Far Eastern students raised the champion's cup "CASE-IN" over their heads

The team of the Polytechnic Institute of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) took first place in the final of the X International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the field of Geological Exploration. The projects of FEFU students that improve the quality of work and reduce labor costs using a digital twin, autopilot and a special drilling method were awarded the highest rating by the jury.

In the anniversary season of the CASE-IN, teams from 108 universities from 44 cities of Russia, as well as from the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus met in the finals of the Student League. In 2022, the championship was dedicated to "Industry 4.0": the theme permeated the tasks of all the competitions of the anniversary season. 10 strongest teams competed for the right to be named the best geological engineers.

On assignment, the Nuggets team (Victoria Bakhtina, Miron Kiselyov, Maxim Nikolaichuk and Gavril Prokopyev) was asked to draw up a project for the exploration and development of a placer diamond deposit with the introduction of new technologies. The contestants also assessed the amount of investments needed to implement the proposed project. ALROSA acted as a partner and author of tasks for the "mining" directions of the CASE-IN.

"The main feature of our solution is an integrated approach. We tried to take into account all the pros and cons. Our proposed technological innovations corresponded to the theme of the Industry 4.0 championship, i.e. digitalization and automation of production. We see the main idea of the new technological revolution in relation to geological exploration as the transfer of all stages of production to digital and further more intelligent control of the technological process.", — noted the captain of the team, Miron Kiselyov.

At the final stage, FEFU students proposed using the digital twin technology of the drazhny complex to improve monitoring of the state of the production process. The guys also came up with two ideas: to equip industrial equipment with an autopilot, which would automate the rather monotonous process of field development, and to use large-diameter drilling with a special auger-accumulating projectile at the exploration stage to improve the quality of work and reduce labor costs.

Following the results of the championship, FEFU Polytechnic students had the opportunity to complete internships and get a job at partner companies of the championship, enroll in postgraduate and master's degrees at partner universities on preferential terms, gain new career opportunities and participate in industry youth educational forums.

FEFU student teams regularly participate in the finals of the prestigious competition and become its prize-winners. It should be noted that the training of engineering personnel for the development of the innovative economy of Russia is one of the priorities of the FEFU Polytechnic Institute.

The CASE-IN project of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of opportunities" is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education". The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the non-profit partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica. The co—organizer of the Season X finale is the National Research Technological University MISIS.

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