KNRTU hosted the qualifying stage of the "CASE-IN" championship

KNRTU hosted the qualifying stage of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The competitions were held in the fields of "Petrochemistry" and "Project Engineering". The students presented solutions to cases related to the real problems of industrial enterprises. The championship has been held since 2013 and over 20 thousand people have participated in it during this time. In 2019, the project was included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".

Up to 10 days are given to prepare a case solution. During this time, the participants immerse themselves in the problem, study special literature, and make a presentation. The stage of project defense before the expert commission, which includes KNRTU teachers and SIBUR employees, is coming to an end.

"I would like to thank the faculty for responding and participating as experts. It is a pleasure to see our partners from SIBUR, among whom there are many graduates of KNRTU, as part of the commission. I hope that today's contestants, who are strong guys with interesting approaches to solving the tasks set within the framework of the competition, will soon work at this enterprise and take a place among the jury members of the championship," she said in her welcoming speech. Dilbar Sultanova, Vice-rector for Academic Affairs at KNRTU.

On behalf of the members of the expert commission, the participants were greeted by its chairman. – Anton Golubtsov SIBUR Economics System Manager: "It's nice to be among young, talented and ambitious people who confidently look to the future and do not stand still!"

5-7 minutes were given to defend the cases, and in these short periods, the guys presented data analysis, risks, and most importantly, their innovative solutions. It was also important to answer the experts' questions correctly.

According to the curator of the project at KNRTU, the leading engineer of the department of educational and project activities of students By Elina Vasilyeva The championship is not just about solving cases, it is a platform for career guidance, creating social lifts and generating new ideas.

Thus, the Initiators team presented to the jury a variant of the development and optimization of the existing polycarbonate production at Kazanorgsintez.

"In our solution, we proposed a new technology to optimize the loading of catalysts in order to increase the efficiency and production volumes of the enterprise. In addition, we have proposed the development of a new brand of polymer, which has no analogues in Russia now, which will allow for import savings," he said. Ayrat Kasimov, 3rd year student at the Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology of KNRTU.

After defending the cases, the students had the opportunity to participate in a presentation of SIBUR's career opportunities and win souvenirs in a lottery.

But the main thing in competitions is the winners.

The direction of "Petrochemistry"

1st place - the Initiators team

- Ayrat Kasimov (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology), Svyatoslav Klementyev (Institute of Food Production and Biotechnology), Anna Markhaeva, Timur Parsadanyan (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology)

2nd place - the "Young Specialists" team

- Elena Kazakova, Leila Turabova, Anvar Feyzrakhmanov, Yana Yurchenko (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology)

3rd place - the Oilforce team

- Bogdan Belkin, Alyona Uraleva, Rahim Khamitov (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology)

Project Engineering direction

1st place - Mayar team

- Yaroslava Zhukova, Maryana Moryakova, Ilmira Shafieva, Valeria Korotkova (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology)

2nd place - Brainstorm team

- Anna Platonova, Roman Kopyrin, Anastasia Mikhailova (Polymer Institute)

3rd place - the Thermodynamic Miracle team

- Bogdan Matveev, Elina Isaeva, Polina Tatrokova (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology), Danila Grishechkin (Institute of Polymers)

The champion teams of the qualifying stage will present their finalized projects in the industry semi-finals and compete for tickets to the final of the championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2023.

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