Dzerzhinsk students have modernized the petrochemical industry

They presented projects for the technological modernization of the chemical enterprise.

Students of Dzerzhinsk Polytechnic University (branch) Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.A. Alekseev took part in the qualifying stage of the VIII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is part of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of opportunities". This is reported by the press service of the Reliable Change Foundation.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The championship is held in 57 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. During the qualifying stages in February — May 2020, more than 10,000 future and young engineers of the fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes solve engineering cases on the unified theme of the Championship "Technological Modernization" - one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies.

The CASE-IN championship competitions were promptly transferred to a remote format due to anti-epidemic measures in the regions of Russia: student teams of the R.A. Alekseev NSTU presented their solutions online in the field of Petrochemistry. Experts — representatives of industry companies — also evaluated the students' ideas online and selected the best teams.

The students worked out their ideas in just 10 days. The task of the case is to give a second life to plastics: the participants of the championship presented projects for the technological modernization of the enterprise, providing for the creation of a site for the collection and preparation of used PET packaging and the uninterrupted supply of secondary polymers as raw materials.

The first place and a ticket to the finals were awarded to the Engineers of the Future team. In second place is the Bypass team, representing the Alekseev NSTU. The bronze medal went to the Exergy team.

The final of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" will traditionally be held in Moscow and will bring together the best student engineering teams from 57 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. The winners of the championship finals will receive valuable prizes, the opportunity to participate in the All-Russian industry summer forums, advantages in admission to graduate and postgraduate studies, and will also be able to complete internships at leading companies in the industry.

A source: RIA Vremya N