Teams from 11 universities advanced to the semifinals of the Autumn Cup of the CASE-IN Championship

Student teams from 23 universities of the Central Federal District took part in the first qualifying stage of the Autumn Cup The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN». Since 2019, the championship has been included in The presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".

The CASE-IN Championship opens up many opportunities for participants: This is the experience of solving real production tasks, communicating with top officials and experts from industry companies, universities and government agencies, vacancies in leading companies, as well as a full arsenal of softskills and a weighty line in the resume.

75 student teams from 23 universities of the Central Federal District took part in the first qualifying stage of the Autumn Cup of the Student League. The contestants were assigned by PJSC ALROSA to solve the case "Climate projects: development and implementation in permafrost conditions."

The participants developed measures to reduce, capture, recycle and store greenhouse gases. In their decisions, they had to take into account the specifics of the geographical location of ALROSA's enterprises and Russian legislation.

The results of the work of future specialists were evaluated by an expert commission, which included leading specialists from industry companies and specialized universities.

17 teams advanced to the semifinals, with three student teams from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas taking first and second places in the final standings.

The first place went to the Gaztrolers team: Stepan Zubkov (captain), Konstantin Rezanov, Vladislav Barakov, Kira Vovkodav.

The second place was shared by the Own view teams (captain Sergey Vasinkin, Ildar Galiakberov, Vasilisa Kucheryavaya, Vyacheslav Okhotnikov) and the Bifurcation Point (Captain Grigory Krivilev, Bulat Minullin, Roman Solonenko, Mikhail Yurtov).

The Own view team was engaged in optimizing the technological process of Norilsk TPP-2. The students proposed to introduce new power generation capacities by using carbon dioxide as a working fuel for rotating turbines in power plant generators.

The guys highly appreciate the prospects of their development. "After the implementation of the Norilsk TPP-2 project, it can occupy a special place not only in our country, but also on the world stage, claiming leadership positions in terms of reducing CO2 emissions. This will happen through the introduction of modern computing systems and other technical means that will form a high-tech and safe energy production.", "I'm sure, Captain Sergey Vasinkin.

The team "Bright Minds" from the National Research Technological University MISIS rounded out the top three: Tatiana Marakutsa (captain), Andrey Belyakov, Milena Sudakova.

"Our team has studied in detail the traditional and promising methods of purification from greenhouse gases, the main component of which is CO2, said the captain of the team Tatiana Marakutsa, ̶ Our project will allow the company to get rid of most of its emissions, which will reduce their financial costs for paying carbon taxes. In addition, the sale and processing of captured pure CO2 can generate revenue in the future. The project costs should pay off pretty quickly, so they're worth it. Finally, if any enterprises in Russia using carbon dioxide as a raw material could have a supplier in Russia, they would not have to use raw materials from abroad. Imported goods are always more expensive because of the cost of transportation, so it will be beneficial to both parties: the supplier and the buyer."

Among the semi-finalists are students from 13 universities in the Central Federal District, including the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the National Research University of the Moscow Institute of Economics, the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Tula State University, Yaroslavl State Technical University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Starooskolsky Institute of Technology. A.A. Ugarova (NUST MISIS branch), Lipetsk State Technical University, Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.

The members of the ABCD team (Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation) focused on the practical significance of their decision, because students need support from employers, the state and the public.

Team Captain Dmitry Kiselyov: "The main initiative of our solution is to reduce the company's hydrocarbon footprint through the introduction of mineralization technology, which reduces costs and increases the company's investment attractiveness. In addition, in order to start moving towards the environment now, we propose switching up to 60% of equipment to gas equipment."

The semi-finalists expect that the management of ALROSA PJSC will pay attention to the development and invite them to implement it at the company's enterprises.

"The championship is, first of all, a big challenge for us. It demonstrates how well we can handle a complex business problem, enhances the skills of searching for highly specialized information, making financial calculations and presenting. Thanks to the project, we are learning to think big and find multiple solutions to the same problem.", - shared his opinion Dmitry Kiselyov.

The teams that have successfully passed the qualifying stage will present their projects at the semi-finals of the Central Federal District.  The winners of the semi-finals will advance to the final of the Autumn Cup of the CASE-IN Championship, which will be held in December 2021 in Moscow.

The winners of the Student League will receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 20 partner universities, and will also be able to attend federal educational forums for young people.