Students of 134 universities compete for tickets to the finals of the CASE-IN championship

283 student teams qualify for the finals of the jubilee X season The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN», part of the The presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". In the 8 semi-finals of the championship, solutions will be demonstrated by future miners, geologists, metallurgists, builders and design engineers, programmers and IT specialists, energy engineers, occupational safety specialists, petrochemical and oil and gas industry specialists from universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the Championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries.

"The theme of the jubilee X The theme of the season – "Industry 4.0" – is as relevant as possible, it is associated with smart manufacturing. 5,722 students, 288 young professionals and 743 schoolchildren from more than 50 regions of Russia, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus volunteered to participate in it.", - comments the Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Komissarov.

In the qualifying stages of the Student League, teams of future engineers developed case solutions prepared by leading industry companies in just 10 days.

The strategic partner of the "Geological Exploration", "Mining" and the new "Mining Machinery and Equipment" directions is ALROSA JSC (PAO).

The diamond mining company offered future geologists to determine the features of the placer structure, the geological, industrial and genetic type of the object and draw a conclusion about the diamond-bearing area.

One of the semifinalists, students of Northeastern State University (Magadan) Yulia Gavrilenko, Margarita Wall and Ekaterina Glotova told: "While working on the project, we have mastered important skills for the profession of a geologist, while applying the knowledge gained at the university and in practice. We established teamwork, clearly distributed functions and were able to quickly find the necessary information, which led us to the right decision."

The task of the mining engineers was to reduce the cost of laying the depleted space of the Internatsionalny underground mine in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

The semi-finalists from Irkutsk National Research Technical University proposed installing an underground modular laying complex and digitizing the management of laying works based on blockchain technology. Stepan Stepanov, Nikolay Bocharov, Anastasia Gavrilova, Nikanor Moseychuk are participating in the championship for the third time, and last season they became silver medalists of the championship. Anastasia Gavrilova, a graduate student, has been familiar with the project since she was young and even received additional USE points upon admission to the university for her successful performance in the School's "CASE-IN" League.

 "Participation in the championship provides experience in solving real practical problems, teaches you to quickly navigate a large amount of information in an unfamiliar area, as well as offer even the most daring solutions, justify them and present them to experts., – Stepan Stepanov comments. –  It was especially difficult and at the same time interesting in the last couple of days before sending the solution. I had to turn on 100% and devote literally all my time to solving the case. These days, the guys and I were constantly working late into the night. Our brains were literally boiling, but the desire to do everything at a high level prevailed, and we were able to develop a high-quality project."

Within the framework of the new direction "Mining machinery and equipment", future specialists had to solve problems related to the transportation and technical equipment of mining pits. The young people proposed ideas to improve the quality of rounds and inspections of the enrichment plant equipment.,

The participants of the Petrochemistry direction, on behalf of SIBUR, changed the production processes of enterprises in the context of Industry 4.0, identified the latest technical means and solutions to increase the level of industrial and environmental safety of enterprises, and also described the industrial enterprise of the future.

Ekaterina Zaitseva, Alyona Glubokova, Yulia Grishina and Yulia Yarovaya from Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, united in the New View team, told: "Our team has proposed the integrated use of three tools: big data, the Internet of Things, and robotics. Using this complex, it is possible to achieve the most effective remote production control and simplify field exploration."

Future metallurgists, on behalf of RUSAL, are improving the aluminum production process based on the analysis of the main influencing parameters (factors) and obtaining the necessary composition of aluminum alloy based on Industry 4.0 technologies.

In the field of "Electric Power Industry", students were assigned tasks by two of the country's largest industry companies.

For example, FGC UES PJSC has proposed to future power engineers to develop an innovative development program for the company until 2030.

The case of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" is devoted to long-term planning in the electric power industry at the regional level: participants solve the problem of locating and optimizing the operation of reserves of active capacity of power units of the UES of Russia.

Maria Rezaeva (captain), Artur Metzler, Sofia Ryazanova and Natalia Cheganova from Novosibirsk State Technical University proposed reducing fuel costs at thermal power plants, making optimal use of reserves and automating processes.

«Participation in the project taught us how to properly allocate time in order to find a solution to a complex and multifaceted case in 10 days. We clearly distributed the roles in the team and were able to overcome the excitement before public speaking, which was a fundamental factor in achieving a successful result."  – students tell us.

To the participants of the Oil and Gas Business, YATEK PJSC offered to find the technology and location of ammonia production equipment, as well as the location of wells for injecting carbon dioxide into wells using digital technologies, among other things.

The participants of the Project Engineering direction, on behalf of JSC NIPIGAZ, increased the efficiency of the design and construction industry based on Industry 4.0 technologies and ESG principles.

 Among the semi-finalists are the team of Kazan National Research Technological University Rifat Shafikov, Anvar Gainutdinov, Kirill Zagidullin and Ildar Kuzmin.

Rifat Shafiqov:  "The essence of our solution is to implement ESG principles and thereby gain new opportunities for the industry. At the championship, we gained useful experience in team interaction, learned how to analyze a large amount of information and gained new knowledge in related areas."

In the jubilee season, two new directions were launched at once on the initiative of Gazstroyprom JSC.  The participants of the Automation and IT direction have developed a set of measures to modernize the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, neutralization and disposal of waste based on the principles and approaches of Industry 4.0.

In the framework of another field, "Industrial Safety", students assessed the degree of protection from accidents at hazardous production facilities and natural disasters, as well as their possible negative impact.

As part of the semi-final test, they perform new tasks for industry partners and defend solutions to representatives of leading industrial companies. The authors of the best ideas will be awarded tickets to the finals of the "CASE-IN" championship.

 "We will meet with the winners of the semifinals on May 25-27 in Moscow. We will gather the authors of the best solutions for the finals of the Student League and the League of Young Professionals.. The school league also remains in the focus of our attention: its champions will be determined in a remote format., - explains the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship Artem Korolev, - The winners and prize-winners of the championship will receive worthy awards. Students will be able to enroll in master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities on preferential terms, young specialists will receive career advancement, and schoolchildren will receive additional USE points upon admission to partner universities."

The best participants of the championship will also be able to attend federal youth educational forums.

The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is held with the support of leading companies in the fuel and energy complex and MSC: ALROSA, PJSC, JSC SO UES, RUSAL, PJSC SIBUR Holding, PJSC YATEK, Micromine, JSC MHC EuroChem, NIPIGAZ, Rosseti FGC UES, EVRAZ, Sibanthracite Group, IMC Montan, Siberian Generating Company, PJSC RusHydro, JSC Krastsvetmet, PJSC Raspadskaya, Schlumberger Company.