At the qualifying stage of the "CASE-IN", Yakutsk students solved the case of a System Operator

The system operator has been a partner of the championship for the ninth year in a row. Based on the materials and with the participation of the company's specialists, cases of the Electric Power Industry direction are being developed, and the qualifying stages of the championship are held in all partner universities of the System Operator. Every year, representatives of JSC SO UES are included in the expert commissions of the qualifying stages, semi-finals and finals of the competitions.

Branch of JSC "SO UES" Yakut RDU This is the third time he has participated in the championship: this season, Denis Kolesnikov, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, joined the expert commission of the Student League's qualifying stage in the field of Electric Power engineering.

The theme of the new season of the championship is "Technological Leadership". For the qualifying stages of the Student League, the System Operator has prepared a case study on the development of the Unified Energy System of Siberia. The students had to develop a program for the modernization of energy facilities in the context of import substitution of equipment and the use of domestic innovative technologies.

Five teams joined the fight for a ticket to the semifinals, and the work on the cases was carried out over ten days. According to experts, all the teams provided interesting, well-prepared and well-thought-out solutions. The best, according to the expert commission, was the Energizer team of the Yakut Institute of Water Transport, which included students of the 2nd and 4th courses in the field of Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

"Perhaps the most important outcome for the participants of the championship was the experience in solving non-standard tasks and feedback from experts, who not only pointed out flaws or inaccuracies in the prepared materials on the topic, but also suggested in which direction to continue working. And, of course, the words of support from the professionals were not superfluous either! The students had a lot to praise", – noted Denis Kolesnikov.

According to the results of the qualifying competitions, which are held on the basis of 60 partner universities of the championship, the best teams will receive tickets to the industry semi-finals of the championship. The authors of the strongest decisions will meet in the finals on May 30 – June 1, 2023.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a system of competitions for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries. The championship is included in the platform of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" and is implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.

A source: JSC "SO UES"