The CASE-IN Championship helps PetrSU prepare engineers of the future

The main season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was successful for Petrozavodsk State University: for the first time in history, students reached the finals of a prestigious project.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" – competitions for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. During its existence, the championship has become an effective social elevator for young people and a forge of personnel for Russia's largest enterprises.

Since 2019, the project has been included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", created on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Currently, the platform unites 26 projects, including the "Leaders of Russia" management competition, the "I am a Professional" student Olympiad, the "Your Move" competition, the "Professional Training 2.0" project, the All–Russian "Big Change" competition and many others. 

The finalist team of PetrSU Karelinaya Zashchita included students of the Department of Energy Supply of Enterprises and Energy Conservation Institute of Physics and Technology Sergey Pimenov, Sergey Nosov, Anastasia Simanova and a student of the Department of Economic Theory and Management Institute of Economics and Law Elizabeth Kuchenkova. Mentor of the team– Denis Petrushin, lecturer at the Department of Energy Supply of Enterprises and Energy Conservation at the Institute of Physics and Technology.

Chairman of the competition committee of the selection stage in St. Petersburg, Deputy Head of the Electrical Modes Service of the Branch of JSC "SO UES" ODU of the North-West Vasily Wessart noted: "It is not the first year that guest teams from universities of the North-Western Federal District, for example, Petrozavodsk State University, have been participating in the qualifying stages of the championship in St. Petersburg. In 2021, the Karel Protection team distinguished itself, first winning the qualifying stage, and then managing to reach the superfinal of the Electric Power Industry in Moscow."

Vasily Wessart also drew attention to the level of the competitors: "Denis Petrushin, an employee of the Branch of JSC SO UES of the Karelian RDU, took part in the preparation of the Karelian Protection team. He also teaches at the PetrSU Institute of Physics and Technology, took part in the League of Young Specialists competitions himself and inspired his students to participate in the championship. Thus, we see how young professionals transfer their experience to students. This is an example to follow!"

According to Denis Petrushin, the mentor of the team, the students participating in the team do not intend to stop there.: "We are waiting for the new academic year to start preparing for the championship, to reach a new level, to reach new heights."

A source