"CASE-IN" – great opportunities for students of the Rostov region

The anniversary season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" has started at the Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI).  The qualifying stage in the field of "Electric Power Industry" brought together 12 teams.

Seven of them contacted experts from the university's "Boiling Point", and two teams currently in practice performed online. Two teams from Shakhty Automobile Institute (branch) of YURGPU (NPI) and one from DSTU also joined the championship online.

"Management of reserves of active capacity in the United Electric Power System of the East" - this is how the current case is formulated, which, according to tradition, has many solutions. Which one will each team choose? How will he justify his answer? How well will he be able to meet the regulations? The fate of each team depended on the answers to these questions.

The youngest team of the season, Electrospirit, consists of three first-year students from the Faculty of Energy Vladislav Karpenko, Vladislav Sinyakin and captain Mikhail Bobrov. The guys admit that solving the first case in their professional life became a responsible matter for them, it required serious efforts, since they, first-year students, had not yet had time to study some of the issues.

"There is a lot of new and complex information, but we managed it," says Mikhail. "During the defense process, we hope to find out how well we approached the decision and get feedback from experts."

For the Power of Youth team, this is the fourth case they have solved during the championship. Last year, Artyom Musaelyan, Daniil Ryzhkov, Artyom Chuganov and captain Kirill Tislenko became the "bronze" winners of the "CASE-IN" qualifying stage. Therefore, the guys have the opportunity to compare the current task with the previous ones.

"The case is really complicated, and everyone understands that," says Captain Kirill Tislenko. "It wasn't easy for us, but we did it and we hope for a good result."

The dean of the EnF, I.V. Trotsenko, came to support his students: "I am glad that we participate so massively in this event every year. In 2018, the guys achieved high results, and in 2021, two teams reached the finals, one of which became the winner. I hope that you guys will gain some knowledge, skills, and competencies and become worthy followers of the work of our wonderful teams."

It is worth noting that the team of experts, in addition to representatives of PJSC RusHydro, Rosseti Yug, and Novocherkassk Polytechnics, included two graduates of last year's YURGPU (NPI). Dmitry Chub, who was part of the KIUM 100 star winning team, and Sergey Trofimov, a veteran of the CASE-IN Student League. Both successful champions are now equally successful. Dmitry is a specialist of the 1st category of the "UES System Operator" of the Rostov RDU, Sergey is the chief specialist of the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

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