Irkutsk honored the winners and holders of the special prize of the "CASE-IN" championship

The winners and holders of the special prize of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" were congratulated at the rector's meeting at IRNTU. The awards to the Lagrange's Theorem and Eutectic teams were presented by Vladimir Smirnov, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.

Let's remind you, that "CASE-IN" is included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". This year 134 teams from 108 universities of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus met in the Student League of the championship.

Irkutsk Polytechnic University was represented in the final by six teams that participated in five areas of the championship. In the oil and gas business, the Lagrange Theorem was won by students of the Institute of Subsoil Use Evgeny Rudykh, Viktor Kovrizhnykh, Mikhail Semykin and Sergey Kobylinsky.

Ekaterina Krainova, Tuyana Shoikhonova, Dmitry Polyakov and Irina Dumnova, participants of Eutectic, became the winners of the special prize in the field of Geological Exploration. Undergraduates from the Department of Applied Geology, Geophysics and Geoinformation Systems have proposed a "breakthrough solution" in the interests of the diamond mining company ALROSA.

According to the future geophysicist, team captain Tuyana Shoikhonova, 10 teams from leading Russian universities competed in the field of geological exploration.: "Even at the qualifying stages of the CASE-IN, we distributed the responsibilities – Ekaterina was appointed a graphic specialist, Dmitry and Irina were responsible for the geological part of the project. Our supervisor was Associate Professor of the Department of Geology, Geophysics and Geoinformation Systems Larisa Ivanovna Auzina. We were previously given a map of the geological exploration that has already been carried out in the middle reaches of the Irelyakh River in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)."

According to Dmitry Polyakov, the students noted promising mining sites and planned the stages of work.:  "We decided to apply the triangulation method – the creation of a network of geodetic reference points forming triangles. This is a non-standard approach when plots are allocated based on a set of available data. This technique will help optimize production processes."

The contestants also assessed the amount of investments needed to implement the proposed project.

During the championship, Polytechnic students took an active part in master classes and trainings, and attended a Career Day organized by leading fuel and energy companies.

The winners of the special prize emphasize that "CASE-IN" is a great opportunity to improve professional skills and competencies, broaden horizons.

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