The master's student of the System Operator led the team to the final of the "CASE-IN" championship

The team led by Elena Stepanova, a master's student at Kazan State Power Engineering University (KGEU), who is studying under the specialized master's program of a System operator, reached the final of the Student League of the X International Engineering CASE-IN Championship.

Now the ESiS-21 team will have to compete for the title of the winner in the final stage of the championship, which will be held in May 2022 in Moscow.

The name of the team stands for "Electric Power systems and Networks", the number 21 means the year when the guys first started participating in this championship. The captain of the team, Elena Stepanova, is studying under the specialized master's program of the System operator "Management of modes of electric power systems". Under her leadership, the KGEU national team has already performed well in the qualifying stage and in the semi-finals of the championship.

In the qualifying stage held in March at the KGEU, the ESiS-21 team took the second place among 15 participating teams, and also won the special nomination of JSC Network Company. In the semi-finals of the CASE-IN engineering Championship, held in the Volga Federal District on April 27, participants competed with 13 other teams. The performances of the teams in the field of "Electric Power Industry" who worked on solving the case "Electric Power Industry of FGC UES PJSC" were evaluated at this stage by an expert commission with the participation of specialists from FGC UES PJSC. According to the results of the evaluation of the expert jury in the semifinals, the KGEU team became one of the finalists of the championship.

The Student League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a team competition for solving engineering cases, which is held among students, undergraduates and postgraduates of higher educational institutions. Competitions of the student league in the field of "Electric Power Industry" have been held since 2013. In them, teams of 3-4 people solve an engineering case in the field of electric power industry, containing a description of a specific engineering task. The cases are developed by the organizers based on the materials provided by the partner companies of the championship. Full-time and part-time qualifying stages are held in eight federal districts of Russia, the final is traditionally held in Moscow. 

Organizers of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship – Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, Non-profit partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and the company "AstraLogica". The Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems is the co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry (CIGRE RNCThe project is being implemented with the support of the relevant ministries of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Center for Assistance to Young Professionals.

A source: JSC "SO UES"