The SPbGASU team won the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship

The in-person qualifying stage of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Project Engineering" took place at the SPbGASU site. It was attended by 62 students from six universities, united in 16 teams.

Welcoming the teams on behalf of the management of SPbGASU, Head of the Department of Educational Work Marina Malyutina She stressed that the leading engineering universities of the country are participating in the championship. Among them is SPbGASU, where competencies are being developed that are deservedly appreciated by industry companies.Inna Sukhanova, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Urban Management at St. Petersburg State University, spoke about the great opportunities opening up for students. Galina Tokunova The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, the chairman of the expert jury, informed about the criteria for evaluating students' work and urged them to comply with the regulations.

The case for the qualifying stage of the championship was developed by the partner company of the championship, the leading Russian engineering center JSC NIPIGAZ. The event of the case is the design of a new enterprise for the production of liquefied natural gas in permafrost conditions in the area of the Gulf of Ob. The task of the case is to assess the possibilities for implementing the principles of import substitution and import conservation in order to eliminate technical and economic barriers in the design of the facility.

The teams had 10 days to solve the case. The defense included a presentation of the decision and answers to the questions of the expert commission. After the defense, a workshop was held, where students received feedback from experts. According to By Galina Tokunova all the teams coped with the task.

First place The Altro team from SPbGASU took over. It consisted of the captain Glafira Bachmanova, economist Ka Kumba, process engineer Daria Shalashova and the designer Sergey Nikolsky.

The second place went to the KeyIdea St. Petersburg State University team, which included the captain Nikita Tikhonov, designer Daria Smirnova, researcher Alexey Burzhinsky and an analyst Daria Belogai.

The third was the KIZH team, consisting of students from three universities: ITMO University, St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University and Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. It includes Julia Zaitseva (presentation design, team coordination), Anastasia Astreiko (generation of ideas, search and analysis of information on equipment) and Maria Nikitina (search and analysis of information about software, economic analysis).

"We have approached the issue in detail. We studied a large number of materials, consulted with software developers, and worked on weekends," said Glafira Bachmanova, captain of the winning team.

The first-place team advances to the semi-finals of the championship. The champions and prize-winners of the season will be able to complete internships and internships at CASE-IN partner companies with the possibility of further employment. Students who win prizes will receive privileges for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 24 universities in 18 Russian regions.

The mentor of the two prize-winning teams from SPbGASU was Victor Yakovlev, Associate Professor of the Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation. He received a laureate diploma for his personal contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries.

A source: SPbGASU