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Tula State University has once again become the site of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is part of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of Opportunities".

The university hosted the qualifying stage of the Mining championship. The theme of the championship in 2021 is "Sustainable development".

The International Engineering Championship has been held since 2013. Over the years, the teams of the flagship university have regularly represented the region at the final events in Moscow, gaining invaluable practical experience. In total, over the eight years of the championship, 30,000 participants from five countries have passed through it.

Mikhail Vorotilin, Vice-rector for Research at Tula State University, called the holding of the championship at the flagship university a landmark event.

«It is very important that young specialists participate in the championship events, and practical tasks are offered for their work. Thus, students have the opportunity to evaluate themselves, learn more about their future work and participate in solving difficult but important problems. We call it getting out of the comfort zone, which is the foundation for development.", — said the vice-rector.

Sergey Venediktov, an expert from the technical department of PJSC ALROSA, also addressed the participants of the TulSU qualifying round with a welcoming speech. He wished the students good luck in solving the task.

The essence of the competition in the field of "Mining" is to solve the engineering case, which the students received in advance. His topic was cost optimization for the ventilation of the Udachny underground mine in Yakutia. Each team had ten days to study the presented problems and propose their solutions. 

"We approached the issue from different angles. Firstly, it was proposed to replace the diesel fuel used in the work with liquefied natural gas, which is more economically profitable and more environmentally friendly. Secondly, we propose installing neutralizers on the internal combustion engines of mining machines, and organizing a monitoring commission at the mine to control the leakage of pollutants. Finally, we suggest considering the possibility of replacing the pipeline with a new one, which will reduce leaks.", — Ilya Mikheev, the captain of one of the teams, a third-year student of the Mining department, told.

A team of fourth-year students from the Mining department suggested reducing the amount of transport used to work in the mine.

"We performed numerical calculations that showed the ability to do this without losing productivity.", — Alexander Rubtsov, the captain of the fourth-year national team, commented.

During the plenary session and the defense of the work, the students received recommendations from the expert council on their projects.

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