The winners of the School League "CASE-IN" from Kuzbass conquer new heights

The award ceremony was held at the children's educational center at Kuzbass State Technical University "UniqUe", created with the support of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation and the Siberian Generating Company, attended by representatives of the Government of Kuzbass, the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation, the Kuzbass Scientific and Technical Center and KuzSTU.

The honorary guests of the ceremony were Yelena Pakhomova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kuzbass for Education and Science, Alexander Cherednik, Executive Director of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation, Ilya Tipunin, General Director of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation, Irina Ganieva, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kuzbass, and Alexey Yakovlev, Rector of KuzSTU.

Among the awardees are Vadim Sannikov, winner of the world's largest competition for research and engineering projects for schoolchildren Regeneron ISEF, and his mentor Vladislav Nemov.

Alexey Yakovlev, Rector of KuzSTU, noted that it is planned to form the next stage of the engineering school on the basis of the university, in which not only schoolchildren but also students will be engaged in science. It will be a continuation of the Central Research Institute at KuzSTU "Unique", created with the support of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation.

Among the students of the Center who achieved outstanding results, Konstantin Vorotkov, Rustam Shangareev, Veronika Paramonova, winners of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" of the School League in the field of "Case solving", "Development of technical devices" were also present at the ceremony.

"Working with gifted children today is a concern for the development of science, culture, and social life in Kuzbass and Russia in the future. It is you, today's winners, who are able to ensure the development of resource potential, which, in turn, will make a qualitative leap in the economic and social sphere of the Kemerovo region – Kuzbass.", – Elena Pakhomova, Deputy Chairman of the Kuzbass Government, said.

"We see the Foundation's task as creating an educational infrastructure that is organically integrated into a system that will allow our state to train talented scientists, engineers, managers, and production workers. We are glad that we have had our first successes on this path.", – Ilya Tipunin noted.

The event also included the presentation of certificates to this year's graduates of the UnikUm Central Research Institute: Semyon Batyrev, Ivan Zolotarev, Andrey Mikhailov, Roman Sadovets, Artyom Sannikov, Vadim Sannikov.

"Dear graduates, your future depends on today's choice. To do everything right, pay attention to what you are interested in, where you will do what you love and be able to realize yourself. Choose what your heart is set on", – Alexander Cherednik addressed the students of the Foundation with a parting word.

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