Two student teams of Novocherkassk became semi-finalists of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" took place on the basis of YURGPU (NPI). Polytechnic students solved cases and competed for semi-finalist titles in the university's traditional leagues – Electric Power Engineering and Mining. A total of 18 teams took part in the qualifying stage.

The event started with a grand opening ceremony. On behalf of the university's management, Evgeny Dyakonov, Vice-Rector for Educational Activities at YURGPU (NPI), welcomed all participants.

"Over the years of the CASE-IN championship, thousands of our students have become participants, prize-winners and winners. For us, as a university, and for them, as future specialists, this experience is very important and valuable," said Evgeny Mikhailovich. – It is especially important that the cases give students the opportunity to get acquainted with the format of solving real production tasks."

The participants of both leagues were supported and assisted by the deans of the relevant faculties – Alexander Tretyak, Dean of the FGGINGD, and Igor Trotsenko, Dean of the EnF, as well as representatives of enterprises who headed the expert groups. Gennady Vladimirovich Fedorov, Chief Engineer of the mining and transport complex of UGOC Alrosa, became the main expert in the Mining league, Anton Sergeevich Bondarenko, Head of the Department of Technological Development and Innovation of the branch of PJSC ROSSETI YUG - Rostovenergo in the Electric Power Industry league.

Engineering cases and other tasks for the participants of the Student League are being developed by the partners of the championship: Alrosa JSC (PAO). JSC SO UES, PJSC Federal Grid Company Rosseti, JSC United Company RUSAL, PJSC Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company, LLC SIBUR, JSC NIPIGAZ and LLC Gazprom Energoholding.

The task for future power engineers was related to hydropower. At the initiative of JSC SO UES, the participants developed a plan for the development of hydropower resources and the development of Russian hydrogenation facilities operating as part of the UES of Russia and in technologically isolated power systems for the coming years and for the long term.

The case of the participants in the Mining field is related to the Yubileyny quarry in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): The participants, on behalf of ALROSA, selected advanced mining technologies that would ensure safe and uninterrupted operation of the quarry.

The specificity of "CASE-IN" is the students' search for solutions for real–world production tasks available to enterprises in the industry "here" and "now". The time limit, strict requirements for the content of the solution, and the brainstorming format have long proved their effectiveness. Many successful cases have been put into practice, and their authors have become winners and prize–winners of various stages of the championship, as well as received job offers from partner companies.

After an intense marathon of project defenses, the expert commissions of both leagues began discussing the projects and summarizing the results. As a result of this work, the judging panel had to select the three best teams each, who successfully defended their cases.

In April, the winning teams of the qualifying stage will present their finalized projects in the industry semi-finals and compete for tickets to the finals of the championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May and will bring together the strongest youth engineering teams from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

As a result of the intense struggle, the prizes in the leagues were distributed as follows:

- in Mining, the guys from the Gorny Udar team became the third, the Postcards became the second, and the team with the unusual name Atsky Coal Miners became the winners;

- in the Electric Power Industry, the bronze went to the Forces of Youth, the silver went to the Chargers, and the well–deserved gold went to the Duracel team.

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