The qualifying round of the International Engineering Case Solving Championship "Case" was held in Tomsk.-in". In the "Electric Power Industry" league, the winner was the #PowerSystems team, consisting of four students from the Energy Institute of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (NI TPU), two of whom are participants in the specialized training program of JSC SO UES. The winners of the regional stage will represent the Tomsk Region in the final of the Case-in championship in May 2016 in Moscow.
The system operator acts as a partner of the championship in the Electric Power Industry League and provides its own materials for the cases used in the tasks. The company's specialists are also on the jury of the qualifying stage of the competition. Two of the four winners of the regional qualifying round are participants in the educational program for training energy specialists. The Reliable Shift Foundation. As part of the School – University – Enterprise Foundation project, undergraduates have been trained in the specialized program of JSC SO UES at NI TPU.
The student teams participating in the regional selection had to solve a difficult task – to defend their presentation of a case solution in front of reputable experts, which was a case from real practice. The students were asked to develop an effective power supply scheme for a remote settlement, the village of Batakan, located in the Trans–Baikal Territory, taking into account the connection to the engineering networks of a woodworking factory under construction.
The engineering solution of the #PowerSystems team, which included undergraduates participating in the joint program of JSC SO UES and NI TPU Ivan Volkov and Semyon Melnikov, was recognized as the best.
The second and third places were taken by the "Idle circuit" and "Exit there" teams, which also included undergraduates from the TPU National Research Institute studying under special programs of the System Operator: Maxim Nikitin, Alexey Aryshtaev, Olga Stremilova, Viktor Katolikov.
«"Case-in" is unique in that it is the only federal case championship in the field of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. In the four years of its existence, the championship has significantly expanded the circle of participants and organizers. 20 major industry companies, relevant ministries and departments joined the event. Thus, today "Case-in" provides an excellent opportunity for students to join the professional community, establish contacts with future employers, as well as hone their self-presentation and public speaking skills. Participation in the championship is a direct route to the industry environment: as practice shows, more than 80 percent of the finalists of the championship receive offers of internship, internship or employment in partner companies upon its completion," said Artem Korolev, representative of the organizers of the championship, director of the Reliable Change Foundation.
As stated by the Director of the Branch of JSC SO UES Tomsk RDU Dmitry Kuleshkov, such events have an effect in the field of professional training of specialists. By solving problems relevant to the modern energy industry, the participants apply their theoretical knowledge and gain extensive practical experience. The organizers and experts, in turn, have the opportunity to identify the most gifted and promising students for further work at energy companies already at the training stage.
In the near future, the qualifying stages of the championship in the Electric Power Industry League will be held at other partner universities of JSC SO UES.
Engineering Championship "Case-in" is the legal successor of the All-Russian Mining Case Solving Championship, held in 2013 and 2014, and the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship, held in 2015. This year, the championship has received the status of an international one. Competitions are held in five leagues: electric power industry, mining, geological exploration, metallurgy, oil and gas business. In 2016, students from 38 universities from more than 30 regions of Russia, as well as from Kazakhstan and Mongolia, will take part in them.
The organizers of the championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the RNC CIGRE Non-Profit Partnership. The event is supported by five federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as Rosmolodezh and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
According to the materials: System Operator