IzhSTU students distinguished themselves at the qualifying stage of the "CASE-IN" championship

Kalashnikov IzhSTU students took the first place in the category of student teams of the special league of PJSC T Plus of the international engineering CASE-IN championship. Three teams from our university participated in the championship: Triada won gold, Heat Cannon won silver, and the Hunters for Innovation team won fourth place. The bronze medal of the championship went to the UdGU team.

A total of 9 teams participated in the championship, four were student teams and five were teams from branches of PJSC T Plus: "Udmurt", "Nizhny Novgorod", "Mordovian", "Ulyanovsk", "Mari El and Chuvashia". This year, the Non-Random People team also became the winner among five teams of young specialists from the branches of PJSC T Plus. 

Senior lecturer at the Department of Thermal Power Engineering, mentor of the teams "Heat Cannon" and "Hunters for Innovations" Irina Nikolaevna Osipova:

— This is the first experience of participation of teams, mentors and organizers from IzhSTU in the "CASE-IN" championship. I think our students performed very well, and all the cases were presented competently, at the professional level. Of course, the remote format of the championship added difficulties to participation. But we have drawn conclusions and will take them into account next year in order to become the best again..

Captain of the Triad team, 1st year Master's student at the Institute of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of IzhSTU Maria Kilina:

— Dmitry Anatolyevich Khvorenkov, the head of my graduate department of Thermal Power Engineering, invited me to participate in the championship. We were faced with the task of solving an engineering case, the purpose of which was to modernize the thermal unit of PJSC T Plus.

The team also included masters and students: Evgeny Suglov (IEIZHKH), Maxim Tukmachev (Faculty of Instrument Engineering), Denis Zlobin and Alexander Belov (Institute of Informatics and Computer Engineering), Elizaveta Frolova (Institute of Digital Economy). 

It was very interesting and informative to solve the task set by the organizers of the championship. At first it seemed difficult, as the scale of the work is very extensive. But thanks to the well-coordinated work of all team members, the support and assistance in preparing the case solution from our teachers (Dmitry Anatolyevich Khvorenkov, Irina Nikolaevna Osipova) and mentors (Alexander Valerievich Martianov, Ivan Mikhailovich Novoselov), we were able to prepare and present our case solution.

Captain of the Heat Gun team, 1st year Master's student at the Institute of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of IzhSTU Ilya Shilov:

— The most difficult thing was to determine the facility that the team plans to modernize and find information about it. My team, which included students from IzhSTU — Yana Samokhvalova (ICE), Marat Galiakhmatov (IEEIZHKH), Ruslan Dautov (Faculty of Economics), Daniil Darienko (IIVT), Daria Zvorygina (IEEIZHKH), we met online, which brought its own difficulties. We felt confident on defense, but the camera was a little confusing.

Captain of the Hunters for Innovations team, Master's student at the Institute of Energy and Housing and Communal Services Stepan Cherepanov:

— The teachers of the Department of Thermal Power Engineering of IzhSTU advised me to take part in the championship. 9 days before the defense, our team taught the assignment for the case. Our project was related to the modernization of Izhevsk TPP-2. Unfortunately, we exceeded the performance time on the defense itself — the excitement affected us, and we were awarded penalty points for this. I think there was an opportunity to become a winner. And, although our team did not win a prize, for me, participation in the "CASE-IN" championship is, first of all, a valuable experience. I have a desire to take revenge, so I will participate next year.

From IzhSTU, among the respected and experienced experts who evaluated the performances of the teams were the head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Mikhail Andreevich Pletnev and the head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Candidate of Technical Sciences Igor Valentinovich Shtennikov.

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the holding and organization of the championship — the initiators of the special league, PJSC T Plus, the organizers of the Reliable Shift Foundation (Moscow), experts and mentors for the opportunity to show their professional knowledge and skills.

Congratulations on the victory and worthy performance of all participants of the championship and, of course, the IzhSTU team!

A source: IzhGTU