10 MGRI student teams presented solutions to real production cases

The qualifying competitions of the X anniversary International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of Mining were held at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University. At the defense, 10 teams consisting of 1-4 year students from the Faculty of Technology of Exploration and Development presented their solutions to industrial cases.

The following teams of the geological exploration university competed for reaching the semifinals:

"Force in Newtons": Dmitry Bubnov, Dmitry Sedov, Rodion Skvortsov. 

MechMiningTeam (MMT): Alexander Kovylov, Timur Sinyakov, Roman Syrovatsky, Kirill Fominov. 

«Mining crew»: Yana Vasilyeva, Natalia Dozmorova, Alexey Lozbyakov, Vadim Timofeev. 

The Miners' Guild: Anna Alimova, Olga Veprintseva, Anna Krupenya, Natalia Skripkina. 

Ziggwires: Andrey Alifashkin, Andrey Anisimov, Victoria Popova. 

"Cool phrase": Vladislav Kirillov, Grigory Loganov, Andranik Nanyan, Stepan Nikonorov. 

Metrostroevtsy: Daria Derepasco, Alexander Zolotov, Alexander Lavrentiev. 

"Awake students": Danila Temnikov, Artem Savchenko. 

"Unrealistic future": Alisa Kormes, Artyom Kornyukhov, Yana Perova, Dinar Fayzrakhmanov. 

"Generation X": Alsu Mukhametdinova, Vlada Osipenko, Anastasia Susina.

«We are seriously approaching the stages of the International Engineering Championship at MGRI. Both the students and the faculty of the university understand the responsibility that we face. – Acting Rector Yuri Panov emphasized. – I believe that the main objectives of CASE-IN are similar to our scientific and educational ones: a high-quality solution to the issues of human resources in the energy, mining and exploration industries of the country. Participation in this competition is an opportunity for students to offer solutions to real production problems from large holdings while still on the study bench. I would like to note that MGR students are proving their competitiveness from year to year. I wish victory to our students, to look for solutions courageously and creatively, not to give in to difficulties, to fight to the end and to represent our university worthily in the League!»

«The translation of our team's name speaks for itself – "mining brigade" is our future! We consider our solution to the case to be worthy of attention, as our economic calculations have shown the benefits of the proposed methods., –  Natalia Dozmorova from the Mining crew told. – We hope that the online format allowed us to convey everything to the experts, because the presentation takes only 6 minutes. Nevertheless, we expect to progress to the next stage. This is our first time participating in the championship, and all the participants were filled with enthusiasm and a desire to come up with an effective method that would really attract attention.».

«This is the first time we are participating in such a serious championship., – shared by Vladislav Kirillov from the "Cool Phrase". – It was very exciting, as we were faced with the unknown. But teamwork with a courteous captain has borne fruit. The name of our team is "Cool Phrase" – this is our group joke! We are waiting for the results and hope to come up with ideas again.».

MGRI will also host qualifying competitions in two more areas of the CASE-IN Student League: on March 24, Geological Exploration, and on April 6, Oil and Gas Business.

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