Magnitogorsk students proposed projects on sustainable industrial development

They're not working yet, but they're already inventing. The qualifying stage of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is part of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities", was held in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region. 22 teams from Magnitogorsk Technical University solved scientific problems.

The experts were representatives of industrial enterprises and university professors.

Students solve non-standard tasks at each "CASE-IN" Championship. And they don't want to overtake progress, but use everything that was invented before them. Yuri Volik and his friends suggested converting the air coming out of the mine shaft into electricity. According to the calculations of the young engineers, it will be enough for the needs of an entire residential area.

"This mine is in Yakutia, and there are necessary power plants there that, speaking in Russian, would not freeze. We found such an option and decided to install it. Our windmill is running smoothly from -40 degrees to +40 degrees", – Yuri Volik, a participant in the championship, tells the story.

But the electric power industry, in order to save money, offered to change the power in the network in Russia.

"We are not replacing the pillars. Existing poles can also be operated on this 0.95 kV network. The only thing that will be resource-intensive is new transformers. There will be 13 of them. But it will pay off in the future.", – This is Damir Gasin, a participant in the championship.

In five minutes, the participants of the Championship must tell the essence of their project and prove that it is better than others. The engineers had only 10 days to develop it. The technical tasks were set by the existing industrial enterprises of Russia.

"They are selecting their own cadres here. The mining industry and any other industry is probably experiencing a shortage of personnel right now, so companies offer such tasks in order to see the guys who are more promising for their company.", – the expert of the Championship Artur Mazhitov emphasizes.

Such competitions are held in all leading universities of Russia. The best teams will advance to the semifinals, where they will compete with participants from other higher education institutions in their federal district.

But the main reward for young inventors is the realization of the project. For example, several years ago, the idea of Magnitogorsk students to create underground electrical installations was introduced by a coal-fired enterprise in the Kemerovo region.

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