4 student teams of Almetyevsk reached the semifinals of the CASE-IN championship

Students of Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute took part in the qualifying stage IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

Four AGNI teams have reached the semi-finals of the championship and in April they will defend the honor of the institute among the universities of the Volga Federal District.

Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute has been hosting the qualifying stages of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" since 2016. This year they were held in the areas of "Oil and gas business" and "Electric power industry". 20 teams from AGNI participated in the event.

"CASE-IN" is an international competition system for solving engineering cases, the project is part of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform. The championship is held annually at the best universities in Russia and the CIS countries (about 60 in total). Participants are sent engineering cases on a single topic of the championship in advance, and they must prepare a detailed solution to the problem in 7-10 days. And already at the defense of the cases, students need to present and justify technological solutions, as well as provide an economic assessment of their project.

They offered the best solutions and advanced to the semi-finals of the championship. 

The theme of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" this year was "Sustainable development". 11 teams (44 students) competed in the field of "Oil and Gas business" at AGNI. Future oil companies had to find solutions for the use of industrial gases necessary to increase oil recovery and reduce the carbon footprint.

The 1st place was won by the LIGHTS team: Ruslan Shagaliev (team captain), Timur Gayfullin, Elizaveta Antonova, Aliya Salakhova.

The 2nd place was awarded to the Reservoir engineers team: Artem Abramov (team captain), Ilzir Galiev, Vladislav Zibaev, Vladimir Azanov.

The 3rd place was taken by the Cast Iron team: Ilgizar Nuriev (team captain), Artyom Alenkin, Valentina Semenova, Lilia Shayakhmetova.

In the field of "Electric Power Engineering" from AGNI, 9 teams of 36 energy engineering students were formed. Based on the information provided in the case study, the participants had to identify target indicators and promising areas of application of digital technologies necessary to achieve the goals of sustainable development of a distribution network company.

In this direction, the 1st place was taken by the Light Bulb team: Rinat Shigabutdinov (team captain), Elsa Gilyazieva, Aigul Shigapova, Milena Guzairova.

In second place is the "Dielectrics" team: Ilshat Yangirov (team captain), Azat Shaimukhametov, Niyaz Shaimukhametov, Kristina Asanbayeva.

The third place went to the Svet i Zarya team: Rustam Kaziev (team captain), Linar Mardanshin, Andrey Chikuldin, Alina Donda.

In total, 4 teams from AGNI advanced to the semifinals of the championship: LIGHTS, Reservoir engineers, Light Bulb, and Dielectrics.

The presentation of the students defending solutions for the cases was evaluated by an expert commission, which included representatives of ASNI departments and industry companies, including PJSC Tatneft. This year, the experts worked in a full-time and part-time format, including remotely, using the Webinar platform for online events.: Therefore, the participants received questions both from the audience and via online chat.

Privileges for the winners of the championship

The semi-finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" will be held in April in the correspondence format: the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete with each other in the federal districts. The final of the championship will traditionally be held in Moscow in May and will bring together the best student engineering teams from universities in Russia and the CIS countries.

The winners of the championship finals will have the opportunity to participate in the All-Russian industry summer forums, as well as advantages in applying to master's and postgraduate programs, will be able to complete internships at leading companies in their industry and join a promising talent pool.

AGNI is the leader in the ranking among oil and gas universities

It should be recalled that AGNI students annually take part in the "CASE-IN" finals. AGNI teams in the field of "Oil and Gas business" take prizes in the finals of the "CASE-IN" from year to year (3rd place in 2016 and 2019) and win in special nominations for the best solution of a case task (2017, 2018). According to the rating of the championship in the field of "Oil and Gas business" AGNI holds a leading position in this list out of 22 participating technical universities. In addition, the institute has also repeatedly received professional awards for the successful organization of the qualifying stages. In 2018, Vadim Sayakhov, an associate professor of the Department of Russian Medical Sciences at AGNI, was one of the first to be inducted into the CASE-IN Hall of Fame, and in 2021 he was invited to join the main organizing committee of the championship during the final stages of the CASE-IN.

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