A schoolgirl from Vladivostok distinguished herself at an international engineering competition

She designed the boiler layout.

Olesya Gaponenko from Vladivostok School No. 32 won a bronze medal in the engineering solutions competition of the School League of the Autumn Cup of the international engineering championship CASE-IN. The CASE-IN championship is included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". This is reported by the press service of the platform.

The CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists of the Fuel and energy complex and the Moscow Energy Complex. The new season of the CASE-IN championship was switched to a remote format due to anti-epidemic measures in the regions of Russia.

The Autumn Cup, organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation, the non-profit partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC, is held for three leagues: the School League, the League of Young Professionals and the Student League.

In the final of the Autumn Cup of the VIII season, 29 teams of schoolchildren, 39 teams of students and 13 youth teams of companies from fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes met.

The finalists were welcomed by Anton Inyutsyn, Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia: "It's great that the project continues to evolve.: by the will of external circumstances, you have switched online; the organizers, participants and experts have mastered the new format, and this has become an additional advantage for everyone. For the second year in a row, the Autumn Cup is being held, which allows students from all regions of Russia and young professionals to offer their solutions for the fuel and energy complex. This year we were unable to meet with the champions and prize-winners within the framework of the Russian Energy Week. But life does not stand still, the REN forum is already planned for next year, and I hope that in the new season the winners of the championship will not only be able to personally receive the CASE-IN awards, but also traditionally come to REN, take part in the Youth Day, chat offline with friends and heads of fuel and energy companies.", – noted Anton Inyutsyn.

The final of the school league was held in two directions. In one of them, the participants continued to work on the case "Artificial Islands", dedicated to the search for human habitats in the future.

Another area was devoted to the topic "Metal structures in the fuel and energy and mineral resources complex." 13 teams of schoolchildren were engaged in designing scaled-down copies of fuel and energy complex and MSC facilities.

Olesya Gaponenko From Vladivostok, she developed a mock-up of a boiler with an operating water circulation system that increases the efficiency of the heat supply system and defended her decision to experts - specialists from fuel and energy companies.

"It was interesting for me to take part in the championship, as I had never participated in such competitions before. The most interesting were the process of assembling the layout and defending the project at the championship finals. I would like to continue my development in a company where I have the opportunity to come up with, propose my ideas and develop them.", says the schoolgirl.

The award to the champion and winners of the CASE-IN School League will be additional USE points for admission to 32 partner universities of the CASE-IN championship.

"The CASE-IN Youth Championship is an excellent platform for professional growth and self–realization in engineering. Among the prizes that our winners receive is participation in the Mentoring program from the Senezh Management Workshop. This year, 11 participants of the championship have already joined this work and are receiving personal recommendations and support from the winners and finalists of the "Leaders of Russia", "Teacher of the Future" and "Digital Breakthrough" contests. The guys who won prizes this season will also be able to join the program next year."- said the Deputy General Director of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Vladislav Davankov.

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