A victory appreciated by the acting rector!

08 Jun 2016

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On May 30-31, 2016, the Final of the International Engineering Championship "Case-in" was held in Moscow. More than 300 students and postgraduates from 39 universities Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia's Case–in finalists, who passed the qualifying stages in their regions, competed for the title of the best engineering student team in 5 fields (leagues): Electric power, Mining, Geological Exploration, Oil and Gas, and Metallurgy.

IRNTU presented three interdisciplinary student teams to the international championship: in electric power engineering, geological exploration and mining.

10 student teams of the Geological Exploration League proposed projects for geological exploration of the Enachinsky predictive ore node located on the territory of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia). As a result of serious competition, the Center of the Earth team from Irkutsk National Research Technical University became the winner of the Exploration League.

According to Acting Rector of IRNTU Alexander Afanasyev The Case-In championship is the largest practice-oriented project in Russia for specialties in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes: "The only federal Championship organized in the form of solving practical engineering problems. The championship helps to popularize the engineering profession and attract talented young people. From day one, we believed in the success of our guys. And they did not let the university down, proving that they are the best in Russia."," he underlined Alexander Afanasiev.

The Earth Center team IrNITA

Sources: 1. http://www.irk.kp.ru/daily/26538/3556024/

2. http://54rus.org/more/36891