Yatskevich will tell you how the defense of ideas took place in the new format.

And while the whole world is on standby, young scientists from Vladivostok are moving up the career ladder. Case-in is one of the largest engineering competitions in the world. Every year, the qualifying stage of the competition for Primorsky Krai was held within the walls of FEFU. Just not this time.

Artem Korolev, founder and Co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN Championship: "This is the second week when all the qualifying stages are held remotely, and I believe that the experience has been successful. We conduct 5-6 remote protection sessions during the day. We definitely conduct a test connection, it is carried out one day before the qualifying stage. All the teams, all the experts, get in touch, we test, check how the presentations are flipped through, how the guys perform."

The cases are tasks from the largest factories in the country, which young scientists are given only 10 days to solve. The team from Vladivostok succeeded, and even had to patent their development in the oil and gas industry. It can be integrated into the operation of a real liquefied natural gas field. This technology in the conditions of the Far north will reduce energy consumption, increase efficiency and increase economic benefits.

Sergey Kulagin, participant of the Case-in championship: "This is, first of all, an opportunity, an attempt to solve the production task actually set before us, to put all your knowledge into practice, the most important thing is that in the process of solving a case, you always learn something new and thereby develop." 

The final of the championship will be held in Moscow, of course, if the situation with the pandemic changes, but even in this case, the organizers are confident that self-isolation is not an obstacle. The winners will receive valuable prizes and gifts, as well as the opportunity to complete an internship and get a job in industry companies.