Anatoly Yakutin congratulated LGTU students on winning the CASE-IN championship

Anatoly Yakutin, the deputy head of the region, presented diplomas to the members of two LGTU teams, one of which, SteelCase, won the gold of the Student League of the VIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship.

To understand the scale of success, suffice it to say that more than four thousand students from 84 universities in Russia and the CIS competed for a ticket to the finals in the student league. 12 winning teams of the qualifying stages reached the finals of the Metallurgy championship. Such leading universities of the country as the Technical University of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, the Ox-Red team, and NUST MISIS, the Stilgix team, competed for the title of champions in solving technological problems. But our SteelCase beat all the contenders and won the gold medal. Thus, LGTU once again confirmed its leadership, because last year the team of our polytechnic University also became the winner.

This time, the tasks were complicated by the fact that the new season of the CASE-IN championship was held in a face-to-face and remote format due to anti-epidemic measures in the regions of Russia. But pressure metalworking engineer Kirill Gorbunov, thermal power engineer Alexander Yadrovsky, analyst Vladimir Istomin and economist Veronika Kosenkova brilliantly coped with the task within the walls of their alma mater. They were able to present to the experts the best case solution for improving the production technology and improving the quality of aluminum ingots. 

- The problem was that we met and joined the team just a month before the championship, - says her captain.  Kirill Gorbunov. - Moreover, we are all different in profession, interests and character. But it only helped to create a friendly and versatile team, focused only on winning.  

Alexander Yadrovsky noted that in Lipetsk, everyone is traditionally associated with ferrous metallurgy. He himself works for NLMK and has never been interested in the production of non-ferrous metals. And here, in just ten days, it was necessary to issue a whole range of production solutions to reduce the amount of magnesium impurities in the technological process for the production of aluminum. In the short time allotted to this task, the polytechnic team not only delved into the essence of the process, but also proposed to improve a number of organizational and technological operations. For example, to reduce magnesium inclusions, use KESB-03 flux and nanoxylene.

Veronika Kosenkova, who after graduating from LGTU got a job at LGEC as a business analyst, was responsible for the economic side of the project. The experience gained in the company helped us calculate everything in detail and provide a full financial justification for the proposals of other team members. This was very important, because in addition to technology, the jury also evaluated economic efficiency, practical applicability, innovation, and environmental friendliness. It was the knowledge of the real production infrastructure that helped the finalists with the answers to the experts' questions.

By the way, the management of LGEK has already congratulated the employee on her victory, and we can only hope for further career growth. Alexander Yadrovsky is also counting on a promotion.

Vice Governor Anatoly Yakutin not only congratulated the winners of the two contests and presented them with well-deserved awards, but also had a heart-to-heart conversation with the winners about their future. He was especially pleased that all the guys had already found their place in life and most of them work in prestigious companies.  There was only one piece of advice — to be successful in school, in science, and in life. We also need to learn how to monetize scientific developments and be sure to obtain patents for discoveries that are not applicable in the future for our young scientists.

"Winning this championship is a great achievement," Anatoly Yakutin told the young researchers. - You have shown your professionalism and confirmed that you can solve very difficult tasks. The skills you possess make you in demand from employers. I am sure that a wonderful future awaits you. Our young people achieve excellent results in a wide variety of fields of knowledge, both technical and humanitarian. And each such victory moves forward all spheres of life.  

Pavel Saraev, Rector of LGTU, also congratulated his students and wished them more courage to participate in all competitions held in the country. The next one will be held on October 29 at Lipetsk State Technical University. Teams of high school students, undergraduates and postgraduates will present competitive projects in the field of information technology at the regional IT technology competition "Case-IT". The winners will be awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes.

- Now there are often opinions that studying at our universities does not have much effect and it makes no sense to get an education in Russia, - says Pavel Saraev. - But look at the guys who have found it. Their victories completely refute such misconceptions. Smart, active, creative — they will do a lot of useful things for the development of the economy of the region and the whole of Russia.

Igor Sizov

A source: Lipetsk Media