The qualifying stage of the CASE-IN Championship was held in Saratov

On March 3, Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin hosted the IX qualifying stage of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the field of Electric Power engineering. The project is part of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform.

This year, the championship was held in a mixed format: teams from the branch of Samara State Technical University in Syzran joined the event remotely.

The event was attended by CASE-IN participants, experts, and distinguished guests.

Dmitry Ayatskov, The President of Gagarin State Technical University, Yu.A., welcomed the participants and guests of the championship and stressed that the flagship university has been becoming a venue for such a large-scale and significant event for technical universities for several years.

Head of the Technical Controlling Department of the Branch of JSC "SO UES" Saratov Regional Dispatching Department Dmitry Glukhov He gave me some parting words:

"CASE-IN" is the preparation of the younger generation to solve existing problems in the electric power industry. This year, the topic of the case was again "Electric power industry". Students will have to offer solutions for evaluating the effectiveness of active energy complexes in their regions."

Dozens of industry companies based all over the world become partners of the International Championship every year, and the largest Russian private companies in the Saratov region also support this event.

The honorary guests of the opening ceremony were representatives of companies working in the field of electric power and heat supply.

Alexander Shudegov, The director of the Saratov regional branch of T Plus emphasized that solving such cases has theoretical and practical significance for both students and industry.:

"Participating in the championship is a good experience that will be useful to the guys in later life. Recently, the championship has become widespread. We participate in it as a company that is present in 16 regions: each region creates its own teams that also solve relevant engineering cases."

Svetlana Kalganova, The Vice–rector for Academic Affairs of the Technical University, the organizer of the event, recalled the importance of the championship:

Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin participates in the IX qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" and has been the venue since 2018. The main goal of the championship is to identify capable and talented students, support them, and gain new knowledge and competencies within the framework of the championship. One of the main objectives of the event is to popularize the fuel and energy and mineral resources complex. CASE-IN is a major career guidance platform."

After the opening ceremony, the participants had to defend their projects. The work was evaluated by an expert commission, which included managers, specialists from industry companies, as well as leading teachers in the field of "Electric Power Engineering" at Gagarin State Technical University.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the Championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The championship is held in 56 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. During the qualifying stages in February-May 2019, more than 5,500 future and young engineers of the fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes are solving engineering cases on the unified theme of the Digital Transformation Championship, one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies.

In 2021, 10 teams participated in the championship, 8 of which represented Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin.:

• Smart Power (Shamil Gaynullin – Captain, Sergey Krasnov – analyst, Nikolay Sapozhnikov – economist);
• "Wattniki" (Alexander Levushkin – captain, Maxim Turchaninov – intelligence officer, Anatoly Semenov – think tank);
• "Team Energy" (Alexander Ladin – captain, Igor Skoda – economist, Ivan Kuznetsov – analyst, Ruslan Gerasimov – It specialist);
• "Digital Emotion" (Anton Moskvin – captain, Elena Dunaeva – brainstorming, Anton Chesnyuk – economist, Dmitry Vdovin – analyst);
• "Syeta" (Oksana Sautenko – captain, Dmitry Berdnik – designer, Sergey Trafimov – cartographer, Danila Sepov – analyst);
• "Gagarin's Men" (Ilya Cherkashin – captain, Nikita Simanov – Coordinator, Artyom Grishutov – Resource Researcher, Yakov Vdovin – motivator);
• Dream Team (Rasim Bogdalov – solution development, Ilya Kuznetsov – captain, Valeria Bogdanova – economist);
• "Energy" (Anastasia Kazakova – captain, Nikita Gubarkov is a participant, Dmitry Kitsello is a participant).

And two teams from the branch of SamSTU in Syzran:

• "St. Elmo's Lights" (Andrey Chabanyuk – captain, Dmitry Kuznetsov – informant-analyst, Alexander Tezikov – norm-control);
• "The Kirlian Effect" (Anastasia Arifulina – captain, Sergey Kanafin – designer, Olga Andreeva is an analyst).

The students presented solutions to an engineering case, a practical problem in the field of "Electric Power Industry". This year, the inventors had to solve problems on the topic "Sustainable development of the electric power industry: active energy complexes". The participants had only 10 days to decide. After defending their project, the guys gave reasoned answers to the experts' questions, defending their ideas and the general idea.

The winners will be determined at the end of the week. The best team will represent their university in the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in Moscow.

Reference. The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource industries.
The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

The co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry direction of the CASE-IN Student League is the Association "Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems".

Since 2018, the Championship has been included in the All-Russian List of Youth events aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation and engineering education, approved jointly by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.

The championship was organized using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society provided by the Presidential Grants Fund.

The championship is held with the support of leading companies of the Fuel and energy complex and MSK, including JSC SO UES, PJSC AK ALROSA, PJSC Tatneft, OOO Transneftenergo, PJSC SIBUR Holding, GC ROSATOM, PJSC FGC UES, JSC MHC EuroChem, JSCRosgeologiya, LLC Mycromine Rus, PJSC NLMK, JSC Siberian Anthracite, United Company RUSAL, JSC Russian Copper Company, LLC EvrazHolding, LLC Raspadskaya Coal Company, LLC Siberian Generating Company, LLC KREDO-DIALOG COMPANY, PJSC RusHydro, LLC Prosoft-Systems, LLC Vostochnaya Mining Company and others.

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