Students of the Altai Territory will present projects for sustainable energy development

On April 1st in Altai State Technical University will host the grand opening of the qualifying stage of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Electric power industry".

9 student teams of the energy faculty of AltSTU, the team of the Altai State Agrarian University and 5 teams of the Rubtsovsky Industrial Institute of AltSTU were announced in the qualifying stage.

Student League The International Engineering Championship «CASE-IN» – this is a competition among university students in solving engineering cases dedicated to real production problems and developed based on materials from industry enterprises. The competitions will be held for students from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in eight industry areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, digital atom, electric power industry and the new direction of "project engineering".

During the qualifying stage at AltSTU, the teams will defend technological solutions for industry dedicated to the unified theme of the championship "Sustainable Development" to experts.

Two large–scale tasks await power engineers at once: JSC SO UES offers students to develop solutions for the development of regional energy systems, and PJSC FGC UES offers to find applications for digital technologies in the development of a distribution grid company.

The winning team of the regional stage will be determined by a jury consisting of experts – leading specialists from the Altai branch of Siberian Generating Company LLC, the branch of JSC SO UES in the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic, the branch of PJSC Rosseti Siberia – Altayenergo, JSC Altaykrayenergo Grid Company and scientists of AltSTU.

The top two teams from the qualifying stage will advance to the semifinals. The semi-finals will be held in a remote format for the best-rated teams based on the results of the qualifying stages. The final will be held in person in Moscow with the participation of the best rated teams from each industry area.

The championship is included in the platform of ANO "Russia - the land of opportunities" and is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education" and in accordance with the action plan aimed at popularizing working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.

The Engineering Championship is held to identify and support the most promising students of specialized universities, assist them in obtaining practical knowledge, experience and new competencies, enhance the image of an employee of fuel and energy, mineral resources complexes and related industries, popularize engineering and technical education and form a personnel reserve.

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