In Novocherkassk in May, the qualifying round of the international engineering case-in championship in the Electric Power Industry League took place.
The winner was a team consisting of four undergraduates from the M. I. Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (Novocherkassk), interns from the personnel reserve group of the UDE of the South (a branch of the System Operator), who are undergoing an internship in Rostov RD.
The 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. Twenty major industry companies joined the event. The event is supported by five federal ministries – energy; natural Resources and Ecology; education and Science; labor and Social Protection; and Industry and Trade, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
According to JSC SO UES, the winners of the regional stage will represent the Rostov region in the final of the Case-in championship 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. The championship was attended by all university students who study under the specialized training program of the UES. 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 YURGPU, representatives of the Rostov RDU, the branch of IDGC of the South Rostovenergo, and the branch of FGC Rostovskoye PMES. According to the results of the regional stage, the solution of the "Guardians of Networks" team, which included undergraduates of the YURSPU, was recognized as the best.
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.
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".
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.