TPU students took the bronze medal of the International Engineering Championship

The final of the International Engineering Case-in Championship was held in Moscow. It was attended by 313 students and postgraduates from 39 universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. They competed for the title of the best engineering student team in five leagues: electric power, mining, exploration, oil and gas, and metallurgy. The TPU Carbon team of geologists won a bronze medal in the exploration League. In addition, Tomsk Polytechnic University won the second place for the best organization and conduct of the qualifying stage for geological exploration.

"The task of the case is to determine the technological scheme of production and parameters of the mining and technological complex of Bystrinsky GOK, located in the territory of the Trans-Baikal Territory <...>12 teams of the geological exploration league proposed in the final projects of exploration of the Enachinsky predictive ore node located in the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In this league, our Carbon team won a bronze medal in a hard-fought battle with the best teams of geological students in the country. The team consists of undergraduates Evgeny Wilhelm, Anatoly Grishin, and graduate student Dmitry Usoltsev. The supervisor was Viktor Domarenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Geoecology and Geochemistry at IPR TPU," the report says.

The decisions of the finalists of each league were evaluated by an expert jury consisting of managers and specialists from leading industry companies, including JSC SO UES, JSC SUEK, LLC EvrazHolding, JSC Rosgeologiya, JSC Yuzhuralzoloto, PJSC Tatneft, Norilsk Nickel Group and others.