Belgorod students presented solutions for the sustainable development of mining

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" at the National Research University "BelSU" was held in the field of "Mining". The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the BelSU Rector's Office, heads of mining enterprises in the region and students.

Vice-Rector for Educational Activities of Belgorod State University Alexander Mamatov, welcoming the participants on behalf of the Rector of the university, Professor Oleg Polukhin and the teaching staff noted that the BelSU National Research University teams traditionally show high results in the CASE-IN championships.

«The good partnerships that have developed during the engineering championship over the years allow us to train qualified engineering personnel and contribute to their further professional development.," emphasized Alexander Vasilyevich.

Director of the Institute of Earth Sciences Ignat Ignatenko said that in recent years, the mining sector has been actively developing on the basis of the Institute of Earth Sciences and it is planned to open specialized training grounds that will contribute to the promising development of this industry.

Chairman of the Jury, Head of the Laboratory of Underground Work Technologies at the Yakutniproalmaz Institute Maxim Tishkov wished all participants active work, finding interesting non-standard solutions to the case and victory to the strongest team.

The performances of the teams were evaluated by an expert commission, which included representatives of mining enterprises: Lebedinsky, GOK, JSC KMAruda Combine, LLC Korpanga and the teaching staff of the National Research University BelSU.

The new season is dedicated to the theme of Russia's sustainable development.

The participants of the qualifying stage of the student league of the championship – seven teams of the National Research University "BelSU" – presented their solutions of engineering cases to the experts. This year, they dealt with cost optimization for the ventilation of the Udachny underground mine. The participants presented to the jury technical solutions for cost optimization for ventilation of underground mine workings and based on them justified the cost optimization project taking into account the criteria of economic efficiency.

The final results and the names of the semi-finalists will be announced later.

For reference: The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the 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 championship is included in the range of projects of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities".

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