The first semi-finalists of the CASE-IN Championship have been determined in Tomsk

The qualifying stage was held in Tomsk IX The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" included in the presidential platform «Russia is a land of opportunity". The project It is implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

The championship is held on the basis of 70 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. Tomsk residents became the first participants of the new season: teams of future specialists from the geological exploration and petrochemical industries competed at the National Research Tomsk State University.

TSU Vice-Rector for Educational Activities Evgeny Lukov Welcoming the participants of the qualifying stage, he expressed confidence that the students would show interesting non-standard solutions to the cases, and well-trained young specialists would join the industry in the future.

The students defended the solutions of the practical tasks set by the CASE-IN partners, the leading companies of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes of Russia. All the cases are devoted to the topic of "Sustainable development", and the participants of the competition were given only 10 days to decide.

The geological students received a task from ALROSA to "calculate" promising areas for subsequent exploration of at least three types of minerals.

The ideas of the participants were evaluated by industry experts, including specialists from ALROSA (PJSC), Yuzhmorgeologiya JSC, Arctic Marine Engineering and Geological Expeditions JSC, Nordgold Management LLC, and the Siberian Research Institute
geology, geophysics and mineral resources, as well as representatives of the faculty of the National Research Tomsk State University.

The winner of the qualifying stage in the direction of "Geological Exploration" was the most renowned team of TSU Research Institute. In the semifinals of the championship, where the best teams of universities of the Siberian Federal District will meet, TSU will be represented by the champions of the 2020 Student League, the Favorit 2.0 team: Nikita Chernov, Norgay Bilinsky, Nikita Butkeev and Ilya Zagudaev.

"This is the second time we have participated in the championship, thanks to which we have learned how to work as a team and improved our practical knowledge in geological exploration., says the captain of the finalists Nikita Chernov, ─ The most difficult thing for us was to process a large amount of information in a short time and be able to present the solution competently and clearly, and the most interesting thing was to identify promising areas for future exploration."

The silver medalists of the qualifying stage were the Paradoxides team: team captain Egor Oks, Denis Degtyarev, Anastasia Petlina and Ilya Zavalny.

The bronze medal belongs to the KARA team. The team members are team captain Rodion Manole, Alice Bether, Ekaterina Zuikova and Alyona Moiseeva.

"It was interesting to observe different types of thinking and new approaches to solving problems that have long existed in the industry."- said the chairman of the selection committee for the Geological Exploration direction, a researcher at the laboratory of predictive and methodological support for geological exploration at ALROSA Leonid Baranov.

On the same day, future petrochemical specialists competed. SIBUR set them the task of assessing the impact of the company's product portfolio on sustainable development indicators.

Experts in the field of Petrochemistry were specialists from Sibur PJSC, ZapSibNeftekhim LLC, Gazpromneft-Vostok LLC and TSU Research Institute.

Vyacheslav Bugu, Chairman of the expert jury of the Petrochemistry direction, head of the ethylene polymerization plant for polyethylene production at Tomskneftekhim, noted that the teams had proposed interesting solutions to environmental problems, including those related to plastic recycling. 

"The most original decision was made by the Colleagues team, which was awarded the highest number of points by our jury. The guys analyzed the company's product portfolio and proposed a range of measures, in particular, the use of dust collectors and gas processing to reduce waste. At the same time, teams should pay more attention to the economic side of their projects.", ─ underlined Vyacheslav Bugu.

The "Colleagues" became the best for the second year in a row: team captain Mark Khainovsky, Egor Blinov, Olga Bobyleva and Mikhail Baryshnikov will represent TSU in the semifinals of the Siberian Federal District. 

The winners noted that the topic of sustainable development is relevant in its importance for the whole society.

"Our team is very diverse: for example, our analyst Mikhail and Egor, who is responsible for the Sustainable Development Goals, are engaged in physical chemistry, economist Olga in management and economics, and I in quantum physics. By solving this case, we have learned to look at production from the point of view of strategists.", - said the captain of the team Mark Khainovsky.

The second place in the competition is taken by the team "Fraction": team captain Kristina Isakova, Polina Krivolapenko and Maria Stepanenko.

The third place was taken by the Sialon 1.6 team: Ivan Pichikov (team captain), Maria Dorofeeva, Yulia Strashko and Dmitry Fedosov. 

Future specialists of the petrochemical industry also took part in a quiz on the topics of sustainable development, ecology, recycling and recycling of plastic.  The winners of the quiz prepared by SIBUR will receive shopping bags made of recycled materials as a gift from the company. 

The next test for the top two teams will be the semi-finals, where Tomsk residents will compete with participants from other universities in the Siberian Federal District, and the winners of the semi-finals will travel to Moscow in May for a decisive meeting.

In 2021, 17 leading industry companies are partners of the CASE-IN championship: JSC SO UES, JSC ALROSA, Rosatom State Corporation, PJSC RusHydro, PJSC FGC UES, LLC SIBUR, PJSC Tatneft, JSC NIPIGAZ, Siberian Generating Company LLC, IBM Montan LLC, Siberian Anthracite JSC, Mycromine Rus LLC, Raspadskaya Coal Company LLC, Prosoft Systems LLC, Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company PJSC, EvrazHolding LLC, Krastsvetmet OJSC.

The partners will offer internships, internships and employment to the best participants of the championship, and 20 partner universities of the championship will provide benefits for students upon admission to graduate and postgraduate studies.

The championship is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".

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Autonomous Non–profit Organization (ANO) "Russia - the land of opportunities" It was created on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The key objectives of the organization are to create conditions for increasing social mobility, ensuring personal and professional self-realization of citizens, as well as creating effective social elevators in Russia. The Supervisory Board of ANO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" is headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" is developing a platform of the same name, which unites 26 projects: the management competition "Leaders of Russia", the competition "Leaders of Russia. Politics", student Olympiad "I am a professional", international competition "My first business", All–Russian competition "Big Change", All-Russian project "Career Time", All-Russian competition "Volunteer of Russia", project "TopBLOG", project "Professional training 2.0", project "Cultural code", festival "Russian student Spring", the All–Russian competition "Masters of Hospitality", "Grant competition for youth initiatives", the competition "Digital Breakthrough", the professional competition "Teacher of the Future", the competition "The best social project of the year", the All-Russian project "RDS - Territory of self-government", the competition for professional skills among people with disabilities "Abilimpix", the All–Russian youth management Cup "Manage!", the Russian National Award "Student of the Year", the movement "Young Professionals" (WorldSkills Russia), the charity project "Dream with me", the All-Russian competition "League of Counselors", the competition "My country is my Russia", the international engineering championship "CASE-IN", "Olympiad of the NTI Circle Movement.Junior" and "Competition of Political Scientists" (held jointly with EISI).

As part of the activities of the NGO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities", an educational center, the Senezh Management Workshop, was established in February 2019. It is designed to form a generation of active citizens, including competent civil servants who have received modern professional training and are united by the value of responsible service to the country and society.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − this is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. The championship is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved in 2015.

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, ANO Russia – Land of Opportunities and AstraLogica LLC. The co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry direction of the CASE–IN Student League is the Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems, the Interregional Public Organization Academy of Mining Sciences is the co-organizer of the Mining and Geological Exploration directions, and the Center for Assistance to Young Specialists is the co-organizer of the League of Young Specialists.".

The national partners of the championship are the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology 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 the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects and the Federal State Budgetary Institution Center for Assistance to Young Professionals.

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