MEI solves the first case for power engineers

On March 2, 2015, the competitions of the Electric Power Industry League of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship will start at the National Research University of the Moscow Institute of Energy.

The Electric Power Engineering League is included in the Championship for the first time this year, and its competitions will bring together more than 1,000 future power engineers from 14 leading industrial universities in Russia and Kazakhstan.

The league's strategic partner is JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System".

The opening of the event will be attended by: Nikolay Rogalev, Rector of the National Research University "MEI"; Anatoly Dyakov, President of NP "NTS UES"; Svetlana Chekletsova, Director of Personnel Management at JSC "SO UES", Artem Korolev – Chairman of the Board of NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders", Director of the Reliable Change Foundation and others.

6 student teams of NRU MEI will compete for the right to get to the finals of the Championship. The participants will present solutions to the case study "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electric energy to a thermal power plant during its reconstruction." 

The students' versions will be evaluated by an expert commission, which will include: Oleg Kuznetsov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Electric Power Systems of the National Research University "MEI"; Alexander Polyakov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Electric Power Plants of the National Research University "MEI"; Marina Kozinova, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electric Power Plants of the National Research University "MEI"; Evgeny Tabachny, Associate Professor, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial Economics and Enterprise Organization at the National Research University "MEI"; Vladimir Khokhlovsky - Head of the Department for Cooperation with Universities at JSC "Schneider Electric"; Yuri Kulikov - Leading Expert at JSC "SO UES"; Anatoly Dyakov – President of NP "NTS UES" - Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Board, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Viktor Molodyuk - First Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Board, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Sergey Polishchuk - Deputy Head of the Department of Trade of JSC ATS.

The All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship is an engineering and practice-oriented educational project based on engineering cases. The aim of the project is to identify and support the most promising students of energy and mining profiles, their professional orientation and practical training, as well as the formation of a personnel reserve of the fuel and energy complex.

The championship includes 3 independent leagues:  Electric power industry, Mining, Geological exploration. More than 30 universities of Russia and Kazakhstan, more than 2,000 students of power engineering and mining engineers participate in the Championship.

The championship is supported by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation: "According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, the Championship will help identify and support promising students and postgraduates of specialized universities, promote their acquisition of practical knowledge, experience and new competencies, enhance the image of a fuel and energy sector employee and popularize engineering and technical education."

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-Profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the Non-Profit Partnership Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems (RNC CIGRE).

The official partners of the Championship are the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership, the Russian Independent Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers, Rosinformugol CJSC, the World Mining Congress, the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Mining Sciences, the Scientific and Technical Council of the Unified Energy System Non-Profit Partnership, the Interregional Industrial Association of Employers of Energy Suppliers and others.

The championship is supported by fuel and energy companies that are not indifferent to the development of the personnel potential of the fuel and energy complex: JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, Micromine Company, JSC MHC EuroChem, JSC Evraz, JSC Yuzhkuzbassugol, LLC RUSSDRAGMET, IMC Montan Group, DMT, JSC Rosgeologiya, JSC TGK-9, JSC "VISTA Group".

The winners of the NRU MEI stage will receive a ticket to the final of the Championship, which will be held in May 2015 in Moscow.

The next stage of the Electric Power Industry League will be held on March 11, 2015 at the North Caucasus Federal University in Stavropol.