The qualifying round of the International Engineering Case-in Championship in the Electric Power Industry League took place in Novocherkassk. The winner was a team consisting of four undergraduates from the M.I. Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI) (YURGPU), intern specialists from the personnel reserve group of the branch of JSC SO UES UDE of the South, who are undergoing an internship at the Branch of JSC SO UES Rostov RDU. The winners of the regional stage will represent the Rostov region in the final of the Case-in championship in May 2016 in Moscow.
To participate in the qualifying round of the Case-in championship, eight teams of four people each were formed from among the students and undergraduates of the YURSPU (NPI). All university students who study under the specialized training program of JSC SO UES took part in the championship. The students were asked to develop an effective power supply scheme for a small settlement on the border with China, the village of Batakan, taking into account the commissioning of a woodworking factory under construction here. According to the terms of the assignment, the village is remote from all major cities of the region, the nearest city is located at a distance of 140 kilometers.
The results of the team performances were evaluated by an expert commission, which included teachers of the Ural State Pedagogical University (NPI), representatives of the Branch of JSC SO UES Rostovskoye RDU, the branch of IDGC of the South – Rostovenergo, the branch of PJSC FGC UES - Rostovskoye PMES, LLC NPP ASK-Energoresurs. According to the results of the regional stage, the solution of the Guardians of Networks team was recognized as the best, which included undergraduates from YURGPU (NPI), participants in the specialized training program of JSC SO UES – Anton Zubov, Ivan Morozov, Vladimir Lukyanov, Andrey Pilipenko.
The Case-in Engineering Championship is the successor to the All-Russian Mining Case Solving Championship, held in 2013 and 2014, and the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship, held in 2015. The organizers of the championship are the Charity Foundation Reliable Shift, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and Non-profit Partnership RNC CIGRE.
The system operator acts as a partner of the championship in the Electric Power Industry League and provides its own materials for the cases used in the tasks. The company's specialists are also on the jury of the qualifying stage of the competition. In total, 77 qualifying stages will be held in 2016 as part of the Case-in championship, which will be attended by about three thousand students from 38 specialized universities from more than 30 regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan and Mongolia. To participate in the championship, teams of two or four people are formed from among students, undergraduates and postgraduates of universities. During the qualifying stages, teams of undergraduates and postgraduates must solve engineering cases developed based on materials from leading industry companies in five areas (leagues): "Electric power industry", "Mining", "Geological exploration", "Oil and gas business", "Metallurgy".
"Case-in" is the only federal case championship in the field of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. Over the years, the championship has significantly expanded the range of participants and organizers. 20 major industry companies joined the event. The event is supported by five federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as Rosmolodezh and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
One of the objectives of the Case-in is to enable students to join the professional community, establish contacts with future employers, and acquire and improve self—presentation and public speaking skills. In turn, the organizers and experts, thanks to the championship, have the opportunity to identify the most gifted and promising students for further work at industry enterprises already at the training stage.
A source: ODE to the South