Novocherkassk students won the CASE-IN Championship Winners' Cup

The team of future power engineers "KIUM100", representing the Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), became the winner of the final of the Student League of the prestigious International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". Anastasia Lebedeva, Dmitry Chub, Dmitry Chuguev and the captain of the brilliant four, Veronika Lebedeva, took a long time, but stubbornly and enthusiastically, to achieve this result.

On the last day of May, the final of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", one of the projects of the presidential platform, started "Russia is a land of opportunity". Over the course of three days, from May 31 to June 2, more than 600 students and young professionals from the largest industry companies from 40 regions of Russia and Belarus competed for the main prizes of the season.

The most numerous area of the championship was the "Electric Power industry": there were so many teams that we had to divide the case protection into two days.

By tradition, having become the winner of the qualifying stage of the Student League in March this year, the KIUM100 team of Novocherkassk polytechnics reached the online semi-finals of the federal district, where they convinced experts of their competencies and had the opportunity to fight for victory in the championship finals.

Your case on the topic: "Sustainable energy development: active energy complexes and micro-energy systems as part of regional energy systems" were defended by the guys on May 31. In addition to the polytechnics, 18 teams participated in the defense. As a result, three teams advanced to the superfinal: KIUM100 (YURGPU (NPI)), WeWatt (St. Petersburg Mining University), Resonance (Far Eastern Federal University).

In the superfinal, held on June 1, six teams competed for victory (three from JSC SO UES and three from PJSC FGC UES). It is worth noting that the case solution was prepared in advance for the final, and in order to win the superfinal, it was necessary to solve a completely new case in a short period of time. The topic of the case was difficult, acutely relevant and forward-looking: "Innovative digital technologies for the electric power industry in order to solve the technological challenges of JSC SO UES and PJSC FGC UES for the future until 2040."

The energy engineering students from YURGPU (NPI) coped with this task better than their rivals and deservedly became the winners of the main season of the CASE-IN championship.

"Our team has been playing in this line-up for two years," says Veronika Lebedeva, captain of the KIUM100 team. - During this time, we have prepared and presented solutions to three cases together, became finalists of the main season in 2020, and took third place in the Autumn Cup of the championship of the same year. This year brought us victory in the main season. We're happy because it's been a long and hard process, and winning is a great way to end our journey in the Student League."

The team received the cup and diplomas of the championship winners from the hands of the State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Anastasia Bondarenko, who noted: "The number of participants in the championship in 2021 is impressive – about 600 students from 104 universities. These are future engineers who will very soon join industry companies to develop the fuel and energy sector."

According to the rules of the competition, the winners of the Student League of the IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in 17 leading industry companies in the country, and they will also receive benefits when applying to master's and postgraduate studies at 20 partner universities of the competition.

"Studying the current issues of the energy industry allows you to better navigate its work, and finding solutions to these problems allows you to become a sought-after specialist", - this is how Veronika Lebedeva formulates the main benefits gained in many years of competitive practice.

Veronica, like her teammates, experienced the magnetism of the championship, whose tasks are becoming more complicated over and over again, forcing future specialists to overcome difficulties, learn new things, and become masters of their craft.

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