Two student teams of LETI are in the semifinals of the CASE-IN championship

Two student teams of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" advanced to the semifinals of the X International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Electric power industry".

Solutions to the case "Industry 4.0: new technologies for an electric grid company" were proposed by 7 teams of St. Petersburg State University of Energy and Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov.

The students participating in the championship, as future employees of the industry, were invited to contribute to the development of the processes of PJSC ROSSETI in the new paradigm of the influence of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainable development of the electric grid complex and to develop an innovative development program for the company until 2030.

The student's solutions were evaluated by an expert commission, which included: head of monitoring and management of the technical condition of transformer equipment at Streamer JSC Svetlana Vysogorets, Head of the Department of Metrology and Quality Control of Electric Power – Chief Metrologist of PJSC ROSSETI Volga Sergey Kargin, Chief Expert of the Department of Methodology for Automation of Investment Planning and Reporting of the Investment Management of PJSC ROSSETI North-West Maria Katkanova. The teachers of St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI" also became members of the jury: Associate Professor of the Department of Management and Quality Systems (MSC) Valentina Vaganova and Professor Yuri Mikhailov, senior lecturers of the MSC Department Alexander Sigov and Vladimir Belov, Associate Professor of the Department of Innovation Management Natalia Zaozerskaya, Head of the Bureau of Analytical Scientometry Olga Syrovatskaya.

"One of the important skills acquired when participating in the championship is the ability to work as a team as a whole. Some teams were able to show a high level of organization and distribution of areas of responsibility among the participants", - says a member of the expert commission, associate professor of the Department of St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI" Natalia Ivanovna Zaozerskaya

According to the results of the qualifying round, two teams of St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI" became semifinalists of the championship – ETU 2 and ETU 4.

The ETU 2 team consisted of 3rd year students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Automation (FEA) Andrey Belkin and Polina Shamova, 1st year student at the Institute of Innovative Design and Technological Entrepreneurship (INPROTECH) Maria Alexandrovna and a 2nd year student at INPROTECH Anastasia Kornilova.

The ETU 4 team was made up of Ekaterina Frolova, a 4th-year student at the FEA, and INPROTECH, a 1st-year student Daria Kuzmina and Postgraduate student of the Department of Management and Quality Systems Kirill Khorev.

"CASE-IN is a great opportunity for students to reach their potential in business, to show what they are capable of, how they can work in a team and what kind of result they will get after that. I believe that every student should try himself in such a project at least once. And given the different directions of the cases, it is possible to learn more and expand your knowledge in one area or another!", - This is the captain of the ETU 2 team, a 2nd-year student of INPROTECH at St. Petersburg State Technical University LETI Anastasia Kornilova

"The energy industry is currently facing many challenges related to the trends of the times. Among them are process optimization, reduction of losses and costs. It is important to optimize at all levels of energy production and distribution, so the case about the company servicing the main transmission lines was interesting and relevant." Kirill Khorev, the captain of the ETU 4 team, noted.

The winning teams will compete in the semifinals of the X International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The finals, which will be held in Moscow, will bring together the best students from Russia and the CIS countries. The winners of the championship will receive valuable prizes, the opportunity to complete internships at leading fuel and energy companies, take part in All–Russian industry summer forums, as well as advantages in applying to graduate and postgraduate studies at partner universities of the championship.

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