Future geologists from MGRI advanced to the semifinals of the CASE-IN championship

The Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University (MGRI) hosted the qualifying stage of the Student League of the 10th anniversary International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Geological Exploration" in a remote format.

Two teams of MGRISHNIKOV, "Accessory" (1st place) and "Rayleigh Wave" (2nd place), advanced to the semifinals of the championship. 

Students of 1-5 courses took part in the qualifying round. The winning team "Accessory" included Anna Shelementyeva, Darina Ilyukhina, Sofia Pavlidis and Alexey Otmashkin. The Rayleigh Wave featured performances by Ivan Zudenkov, Oleg Telyatyev, Alexandra Lazareva and Anna Arzhevikina. 7 teams from MGRI participated in this qualifying stage. 

The expert staff of the stage included: Mikhail Maltsev, Deputy Chief Geologist of ALROSA, Ilya Ovchinnikov, Head of the Department of ALROSA, Viktor Ovchinnikov, Head of the Department of General Geology and Geological Mapping at MGRI  Dyakonov, Head of the Department of Geology of Mineral Deposits at MGRI Peter Ignatov, Associate Professor of the Department of General Geology and Geological Mapping at MGRI Natalia Pogrebs, Acting Head of the Department of Regional Geology and Paleontology at MGRI Alexander Turov and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geology of Mineral Deposits at MGRI Alexander Nikiforov. 

MGR students shared their impressions of participating in the championship stage. 

"This is my first time participating in the main season of CASE-IN. I liked the process of finding a solution. Case's assignment was very interesting. My team and I worked well together and tried to distribute the tasks evenly. There wasn't much time, but we did everything we could. We are looking forward to the next assignment", – Anna Shelementyeva, a 3rd year student of the geological exploration faculty and captain of the winning team, shared her impressions. 

"This year's case is very unusual, but very interesting in terms of the variety of skills required to successfully solve it. For example, the presentation course from the MGRI Case Studies club was very useful. As it is being expanded from stage to stage, we are looking forward to the semi-finals to solve many more interesting tasks and definitely go further, of course.", – notes Ivan Zudenkov, a 5th-year student at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of Oil and Gas, President of the MGRI SEG Student Chapter. 

It should be noted that on April 6, MGRI will host the qualifying competitions of the Student League of the Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Oil and gas business".

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