Students of the Volga region – at the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held on the basis of Kazan State Power Engineering University in an online format.

CASE-IN is one of the projects of the ANO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" platform, an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of this championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The CASE-IN Student League is a scientific and practical competition consisting of full–time and part-time qualifying stages at universities.

As part of the unified theme of the 2021 season, "Sustainable Development," more than 7,000 participants from 63 universities in Russia and the CIS countries presented their engineering case solutions.

KGEU has become a platform for the qualifying stage for solving fuel and energy problems. Future engineers solved cases in the areas of "Electric Power Industry", "Digital Atom" and "Project Engineering". The competition was attended by teams from Kazan State Energy University, South Ural State University (National Research University), Kazan National Research Technological University (KHTI) and I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University.

The decisions of students and young professionals were evaluated by recognized industry experts, as well as representatives of the KGEU faculty.

The Yabloko KGEU team presented their project in the Digital Atom direction.

"We have students from different courses, even from the first one, - says the leader of the team, third-year student Valery Gorbov. – In my opinion, the sooner you take part in such competitions, the better. This gives us experience that we will definitely need in the future, when we graduate from university and start working in our specialty or stay in science. Every year, more and more production facilities are going digital. Therefore, it is necessary to study special equipment and software products from the very beginning, and learn how to develop them in order to keep up with life."

Vadim Belyaev, the leader of the Energy solutions team, is a second-year student at KGEU in the field of energy engineering. The guys are participating in the championship in the Project Engineering section and have been preparing very seriously for the competition.

"If we are talking about digitalization, then it is especially important in the energy sector. The entire industry and economy is based on energy", - says Vadim Belyaev.

The GoToUniversity team also presented a case study in the field of Project Engineering.

"I'm here today at this championship because it's interesting to me, because I want to develop and learn something new.- says a member of the team of Adel Khaliev, who studies gas turbine installations, steam turbine installations and engines at KGEU. – It's especially interesting to create and invent something practical that can help solve specific problems."

Irina Akhmetova, Vice Rector for Research at KGEU, welcomed the participants of the Student League of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

"I wish everyone a good performance, and the members of the jury productive work. Thank you all very much for your active participation", - she concluded her speech.

Alfiya Arzamasova, acting head of the KGEU Higher Education Training Department, also went on the air before the start of the championship.

"I would like to welcome the participants, the organizers, and the experts who will work with us., - She said. – This contest is, of course, unique, it attracts a lot of people. And it is a great honor for our university that the qualifying stage of this international championship is being held here."    

In total, more than 55 teams from KGEU participated in the qualifying stage, which were supervised by experienced university teachers. The authors of the best cases will represent Kazan Energy University in the final, which is scheduled to be held in Moscow at the end of May, bringing together the best student engineering teams from universities in Russia and the CIS countries. The winners receive valuable prizes and gifts, as well as the opportunity to complete internships, internships, and jobs in industry companies.

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